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QuantHouse Provides Optimised Direct Access to Cboe Market Data
QuantHouse is providing clients with optimised direct access to Chicago Board Options Exchange (Cboe) market data for US equity and equity options via its low-latency market data offering QuantFeed and order routing service QuantLINK. The partnership will enable QuantHouse clients to access all asset classes traded by Cboe from all QuantHouse data centres via a…
Recorded Webinar: Optimising fast market data using high performance technologies
While the need for speed is no longer the only key requirement of trading, it remains near the top of the agenda with successful firms benefiting from higher fill rates and improved execution quality. So how can this be achieved at your firm? This webinar will identify the types of high performance technologies that can…
Trading Technologies Extends Execution and Connectivity to Brazil
By Uri Inspector, Staff Reporter Trading Technologies (TT) has extended its execution and client connectivity offerings to Brazil through the Bovespa B3 Data Centre. This gives regional clients access to TT’s worldwide network of data centres as well as collocated connectivity to B3 for global execution of latency-sensitive trades. Brazil-based traders also have access to…
BSO Adds Low-Latency Link Between London and Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange
BSO has extended its low-latency trading network with the addition of direct connectivity between London and the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE). The link allows international traders and members of the exchange to trade Israeli stocks without investing in long-haul infrastructure. Fraser Bell, chief commercial officer at BSO, says: “Connecting the trading community to new and…
Innovation Delivers Improved Trading Performance, Lower Costs and New Opportunities
Time series databases, predictive analytics, ultra-low latency network products, sophisticated algorithms and artificial intelligence are on the wish list of many trading firms looking for innovative technologies to improve trading architecture and support high performance trading. They do, however, come with challenges, cost implications and the need for management buy-in. Speaking on a recent A-Team Group…
How to Reduce Transatlantic Latency by 30%
Are you looking for the ultimate in ultra-low latency across the Atlantic? If you are, look no further than short wave radio that can cut 10 milliseconds off the 30 millisecond fibre optic link from New York to London. The potential of ultra-low latency transatlantic data transmission was outlined by Jason England, head of capital…
HPR Expands Market Access Platform to Hong Kong Stock Connects
By Uri Inspector, Staff Reporter Hyannis Port Research (HPR), a Boston-based provider of advanced capital markets infrastructure technologies, has expanded its market access platform to include support for the Shanghai-Hong Kong and Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connects. The HPR platform includes the company’s pre-trade risk products for low latency market access and risk management, Riskbot and…
Intelligent Trading Summit Debates the Prospects of Cryptocurrencies
Cryptocurrency is all the rage in capital markets, but how does it differ from other asset classes, how will it be regulated and what are its challenges and opportunities for trading firms and exchanges? A panel session at A-Team Group’s recent Intelligent Trading Summit in New York City answered these questions and more, looking at both the…
Colt Offers US Network Connecting Multinationals to Europe and Asia
Colt Technology Services has introduced US operations offering multinational enterprises self-service and on-demand bandwidth for agile connectivity to their European and Asian operations. The connectivity is based on the Colt IQ Network, which is fully controlled by Colt in Europe and Asia, and connects 13 major cities in North America, including New York, San Francisco…
A-Team Group Reveals Winners of 2018 Intelligent Trading Technology Awards
The winners of this year’s A-Team Group Intelligent Trading Technology (ITT) Awards have been revealed, with winning solution and service providers named across categories from best cloud-based trading environment to best trading analytics platform and best consolidated market data feed. Consultancy categories covered best specialist trading technology consultancy and best specialist market data consultancy. A…