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Townsend, Vendors Carry NYSE Bonds Data

Townsend Analytics has made minor changes to its RealTick data and trading platform in order to accommodate additional functions and data fields required to carry fixed-income data from the New York Stock Exchange's NYSE Bonds platform, which goes live…

Eccleston to Reposition Pivot

Lou Eccleston, the new chief executive of US software vendor Pivot Solutions, has outlined plans to refocus the vendor as a broad provider of collaborative information solutions rather than just being known for its IMTrader messaging platform.

Colt to Link First Proximity Services Client

LONDON—Colt Telecom, a European provider of business communications services, has signed a contract with its first customer to provide connectivity to the Deutsche Börse using the exchange's Proximity Services.

Plus Markets Preps for RIE Status

LONDON—As part of its plan to attain recognized investment exchange (RIE) status by the U.K.'s Financial Services Authority (FSA), market operator Plus Markets Group is currently working to improve its systems, Plus Markets officials tell DWT .

Sun, Fujistu Launch Enterprise Server Line

NEW YORK—Software and server providers Sun Microsystems and Fujitsu recently launched a co-developed line of high-end enterprise servers, dubbed Sparc Enterprise Servers, officials from both vendors tell DWT .

Saga Rolls Out Orc Front Office

AKIREYRI, ICELAND—In preparation for its first day of trading, Iceland's Saga Capital Investment Bank has deployed multiple platforms from Orc Software for the bank's first day of trading on May 1, bank officials tell DWT .

Panel: Don't Outsource Your Grid Yet

NEW YORK—Although purchasing processor cycle time from third-party providers might be an economical way to expand a bank's grid infrastructure, now isn't the time to do it, say industry insiders.

Vendors Split over "Acceleration"

Not all ticker plant technology vendors are turning to hardware-accelerated offerings, despite high-profile product announcements by Exegy and Activ Financial, officials tell Inside Market Data .

Interfax, Finmarket Integrate Terminals

Moscow-based news and data agency Interfax Information Services Group is planning to consolidate data products and make its content available over the Internet via a deal to acquire 90 percent of Finmarket, a provider of Russian market data Web sites.

Clariden Centralises FX Pricing Data

Clariden Leu, a Swiss private bank formed in January 2007 after a merger between five Credit Suisse subsidiaries, has rolled out a foreign exchange pricing solution to centralize pricing and distribution of FX rates throughout the new organization.

Morley FM Expands FITS Coverage

Morley Fund Management is expanding its use of The Roberts Group's Financial Information Tracking System (FITS) to bring functions covering reconciliation of data expenses previously performed by the firm's accounting division into the market data group.

Thomson Signs Daiwa; Launches Japanese Version

Thomson Financial last week launched Japanese versions of its Thomson One Investment Banking and Investment Management desktop solutions, and announced a deal with Daiwa Securities for the Thomson One Investment Banking desktop.

QIM Deploys Quant House Data, Algo Tools

US hedge fund Quantitative Investment Management (QIM) has deployed low-latency data and automated trading technologies from French vendor Quant House to support algorithmic trading in the futures markets.

Wiener Börse "Highway" to Speed Data Traffic

Austrian exchange Wiener Börse will launch its new Alliance Data Highway (ADH) datafeed next Friday, replacing the exchange's existing legacy Integrated Datafeed, following a two-month simulation phase with exchange members, officials tell Inside Market…

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