Content tagged with Infrastructure posted in July 2010
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Equinix Opens IBX Data Center in D.C And Plans Singapore Expansion
Global data center service provider Equinix announced today that it opened an International Business Exchange data center in the Washington, D.C.-area, a region it said serves as its main hub for inbound and outbound traffic.
Pyxis Mobile Appoints IT Vet As New CEO
Steven Levy, who replaces Bob Mazzarella, co-founded and served as CEO for 15 years at Macgregor, an order management system (OMS) provider, where he led the sale of the software firm to ITG for approximately $250 million.
J.P. Morgan Hires Staff Amid Push to Boost Trade Finance Business
J.P. Morgan Treasury Services said today that it plans to beef up its global trade operation by hiring around 100 new trade and supply chain workers to its international team.
SBI Japannext PTS Joins Fidessa Global Network
Fidessa predicts that the launch of 'Arrowhead' by the Tokyo Stock Exchange will attract more liquidity from high frequency traders that like to trade on multiple venues.
OptionsCity Introduces Metro 2.2. for Equity Options Traders
Adds connectivity to BOX and exposes additional API functionality for clients integrating proprietary algorithmic trading engines.
Blaylock Robert Van Launches U.S. Equities Trading Platform Via Fidessa
Taps Fidessa's network of brokers and exchanges, as well as advanced algorithmic trading solutions, clearing, real time analysis, compliance and risk management features.
Breaking the Sales Model in the Cloud?
Cloud-based on-demand services may offer a way to reduce bloated infrastructure and data center spending.
Financial Firms Forge Ahead With Innovation, Survey Finds
According to third annual "Digital IQ" survey from Diamond Management & Technology Consultants, 50% of firms say innovation was their primary strategic focus for 2009.
Actant Upgrades To NYSE Technologies’ SuperFeed Data Platform
NYSE Technologies announced today that software trading firm Actant will begin using its SuperFeed data platform as it looks to gain access to overseas markets.
Quantifi's Software Addresses Regulatory Scrutiny of OTC Markets
New version of pricing and risk analysis software addresses changes in market, operational and regulatory requirements.
Nasdaq OMX to Acquire Australia's SMARTS Group, Surveillance System Provider
Allows Nasdaq OMX to diversify commercial technology business and enter broker surveillance and compliance market.
Brazil's Alliance Asset Management Selects OneTick CEP and Database
Proprietary trading firm chooses OneTick's integrated CEP and database to drive its research and high frequency trading strategies in South America.
BATS Europe Deploys Pan European Feed Via Thomson Reuter's Elektron Facility
The BATS Europe MTF will access a low latency direct data feed from primary European execution venues via the London-based hosting facility.
The New Financial Data Network: Speeding Towards More Profitable Trading
With firms competing for low latency routes to preferred liquidity destinations at exchanges housed within Manhattan and New Jersey data centers, choosing the network provider is critical. John Macario of Optimum Lightpath discusses the criteria to consider.
Interxion To Host Mission-Critical IT Applications For Lupus Alpha Asset Management
Lupus alpha offers specialist investment concepts to institutional investors.
Lupus alpha Taps Interxion for Colocation and Access to Market Data
Buy-side firm will host IT applications in Frankfurt hub for sub-millisecond trading strategies.
Barclays Capital Took Colocation Step to Grow Liquidity of LX Dark Pool
Seeking to grow volume of LX dark pool, Barclays positions matching engine in colo facility to access liquidity of hedge funds, exchanges and broker dealers.
NYSE Technologies Rolls Out Order Routing Direct Platform
NYSE Technologies said today that it launched Order Routing Direct, an order routing device that allows users to connect directly with their trading counterparties without requiring routing back to a centralized hub.
Silicon: The Next Tool for Low Latency
GPUs and FPGAs can help lower latency, but they often are difficult to program or change, experts caution.
Fidessa Names Robert Thompson as President of North American Buy-Side Business
Consolidates oversight of buy and sell sides of the North American market.
LCH.Clearnet's SwapClear IRS Volumes Up 30 Percent Year On Year
LCH.Clearnet said the record volumes demonstrate the effectiveness of the SwapClear clearing model for OTC interest rate swaps.
