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Panel: Proper Prioritization Key to Survival
NEW YORK-As the global economic crisis deepens and spreads, financial firms need to prioritize their operations and focus on their core business to weather the storm, according to industry participants.
Central Asia to Gain New Exchange
ALMATY, Kazakhstan-A consortium of firms is set launch a commodity exchange in Central Asia-dubbed JSC Eurasian Trading System (ETS)-in the first quarter of next year, according to consortium officials.
CA Cheuvreux to Offer Saudi DMA Trading
PARIS-Through the use of contracts for difference (CFDs), CA Cheuvreux, the brokerage arm of Crédit Agricole, plans to introduce direct market access (DMA) trading capabilities to Saudi Arabia's markets in the first quarter of next year, DWT has learned.
Credit Suisse Expands Asian Crossing
Hong Kong-Credit Suisse plans to roll out its CrossFinder and CrossFinder+ crossing engines to new markets in Asia next year as well as provide new regional post-trade reporting functionalities to the platforms's users in the region, according to bank…
Sophis Readies Platform Revamp
NEW YORK-French cross-asset trading and risk management platform vendor Sophis is set to begin regression and capacity testing for the next version of its products by the start of 2009, vendor officials tell DWT .
Quod Takes On The Big Apple
NEW YORK-Officials from multi-asset class order management system (OMS) provider Quod Financial have announced today, Dec. 8, that the vendor has launched operations in New York.
Markit Unveils Share Analytics Tool
UK-based data vendor Markit has launched a market share analysis tool, dubbed Markit MSA (Market Share Analysis), which collates data contributed from 11 major banks and displays the volume of trades executed by each bank across different European…
Thomson Reuters Enhances .X With BBO, Time and Sales
Thomson Reuters will change the structure of its .X suffix, which is used for viewing consolidated European market data, to address the cost of subscribing to the feed, officials tell Inside Market Data .
RTS Debuts FIX-based DMA System
MOSCOW-In the face of the financial crisis, Russian Trading System Stock Exchange (RTS) officials are working on technology projects in an attempt to lure foreign investors.
Canadian Fragmentation Draws E-Trading Vendors
NEW YORK-Canadian and foreign traders have seen a number of new trading tools pop up to help them exploit the fragmented market structure following the recent introduction of a number of alternative trading systems (ATSes) in Canada.
SuperDerivatives Upgrades Front-End Productivity
NEW YORK-Options and derivatives pricing software provider SuperDerivatives plans to help its sell-side clients deliver and sell more complex derivatives with a new set of productivity enhancement tools that the vendor has added to its trading front end,…
Culture, Service Levels Challenge Grid Adoption
LONDON-Although grid computing has come a long way in terms of evolution, the financial industry still has some substantial barriers to overcome, especially for dynamic and utility computing, according to an industry observer.
29West Eyes In-Memory Additions
NEW YORK-Low-latency messaging products provider 29West is aiming enhance performance in hardware, as well as networking environments by adding in-memory transport in the next release of its Latency Business Messaging (LBM) and Ultra Messaging for the…
Autobahn Equity Links to AutEx
PARIS-Users of Deutsche Bank's Autobahn Equity multi-broker trading platform can now disseminate indications of interest (IoIs) across electronic multi-asset trading venue Tradeweb's AutEx network, say vendor officials.
TSE Sets 2010 Launch for Arrowhead
TOKYO-Operators of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) now expect to take Arrowhead, the exchange's new cash-equities platform, originally planned for a mid-2009 launch, live in January 2010, according to an exchange spokesperson.
Analysis paralysis
A midst the volatility that has now become the norm in the financial markets, it may seem that the more information available to traders the better. But when it comes to transaction cost analysis, caution needs to be exercised - traders must assess how…
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