Nasdaq
2014 Review: Cloud Makes Crucial Gains, Despite FinQloud Exit
The financial data industry continued to pursue cloud adoption in 2014 to achieve IT cost efficiencies and manage rising volumes of data, despite one of the key financial cloud players pulling out of the business.
Dhaka Bourse Eyes Multi-Asset Push with Technology Overhaul
When it comes to naming markets in South-East Asia, the young nation of Bangladesh might not be the first that springs to mind, competing as it does with giants such as Singapore. But with its implementation of technology from Nasdaq, that might be set…
Nasdaq Makes Perseus Timestamping Available in Carteret Datacenter
Availability of Perseus' timestamping service will give Nasdaq clients access to multiple timing protocols
Iraqi Bourse Deploys Nasdaq Tech
Upgrades from Horizon to X-stream
Opening Cross: The ’Center of the Data Universe
With coverage of our Asia Pacific Financial Information Conference taking center stage in this week’s Inside Market Data, debating new initiatives such as the planned Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect program—and its unexpected, indefinite delay—and the…
Rethinking Investor Protection in the Central Clearing Revolution
Automation and STP are required to protect investors.
UTP Committee Renews Nasdaq as SIP Processor
Nasdaq is re-confirmed as processor and administrator of the UTP SIP
Update: Nasdaq Readies Chicago PoP, DR Site
Nasdaq's new PoP will provide low-latency access to eSpeed and its equities and derivatives markets.
Nasdaq Adds Implied Order Data to PHLX Feeds
Nasdaq will add data for implied orders──orders also known as "legging orders" that are generated by Nasdaq that represent one leg of a complex order──to its PHLX Orders and PHLX Depth of Market datafeeds starting Thursday, Nov. 13, following the…
BATS Swoops on Ex-Nasdaq's Concannon
Former Nasdaq exec Chris Concannon takes senior role at rival exchange
FIX Market Data Protocol Spec Nears Completion
FIX Trading Community outlines progress on development of a new, standardized protocol for market data transmission.
Indonesia CSD Selects Nasdaq Tech
PT Kustodian Sentral Efek Indonesia (KSEI), the central securities depository (CSD) for Indonesia, will use Nasdaq's X-stream CSD technology to power its operations.
Nasdaq Promotes Four to Support Growth Across its Market Technology and Listings Units
Nasdaq has announced a series of appointments in order to maximize future growth potential across its Listing Services and Market Technology businesses.
Canid AM Appoints Hughes as Technical Director, Partner
The boutique long-short equities shop based in Silicon Valley has brought on Fred Hughes to lead its technology strategy.
The Who and How of Cyber Criminals
Hackers have grown up in the last decade. They've got more resources, more ways to get into your network, and more things to take once they get in.
Asia Pacific Stock Exchange to Employ Nasdaq Technology
Nasdaq OMX will deliver its trading technology, X-stream, as well as Genium FIX, to Asia Pacific Stock Exchange to power its APeX trading platform, which is expected to go live in late 2014.
Max Bowie: Got an ITCH? Let It Spread
Nasdaq OMX’s proprietary ITCH data protocol has become the de facto standard used for data dissemination by equity markets, with more marketplaces adopting the protocol or ITCH-like alternatives. But, asks Max, will widespread adoption create…
'Human Error' Blamed for Nasdaq Index Outage
Human error forced Nasdaq OMX to halt trading for a number of derivatives contracts linked to its Nasdaq 100 Index (NDX) earlier today, Tuesday Oct. 29, after the exchange's Global Index Data Service (GIDS 2.0) failed to disseminate values for about 45…
Chinese Exchange to Cooperate with Nasdaq
Shanghai-based China Financial Futures Exchange (Cffex) and the Nasdaq OMX Group have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) at the World Federation of Exchanges’ annual meeting to strengthen cooperation and promote mutual development.
HFN Completes Network Upgrade, Touts Performance Improvements
Paramus, NJ-based network provider Hudson Fiber Network has completed a major upgrade to its fiber network in the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area, enabling the vendor to improve the performance on all its routes between the region's major financial…
In Two Days, Signals of Change
Nasdaq's SIP-related glitch on Thursday seems a foil for today's news, that the boards of Bats and Direct Edge approved a merger deal on Friday creating a new entity that will surpass Nasdaq's market share. Both events may be long-remembered, and perhaps…
Direct Edge's William O'Brien on the Bats Merger
After much speculation on Friday last week, news broke today that Direct Edge would merge with Bats. Direct Edge's CEO William O'Brien hopes that this will help the newly combined entity, which will go forward under the Bats name, to break into the…
Updated: Nasdaq-Listed Equities, ETFs, and Options Resume Trading After 'Flash Freeze'
At 12:14 this afternoon, trading in Nasdaq OMX-listed equities and exchange-traded funds was paused across most American exchange venues after Nasdaq's market data feed, known as Tape C, ceased proper interaction with the operator's securities industry…