Content tagged with Infrastructure posted in May 2010
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Thomson Reuters in Deal to Buy Point Carbon
Thomson Reuters said today that it agreed to buy Point Carbon A/S, a Norway-based provider of analytics and news focused on the energy and environmental markets.
Dealerweb Plans to Move into Treasury Bill E-Trading
Subsidiary of Tradeweb owned by large banks takes aim at ICAP and BGC Partners.
Tabb Report: Buy-Side Spending Up, Focus on Integrated OMS, EMS Technology
Buy-side firms are ramping up spending on order and execution management systems, moving to integrate the two in a bid to streamline desktops while ultimately lowering risk, according to a new report by Tabb Group.
Deutsche Bank’s Kelley Named Chairman of Enterprise Cloud Leadership Council
ECLC aims to develop cloud standards and promote uptake of cloud services on the enterprise level.
Pricing Partners, MathFinance Team to Expand Software, Consulting Operations
Pricing Partners said today that it’s teaming with MathFinance to cross sell the companies’ quantitative software and consulting services in a bid to expand their respective client bases.
CME Taps Mohan for Co-Location, Data Center Business
The CME has appointed Craig Mohan to oversee its new co-location and data center business aimed at the high-frequency trading market.
QSG Announces Release of SYNC
New trading analytics platform addresses the challenges of 'impact costs' in a high-speed, high frequency driven trading market.
Markit Adds Structured Products to Porfolio Valuations Service
Markit said extension of Portfolio Valuations service to structured products is in response to client demand.
TNS, EZX Partner for FX Solution
Connectivity provider Transaction Network Services (TNS) and EZX, a trading software provider, have announced a partnership to create a low-latency FX market data and trading aggregation service.
Fidessa Opens Singapore Hub
Fidessa group has opened a new hub in Singapore to supplement its existing presence in the Asia Pacific region in Hong Kong and Tokyo.
Caerus Trading Selects Orc Trading
Amsterdam-based trading firm choses Orc's platform for market making in listed equity and index options.
UNX Secures Funding to Expand into Multi-Asset Trading and Global Markets
Looks to accelerate build-out of multi-asset trading through its Catalyst EMS and portal to integrate services and tools for buy side.
Hudson Fibre Opens Low-Latency Connections to Exchanges in U.S., Canada
Hudson Fibre Network said today that it activated two low-latency fiber routes connecting clients to financial exchanges in New Jersey, Chicago, and Toronto.
Six Firms to Publish European Crossing Volumes
Six firms have launched an initiative to improve transparency in post-trade over-the-counter equity markets by reporting the volumes of cash equity trades crossed in their automated crossing systems through a service provided by Markit.
Israeli Investment Bank Deploys GFI's Fenics to Boost FX Business
GFI Group Inc. said today that Mizrahi Tefahot Bank of Israel is deploying GFI Fenics Professional, its software for analyzing pricing and risk management for FX.
NYSE Technologies Tabs Knight Capital as SFTI Destination
NYSE Technologies, the commercial technology arm of NYSE Euronext, tabbed Knight Capital Group to be a destination on its secure financial transaction infrastructure network.
NYSE Technologies Adds Knight Capital Group as SFTI Destination
SFTI customers can now access Knight’s electronic trading products and services from the same connections they currently use to access NYSE Euronext markets, other exchanges and brokers.
More Scrutiny in an Altered World
Companies scramble to adjust to new rules of the road while governments weigh curbs on leverage and demands for more transparency.
SunGard’s VPM to be Integrated with Bloomberg’s Hedge Fund Suite
SunGard is integrating its VPM with Bloomberg’s hedge fund suite in a bid to help firms manage risk more effectively while boosting their investor reporting capabilities.
Panopticon Partners with Sybase
Panopticon's visual interface will interact with Sybase RAP-The Trading Editionl as well Aleri's CEP engine for fast analysis of historical and real-time data.
Jefferies Launches Algos for Greece, South Africa
Continuing to build out its algorithmic trading offering, Jefferies has launched a suite of algorithms for trading on exchanges in Greece and South Africa.
Liquidnet to Host 3rd Event in Series of Forums
Bringing a fresh approach to the research model, Liquidnet is hosting its third forum this year on mobile marketing and advertising.
