Trading Tech
Kx Improves kdb+ Data Management
Data technology vendor Kx Systems has released version 2.6 of its kdb+ database, which adds support for nanosecond timestamps, and improved tools for managing data transfer across different instances of kdb+ and to other data-consuming applications.
A Chance of Clouds
Watching the evolution of cloud computing, I can't help but have that nagging feeling of déjà vu as various people in the industry stake out different strategies on how to link cloud computing environments.
Keeping Us in The Loop-Literally
This week, Inside Market Data takes to the road again, this time to Chicago, home of the Cubs, the White Sox, and quite a few Bulls and Bears beyond the sports teams of the same name.
Reuters First Approaches Last Days
Thomson Reuters is set to retire its Reuters First legacy Nordic data display product, which evolved from a desktop terminal developed by Falcon Information Services, a Norwegian vendor acquired by Reuters in 1991.
Data Cloud Has a Silver Lining
As more firms and vendors consider transferring non-core, compute-intensive data requirements such as tick history management to virtual processors in cloud computing environments, Rob Daly, editor of sibling publication Dealing with Technology ,…
Aqumin Integrates Bloomberg Data into Heatmap Displays
Houston, Texas-based data visualization software vendor Aqumin will this week release version 2.0 of its AlphaVision heatmap display tool, which allows users to incorporate data from their Bloomberg Professional terminals into the charting displays.
Millistream Readies Web Services Data Delivery
Swedish data vendor Millistream Market Data is in the final stages of developing a Web Services capability to deliver on-demand data to clients, using SOAP technology, and has already built a number of components to help customers develop customized Web…
The New Data Imperative: Real-Time Risk
As hints of a market recovery start to emerge, what can Wall Street do to avoid another crisis? Sybase senior executives Dr. Raj Nathan, Irfan Khan, and Sinan Baskan condense the key advice from their recent book, The New Data Imperative: Managing Real…
YouDevise Adds Data Loaders, Analytics to HIP
Trade ideas distribution software vendor YouDevise has added extra capabilities for loading historical data and for pre- and post-trade analysis to its HIP Hedge Fund Information Provider system, to provide easier integration for funds of hedge funds…
Exegy Debuts 'Embedded' Code on Client Algos
St. Louis-based hardware ticker plant provider Exegy will this week unveil a prototype Embedded Edition of its Exegy Ticker Plant, where some of the ticker plant code runs directly on the same servers as clients' data-consuming algorithmic trading…
SpryWare Adds Euro Feed Handlers
Chicago-based ticker plant vendor SpryWare has released a new set of feed handlers focused on London-based trading venues, to expand its coverage beyond North American exchanges, officials tell Inside Market Data .
Elysium Targets Mini-Primes with Post-Trade FX Offering
STAMFORD, CONN.-Catering to the Tier 3 banks moving into the prime brokerage space, Elysium Technology plans an October launch for three post-trade modules for its multi-asset white-label front-to-back-office reporting and reconciliation platform,…
CBOE Moves C2 Launch to 2010
CHICAGO-The awaited launch of the Chicago Board Options Exchange's (CBOE's) new all-electronic C2 trading venue has been moved to the first quarter of 2010, according to exchange officials.
Heeding the Call of Open Outcry
The death of open-outcry trading has been long predicted-but while it continues to disappear from some electronic exchanges, it stubbornly hangs on in others.
CSI, RTI Combine Handlers, Middleware
Open-source data technology vendor Collaborative Software Initiative has created an adapter between its feed handlers and messaging provider RTI's Data Distribution Service middleware, to create an open, plug-and-play data architecture that allows users…
Chi-Tech Adds FTEN To MarketPrizim
LONDON-Officials from trading infrastructure provider Chi-X Global Technology (Chi-Tech) announced today, Sept. 7, that the vendor has integrated pre-trade risk management and high-frequency execution capabilities from FTEN into its low-latency trading…
InfoReach Targets FX With Next TMS Release
CHICAGO-Foreign exchange (FX) traders on InfoReach's Trade Management System (TMS) will notice several new enhancements in the platform's next release, which is slated for later this year, according to vendor officials.
Quote MTF Joins 'Crowded' Space in Europe
BUDAPEST-At press time on Friday, Sept. 4, the European equities market became slightly more fragmented as pan-European multilateral trading facility (MTF) Quote MTF commenced trading in 10 French stocks.
Rosenblatt Levels the Playing Field
The introduction of third-party cloud computing and data storage offerings has allowed smaller firms to exploit infrastructure resources that were once limited to the largest bulge-bracket firms. DWT editor Rob Daly sits down with Raman Kannan, CTO of…
StanChart Offers Cross-Asset Margining
SINGAPORE-Standard Chartered (StanChart) has rolled out cross-asset margining capabilities, as it expands its private banking business, DWT has learned
Keeping Up with the Co-Los
Low-latency data and its surrounding technologies have become big business. I hadn't realized just how big until I saw a report last week from Brazilian exchange group BM&F Bovespa showing the increases in direct market access trading, and specifically…
Recognia Broadens Analysis Tools
Recognia, an Ottawa-based provider of predictive charting software for active traders, is expanding its range of technical analysis products to include analysis of more granular time increments and help automate users' trading decisions.
Actant Gives EU Clients Feed Choice
Swiss trading software vendor Actant recently replaced the feed it used to integrate market data from the London Stock Exchange into its trading systems, to allow its European derivatives trading and market making clients to source data from a choice of…