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Options Extends Business Operations in New Zealand and Australia
Options has opened an office in Auckland, New Zealand, marking expansion of the firm’s business operations in New Zealand and Australia. The Auckland office is part of an ongoing, global initiative to bring the firm’s sales, operations, account management and support teams closer to key customers in the region. In addition to Options’ Hong Kong…
Refinitiv Partners valantic to Deliver Efficiencies for Fixed Income Traders using Eikon
Refinitiv has enhanced liquidity access on its Eikon desktop terminal with the integration of iQbonds from valantic Trading Solutions. The arrangement will give fixed income traders using Eikon greater access to information that will help them make faster decisions. iQbonds can be integrated into a trader’s workflow using the Refinitiv Side by Side Integration API….
Quantitative Brokers Adds Octane and The Roll Best Execution Algos
Quantitative Brokers (QB), an algorithm and analytics provider for the futures and US cash treasury markets, has introduced Octane and The Roll, algorithms designed to optimise urgent completion and calendar spreads respectively. These algos join QB’s existing suite of best execution algos – Bolt, Strobe, Legger and Closer – and are supported by QB’s Transaction…
BSO Extends Network with PoP in Mexico City
BSO continues to extend its network with direct connectivity between the Mexican Stock Exchange, part of the BMV Group, and some of the largest exchanges across North America. Its new Point of Presence (PoP) in Mexico City will provide connectivity spanning Latin America, Chicago and New York. Available this month, the new route will allow…
Nissan Securities Distributes Trading Technologies’ TT Platform
Tokyo-based derivatives broker Nissan Securities has contracted to distribute Trading Technologies’ TT platform, furthering its trade execution technology offer with access to TT features and technology including Autospreader, ADL, TT Premium Services, and charting and analytics. Tomoaki Hirao, director and head of global sales at Nissan Securities, says: “By providing Trading Technologies’ TT platform, we’re…
NovaSparks Fourth-Generation Ticker Plant Decreases Latency, Adds PCIe Card
NovaSparks has introduced a fourth-generation version of NovaTick that can decrease latency by 20% and process 10-times the number of symbols than its predecessor. The improvements result from the inclusion of Xilinx UltraScale+ FPGAs in the solution, which will allow banks and trading firms to accelerate their trading platforms without any compromise on scalability or…
CQG Provides Desktop Trading Platform for Nasdaq Fixed Income
CQG, a provider of high-performance trading, market data and technical analysis tools, has partnered Nasdaq Fixed Income (NFI) to deliver its web-based CQG Desktop platform as the official front-end for trading NFI US treasury benchmark products. Earlier this year, CQG partnered Nasdaq Futures Exchange (NFE) to provide a CQG Desktop as a front-end trading platform…
Podcast: Best Execution & Connectivity in a Multi-Venue Environment
How are venues and connectivity choices impacting best execution? How could linking to emerging SIs impact best execution policy? How are trading technologies such as algos being redesigned to trade in periodic auctions and other new trading mechanisms? What is the best method to evaluate performance and assess options for trading venue analysis and order…
QuantHouse and Enyx Offer FPGA Accelerated Market Data Service in the Hong Kong Exchange Data Centre
QuantHouse (QH) has added ultra-low latency FPGA-based market data specialist Enyx to its API ecosystem to offer trading firms an FPGA accelerated end-to-end market data service. The solution will initially be rolled out in the Hong Kong Exchange data centre (HKEX). To reduce the cost of FPGA implementation and time to market, Enyx and QH…
BSO Provides Direct Connectivity to India International Exchange
Global network provider BSO is providing international investors with access to the Indian market through direct connectivity to the International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) in which the India International Exchange (INX) is located. The IFSC is aiming to attract the international financial community by providing domestic and offshore traders equal access to wider global markets…