Burgundy Applies for Exchange Status
Burgundy has applied for authorization from the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority to operate a regulated market as an exchange for listing and trading warrants, certificates, exchange traded funds (ETFs) and structured products.
Trading Cross Connects Expands Technology Staff
Incubator of high frequency algo trading teams hires a senior strategy engineer and a senior developer.
Advent to Expand Index Data For APX Users
Advent Software Inc., a software provider to the global investment management industry, is expanding the availability of index data available to its clients in cooperation with RIMES Technologies Corp.
Fidessa Connects with Santiago Stock Exchange
Fidessa is certified to provide member firms with access to the Santiago Stock Exchange, in preparation for major matching engine upgrade.
GlobeOp Selects S&P Valuation and Risk for Fixed Income Valuations
GlobeOp Financial Services has selected S&P Valuation and Risk Strategies for its independent valuations on a range of fixed income securities.
ITG Announces Multi-Asset Portfoilo Algo, Dynamic IS with Futures
The algorithm can execute baskets containing any mix of stocks and equity index futures.
smartTrade Releases Market Data Distribution Engine
smartTrade Technologies has released its LiquidityDistributor to help firms customize and create matrices for the distribution of market data and prices.
Advent Launches Tamale RMS 5.0
New version of research management software allows for customization investment workflows, data integration from multiple sources and improved filtering.
LCH.Clearnet to Lose NYSE Euronext As Clearing Customer
NYSE Euronext intends to begin clearing for its European securities and derivatives markets from late 2012.
Raymond James Launches Into SOA
What started as a relaunch of its outdated Investor Access client Web portal morphed into the transformative adoption of service-oriented architecture at Raymond James Financial Services.
Barnes Named CEO of UBS MTF
Robert Barnes has been named chief executive offices of UBS’ new multilateral trading facility (MTF) – UBS MTF.
BT Expands Singapore Hosting Services
BT is expanding its Singapore hosting facility in a move the company says will allow it to accommodate a wider array of electronic trading applications.
Market Meltdown: Top Online Brokerages Saw Website Response Times Dramatically Slow Down
As online demand surged, 12 of the 15 top financial institutions had double-digit percentage increases in response times between 3 and 4 pm, according to Gomez, inc.
Trading Cross Connects Completes Hosting Facility in Tokyo
Incubator for high frequency algorithmic trading teams implements data center in Tokyo.
Nomura to Roll Out Dark Pool in Hong Kong
Nomura will launch its NomuraCross (NX) dark pool in Hong Kong at the end of May after recently receiving approval for an ATS license by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC).
Eikos Partners Builds Portal for Cantor Fitzgerald's Prime Services Division
The portal integrates all asset classes into a single environment, and was built with Microsoft Silverlight to enhance the user experience.
Advent Software Opens Office In Singapore
With Advent's client base in Asia doubling over the past 12 months, the new office will service users of Geneva as well as Tamale RMS.
NYSE Euronext Opens New European Data Center
New data center offers low latency collocation services and market connectivity
OptionsXpress to Use Activ Financial’s MPU
OptionsXpress announced it will be using Activ Financial’s market data processing unit to speed up processing of low-latency exchange feeds, a move its says will help reduce hardware costs and trading system latencies.
Silver Lake, Warburg Pincus Buy Interactive Data
Financial market data provider Interactive Data Corp. has agreed to be acquired by Silver Lake and Warburg Pincus for $3.4 billion.
ITG Cooperates with Fxall on launch of ITG TCA for FX
The new offering quantifies and evaluates foreign exchange trades versus several benchmarks.
Options IT Names Dillon North America Sales Director
Options IT, a provider of infrastructure, market data and connectivity for hedge funds, has named Tim Dillon Director of Sales for North America.
Equinix Completes $683.4 Million Acquisition Of Switch And Data
The acquisition provides customers with broader access to 35 global data center metropolitan areas throughout North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific regions.
Options IT Names Former JonesTrading SVP as Director of Sales for North America
Prior to joining Options IT, Tom Dillon was SVP at JonesTrading, where he oversaw the firm's electronic trading sales effort, and VP of Sales at NYFIX.
Selerity Hires Jeffrey Otten as Head of Global Sales
Taps algorithmic news veteran from Thomson Reuters to build out sales network for machine-readable data platform.
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