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Brits Say HFT Does Not Lead to Volatility
A report published by the U.K. government says that there is no evidence that high frequency trading leads to increased volatility, which is a key driver of market data rates. The report – The Future of Computer Trading in Financial Markets – by the U.K. government’s Office for Science – which is not a regulator…
Telx Lowers Latency to NYSE Mahwah
Proximity data centre operator Telx is tapping into new fibre routes from Cross River Fiber to lower latency to NYSE Euronext’s Mahwah, NJ data centre. Cross River’s new fibre runs directly through Clifton, NJ where Telx operates its existing NJR2 data centre, with NJR3 under construction. The fibre then runs on to Secaucus, NJ (where…
Redline and Intel Highlight Proposed STAC-T1 “Tick to Trade” Benchmark
Redline Trading Solutions and Intel are highlighting performance benchmarks for the latest versions of Redline’s ticker plant and execution gateway software, conducted using the proposed STAC-T1 test harness designed to measure “Tick to Trade” latency. STAC-T1 – as administered along with other benchmarks by the Securities Technology Analysis Center – measures the latency of a…
Q&A: October’s Low Down on Latency with Pete Harris
More questions from the IntelligentTradingTechnology.com community e-mail bag, with some thoughts from me. Q: Profits are down at HFT firms, and regulation of them looks to be on the increase. What does than mean for low-latency technology spend? A: I am sure there will be an impact, but I also expect investment in low latency…
Q&A: Rich Brown of Thomson Reuters Takes The Pulse of Machine Readable News, Social Media and Sentiment
As pointed to in our recent coverage, machine readable news is expanding its asset scope and geographical delivery. A good time, then, for IntelligentTradingTechnology.com to get an inside view on the topic from Rich Brown, head of Elektron Analytics at Thomson Reuters. Q: What’s your assessment on the current state of play re. trading firms…
Exegy/StreamBase Partner For Big Data and Low Latency
Linking its hardware accelerated ticker plant to StreamBase System’s complex event processing (CEP) software, Exegy is addressing different trading strategies with one solution, says chief scientist Scott Parsons. “Is this a play about big data or low latency? The answer is yes.” The Exegy to StreamBase link was made possible by leveraging published APIs for…
Q&A: Interxion’s Patrick Lastennet on Demand For Co-Lo, Clouds and Big Data
We’ve been seeing a continued focus on companies that offer data centres for co-location and proximity, and how they are proving attractive offerings to trading firms needing to navigate an increasing regulatory landscape, and also to vendors looking to tap into liquidity hubs. IntelligentTradingTechnology.com spoke to Interxion’s director of marketing and business development for financial…
Low Latency Machine Readable News Feeds Broaden Content, Geo Reach
Recent developments from providers of machine readable news and sentiment analysis, and their partners, point to increasing take up of this segment of market data, and how its applicability is expanding both in terms of content type and trading markets served. Deutsche Boerse – with its AlphaFlash product that’s largely the result of its acquisitions…
Calxeda Hires Niall Dalton and Geno Valente
Calxeda – developer of EnergyCore ‘system on a chip’ processors being pitched at big data applications – has hired Niall Dalton and Geno Valente, both of whom are well known in the financial markets space. Dalton has joined as chief software architect and will be based in the company’s soon-to-be-opened Sunnyvale, Ca. office. He was…
Tibco Scales Spotfire 5 In Memory; Partners with Teradata
Tibco Software has announced Spotfire 5, the latest version of its analytics platform, which leverages in-memory functionality derived from Tibco’s ActiveSpaces data grid to improve performance. Separately, the company has extended its partnership with data warehouse vendor Teradata. “Spotfire 5 is capable of handling in-memory data volumes orders of magnitude greater than the previous version…