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UBS Launches Structured Products Trading Platform
NEW YORK-Global investment banking giant UBS went into production with its Web-based structured products trading platform, SI Trader, late last week, UBS officials tell DWT .
Dealers Gain TradeWeb Stake
NEW YORK-Electronic trading of interest rates swaps is heating up as nine major global dealers have invested $180 million to gain a minority interest in electronic dealer-to-client over-the-counter (OTC) trading network Thomson TradeWeb.
Panel: FX E-Trading Flourishing in Asia
SINGAPORE-Growth in the foreign exchange (FX) market in Asia is leading to major operational changes in the way both buy-side and sell-side institutions do business, according to Justyn Trenner, CEO of market research firm ClientKnowledge. Summing up a…
Nymex, MX Ready New Canadian Bourse
NEW YORK-The Alberta-based Canadian Resources Exchange (Carex), a joint venture between the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex) and the Montréal Exchange (MX), is set to launch in the first quarter of 2008, although it might hit some regulatory snags…
Evolving Risk
With the front office trading faster and more creatively, can a firm's risk management system ever keep up? DWT European reporter Cecilia Bergamaschi sits down with Andrew White, global head of trade and risk management with Reuters, to discuss the…
Expert: Sell Side Leads in Mifid Readiness
LONDON-Sell-side firms are in a better position than their buy-side counterparts when it comes to the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive's (Mifid's) best-execution requirement, concludes a white paper by the Best Execution Subject Group of the…
FPL Preps Algo Schema Launch
LONDON-The new FIX Algorithmic Trading Definition Language (FIXATDL) is set to launch in the first quarter of 2008, FIX Protocol Ltd. (FPL) officials tell DWT .
Fimat to Develop Margining Module
NEW YORK-Global brokerage Fimat Group will be looking to develop new technology to create a convertible bonds portfolio margining module to be available in the first quarter of next year, brokerage officials tell DWT .
Research Key as EC Probes Thomson-Reuters
The European Commission last week extended its inquiry into the competition implications of the proposed merger between Thomson and Reuters, saying it needs more time to investigate "serious concerns" with the merger.
Euronext Preps Feed; Brings SFTI to Europe
NYSE Euronext is preparing to launch a new, low-latency feed later this year to consolidate data from its cash equity NSC trading platform with full derivatives order book depth from its Liffe Connect platform, and is also preparing to provide clients in…
OMX Readies New Feed, Content
Nordic exchange operator and technology provider OMX will launch a low-latency market depth feed of Nordic equity data in November, and will add new content sets to its existing Targin datafeed later this month, officials tell Inside Market Data .
CEP Start-up Kaskad Denies Demise
Boston-based complex event processing vendor Kaskad Technology says it will continue operations, despite the loss of key executives and its main client, the Boston Stock Exchange, and moving out of its office in downtown Boston.
CS Preps TF-Paladyne Data for Hedge Funds
Hedge fund clients of Credit Suisse's prime brokerage service unit will be the first end-users to go live on a software platform that integrates portfolio management, analytics and accounting components from Paladyne Systems with a datafeed from Thomson…
TheMarkets.com Scores a Bullseye
Investment bank consortium-owned research portal TheMarkets.com will this week unveil a new real-time query tool that melds broker research and information gathered from the Internet, dubbed Bullseye.
Compustat Beefs Up Emerging Markets, Industry Data
& Poor's is planning a major upgrade to its Compustat feed in December, which will include company data from emerging markets, new industry-specific datasets and indicators, and improved analyst notes.
Limas Rolls Out Tullett Prebon FX Data
Jakarta, Indonesia-based data vendor Limas Centric Indonesia last week unveiled plans to add foreign exchange data from interdealer broker Tullett Prebon's data arm to its Limas StockWatch Desktop terminal and Web-based StockWatch Retail product, as well…
NSX Drops Data Credits, Ups Rebates
The National Stock Exchange has increased its liquidity rebates for approximately 500 exchange-traded funds, while scrapping market data revenue transaction credits for those shares.
CSAs Enable Firms to Price Proprietary Research
US investment managers are taking steps toward placing firm values on proprietary research provided via soft-dollar arrangements-increasingly by the use of commission-sharing arrangements (CSAs)-though industry experts say some stumbling blocks to…