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NYSE Euronext Readies CMS Replacement
NEW YORK-As part of its continuing process of consolidating and standardizing exchange systems, NYSE Euronext plans to have its new FIX protocol-based common customer gateway (CCG) in production for its NYSE Hybrid and NYSE Arca markets later this year,…
29West Updates UME
CHICAGO-Market data messaging software provider 29West released version 2.0 of its Ultra Messaging for the Enterprise (UME) last week.
CME Mulls Nymex Acquisition
CHICAGO & NEW YORK-In what is seen as a defensive move, the operator of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), the CME Group, has entered into discussions with the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) to purchase the New York bourse.
KBC Begins Data Control Project
Brussels-based bank KBC Group is rolling out a major initiative to track and control market data usage and eliminate duplication of data services across the firm's global subsidiaries, officials tell Inside Market Data .
GFI Group Acquires Trayport
NEW YORK-Interdealer broker GFI Group announced that it has acquired London-based real-time electronic trading technology provider Trayport.
Ballista Preps to Launch Activ Data Arsenal
Ballista Securities, a new broker-dealer currently in the final stages of formation, will go live on a hosted ticker plant and multiple North American datafeeds from low-latency data provider Activ Financial when the firm begins operations next month.
Pandemic Exercise Yields Middling Results
NEW YORK-The majority of U.S. financial services industry members could do more to prepare for an influenza pandemic, according to the after-action report on a three-week pandemic preparedness exercise, which was sponsored by industry participants and…
StanChart Rolls Out MDSL in Asia
Standard Chartered Bank is deploying the MDM (Market Data Manager) and RPM (Request & Procurement Manager) systems from MDSL to provide data usage and cost management services across its offices in Asia.
Middle East, Asia Weather Cable Woes
NEW YORK-Financial firms, exchanges and vendors from Egypt to India are getting back to normal operations after two undersea telecom cables broke on Jan. 30 and reduced the region's access to the Internet by as much as 75 percent.
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