China Re Asset Management Selects Sophis VALUE
First mainland Chinese insurance company to adopt international portfolio management system and integrated STP process.
SIX Telekurs Teams With Nasdaq OMX to Disseminate Index, ETF Data
SIX Telekurs said today that it’s collaborating with Nasdaq OMX Group to globally disseminate index and exchange-traded fund data as part of a bid to capitalize on growing demand for transparency.
BSE Teams With Eurex To Launch Futures, Options Trading
The Bombay Stock Exchange said today that it’s partnering with with Eurex to launch futures and options on the BSE’s blue chip index Sensex.
IND-X Announces Leading Asia As Major Shareholder
IND-X to use investment to expand its commission management platform in Asia.
The Short Side Fueled Liquidity in BP's Stock During Market Stress
Short sellers covered trades of about 20 million shares worth of BP stock in the weeks after the oil rig explosion, providing helpful buying pressure and price support while so many other investors were selling.
StreamBase Partners with MarketFactory for Algorithmic FX Trading
MarketFactory and StreamBase plan to offer a complete low-latency FX trading platform.
Interactive Data Builds Fund Trading Portal for Julius Baer
Interactive Data Corp. has unveiled Fundstrading, a fund trading portal for the Swiss bank Julius Baer which provides real-time prices for more than 300 investment funds throughout the trading day.
Interxion Unveils Low-Latency Access To BATS Europe
Interxion, a European provider of carrier-neutral data center services, said today that it’s now offering low-latency access to the BATS Europe multilateral trading facility.
Warsaw Stock Exchange to Migrate to NYSE Technologies' Universal Trading Platform
Warsaw bourse to move cash and derivatives trading to NYSE Euronext platform, and open WSE products to NYSE SFTI connected community.
NYSE Technologies Rolls Out SFTI Internet VPN Service
Global market access to less latency sensitive applications via the Internet for users with lower bandwidth requirements.
Morgan Stanley, Barclays Capital Become Strategic Shareholders of Trade Ideas Limited
Trade Ideas Limited, a participant-owned platform which enables brokers and institutional clients to send and receive trade ideas on a permission basis, said today that Morgan Stanley and Barclays Capital have become strategic shareholders.
Paradice Investment Management Went Live With Eze OMS
Sydney-based asset manager looks to ConvergEx Eze Castle system to handle global trading and compliance.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch Rolls Out Global Liquidity Platform
Bank of America Merrill Lynch has launched a global liquidity platform, a centralized hub it said offers enhanced reporting capabilities and a streamlined workflow by eliminating dependence on multiple account platforms.
Colocation and Liquidity Provisioning: An Uneven Playing Field
Enhanced access to trade execution venues has attracted considerable attention from the industry, the media and regulators. Batterymarch’s Director of Trading Dragan Skoko discusses how colocation has tipped the balance between liquidity providers and users.
Is The SEC's Circuit Breaker Inviting Rogue Traders?
The test run of a market-wide circuit breaker instituted last month by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has been well-received across Wall Street, but could it open a Pandora’s Box of rogue behavior as currently constructed?
OFI Asset Management Chooses Quantifi XL
French asset manager will use Quantifi XL for the pricing and analysis of structured products and distressed market portfolios.
Bloomberg Launches Derivatives Valuation Service To Bring Transparency
Provides end-of-day valuations and risk measurements for a full range of OTC derivatives and structured products.
Galle Global Macro Partners Selects Traiana's Harmony Solution
Global hedge fund taps Traiana's Harmony service for post-trade processing of foreign exchange, futures and equities.
SEC Circuit Breaker May Not Have Stopped May 6 Crash
Shares of Citigroup Inc. triggered alarm across Wall Street last week when an erroneous trade sent the banking giant’s stock down 17 percent, activating the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's two-week old circuit breaker.
NYSE Euronext Aims To Boost Transparency With Markit Venture
NYSE Euronext said today that its commercial technology arm NYSE Technologies will integrate data from Markit BOAT in a bid to boost transparency in the European over-the-counter equity markets.
Trading Technologies Acquired TickIt Trading Systems
Enables TT to move into low-latency algorithmic and blackbox trading.
DTCC Plans Subsidiary in London to House Global CDS Data
Ensures identical CDS data sets on two continents for regulators to access.
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