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Commodities start-up manager live on SunGard Kiodex
Clive Capital, a recently launched London-based commodities hedge fund manager, has implemented SunGard's Kiodex Risk Workbench browser-based commodities risk management product in order to rapidly deploy trade capture and risk capabilities for its new…
Winterflood Expands DMA with Fixnetix Data
UK-based market maker Winterflood Securities is to implement low-latency data connectivity from Fixnetix to exchanges in continental Europe to support the firm's trading operations.
Sanzone Out, Landert In at Credit Suisse
ZURICH-At press time, officials from Credit Suisse announced that Karl Landert, most recently head of IT for the firm's private banking business, has been named CIO, filling the position left by Tom Sanzone.
Reuters Deal Ignites OMX Vendor Drive
Nordic exchange group and technology provider OMX is expanding the reach of its Genium FIX low-latency datafeed with a new initiative intended to target the feed at data vendors that distribute direct exchange feeds, officials tell Inside Market Data .
Turquoise Taps BT as Proximity Host
LONDON-European multilateral trading facility (MTF) Turquoise has selected BT to host its trading and data distribution systems and offer proximity hosting and connectivity services to its clients, MTF officials tell DWT .
Tradition Revamps Contributions, Feeds Tech
Interdealer broker Tradition is deploying technology from UK-based data technology vendor Arcontech to support its contribution of over-the-counter prices to Bloomberg, and is extending the vendor's CityVision StarNet data distribution platform as its…
Wachovia Standardizes Datacenters
NEW YORK-To achieve its ultimate goal of cost savings, energy efficiencies and processing power, Wachovia planned to deploy its "datacenters in a box" design; however, after a three-and-a-half-year project to upgrade its global datacenters, the Charlotte…
BATS Expands Savvis Data Connectivity
Kansas City, Mo.-based ECN BATS Trading is expanding its relationship with network and hosting provider Savvis to provide broader connectivity options to clients, officials tell Inside Market Data .
Bats, Savvis in Metro Ethernet Deal
NEW YORK-Brokerages connecting to the Bats ECN have another low-latency option as the ECN operator Bats Trading has inked a deal with financial network supplier Savvis to provide its Exchange Express metro Ethernet connectivity to the ECN's trading…
Platform Adds Cell Processor Support
NEW YORK—Grid computing software vendor Platform Computing has added support for high-performance cell processor-based systems with its latest version of Symphony, dubbed Symphony for the IBM BladeCenter with Cell Broadband Engine (Cell/B.E.) technology,…
CME Preps Data Recovery Tool
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange will later this year introduce a new service allowing clients to request retransmission of specific subsets of market data using the FIX Protocol, to populate applications with missing data in the event of an outage or a…
Data Error Halts NGM Trading
Swedish exchange the Nordic Growth Market was forced to suspend trading last week after data was not properly updated within its trading system, officials say.