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Data Vendors Ally Against Xinhua News
Major international financial information vendors might not renew contracts with China's state-run Xinhua News Agency to allow them to operate in China, following a complaint filed last week by European and US authorities demanding that China loosens…
FISD Surveys Exchanges on 'Internal' Data
The Business Issues Policy and Procedures Standards working group of data industry association the FISD sent a survey to 41 exchanges last Wednesday, requesting they clarify their policies for "internal" data usage by data vendors and consumer firms,…
Reuters Bows Latency Tool
Reuters will this week launch Reuters Latency Monitor (RLM), based on technology from New York-based data technology vendor Trading Metrics, to help clients determine the speed of market data delivery over Reuters' RMDS data distribution platform to data…
China Brokers Step Up FX Price Blackout
Distribution of market data on foreign exchange forwards and swaps in the Chinese interbank market has all but ceased as a result of broker anxiety over an opaque FX regulatory environment.
BT Preps Low-Latency 'Ultra' Europe
Network and hosting provider BT Global Financial Services is poised to launch a low-latency service for access to market data and order routing for European markets, officials tell Inside Market Data .
Reuters Unveils Credit Alerts, Bundled Valuations
Reuters last week unveiled two new data products-a system for generating alerts on credit-related events, and a new bundled valuation service-while at the same time launching an initiative to elicit feedback from industry participants on the best…
MSCI Bows Asia Hedge Fund Index
Index provider MSCI Barra will this month launch an investable index to capture the composition of the hedge fund universe in the Asia-Pacific region, in partnership with Paris-based Natixis Alternative Investments.
Thomson One Adds IE Telecom Reports
Thomson Financial has added telecom company and industry research reports from Vancouver, BC-based IE Market Research to its Thomson One Investment Banker product, on a pay-per-view basis via its Thomson Research Select platform.
Nasdaq Launches Replay Tool
Nasdaq last week launched a data analysis tool that enables trading firms to download and replay market data to analyze price movements around market events.
Tervela Claims Breakthrough Tests
Low-latency, hardware messaging provider Tervela is claiming that tests conducted with hardware manufacturer AMD produced record-breaking throughput and latency figures in an environment designed to simulate a live production scenario.
Tullett Preps LatAm Data
Tullett Prebon Information, the data arm of interdealer broker Tullett Prebon, is preparing to launch a data product in the second quarter of this year that will provide information on the Latin American capital markets for both local and US firms…
Carbon Market Yet to Attract Algo Trading
LONDON-Carbon's position as a global asset class will continue to expand as carbon markets grow; however, it is not liquid enough to draw black-box traders, say European Climate Exchange (ECX) officials.
ISE, OSE to Form New Options Exchange
NEW YORK-Officials from the International Securities Exchange (ISE) and the Osaka Stock Exchange (OSE) have inked a memorandum of agreement (MoA) to create an equity options exchange for the Japanese market.
RTS Plans Century Mark
FRANKFURT-Trading software vendor RTS Realtime Systems Group plans to connect to more than 100 exchanges by June, DWT has learned.
And Then There Were Seven
As newly minted Nasdaq OMX Group waits for final approval from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to open the seventh equities options exchange, DWT editor Rob Daly catches up with Adam Nunes, vice president of Nasdaq Transactions Services…
BNP Paribas Upgrades Tokyo Floor
TOKYO-BNP Paribas in Tokyo is live on an upgraded trading floor that includes a new business continuity solution from Orange Business Services (OBS), nee Etrali, according to vendor officials.
Agora-X Gains Backer
New York & Kansas City, MO.-A new electronic trading venue for over-the-counter (OTC) commodity options, Agora-X, will receive a $7.5 million cash infusion from newly formed global exchange operator Nasdaq OMX Group, say officials.