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Quandl Offers Alternative Data Designed to Improve Trading Decisions
Quandl, a Toronto based data provider, is pushing into the provision of alternative datasets that can be used by banks and hedge funds to make better trading decisions. The company works with partners to gather alternative data and sells it at a relatively high price to a limited number of firms. The company started a…
McKay Brothers Secures Growth Funding via IMC Investment
By Zoe Schiff Microwave connectivity specialist McKay Brothers has secured funding for future growth through a capital injection from Dutch trading technology provider IMC. The investment agreement – announced September 1 – also reaffirms McKay’s continued independence under co-founders Stéphane Tyc and Bob Meade. Terms of the investment weren’t disclosed, but the companies said funds…
Talking Intelligent Trading with Andrew Delaney: The Emergence of the MiFID II Ecosystem
It’s back to school week and so we found ourselves back in town, hearing all about Colt’s new MiFID II Ecosystem, based around access points offered by its Colt PrizmNet financial extranet. The premise is relatively simple: why not use PrizmNet as the conduit to a range of MiFID II-relevant partner applications? At a function…
Talking Intelligent Trading with Andrew Delaney: Post-Holiday Blues?
Feeling like I need a holiday after our ‘energetic’ family getaway to Greece, we are taking stock of the exciting programme of activities we’ve lined up for the ‘fall’ season here at Intelligent Trading Technology. Simply put, there is a lot going on. So I thought it would be useful to go over some of…
Talking Intelligent Trading with Andrew Delaney: The British Love a Good Farce
A week after the referendum sent us into Brexit, there remain more questions than answers on what will become of the UK and – more pertinently for us – the City of London’s trading community. No-one truly knows how this will play out. We may collectively remain in the dark for some time. Many Remainers…
Talking Intelligent Trading with Andrew Delaney: LME Relocates Matching Engine to Interxion’s LON-1
In something of a coup for data centre operator Interxion, the London Metal Exchange will switch the primary site for its LME Select matching engine to Interxion’s LON-1 data centre near Brick Lane, effective October 1. LME has recently gone live at LON-1 with its secondary LME Select engine, which is based on upgraded infrastructure…
Redline Adds Eurex EOBI Order Book Support To its Fast Market Data Solution
Underscoring the important role of Eurex to European markets in general, Redline Trading Solutions has added a feed handler using Eurex’s Enhanced Order Book Interface (Eurex EOBI) protocol. The EOBI interface offers faster access to Eurex order book data, helping firms to respond more rapidly to changes on Eurex whether they are trading in the…
FXecosystem Deploys Metamako Devices to Improve Network Control and Lower Latency
FXecosystem, a provider of outsourced connectivity services for the foreign exchange and fixed income markets, has embedded Metamako MetaConnect switches in its network to provide advanced control and visibility, as well as support for dynamic patching. The Metamako devices underpin FXecosystem’s FXeco-eye real-time network and flow monitoring and data visualisation tool, giving users of the…
Oslo Børs Extends Stay in London Through Partnership with London Stock Exchange
Oslo Børs has evaluated its technology partnership with London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), which hosts the Norwegian exchange’s equity, fixed income and derivatives markets, and decided to extend the relationship for five years effective from April 2017. Oslo Børs is one of over 40 exchanges and venues that use LSEG’s Millennium Exchange platform, but unlike…
Corvil Extends Data Capture Platform to Deliver Non-Intrusive MiFID II Solution
Corvil has extended its network data capture and analytics platform to deliver a Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) compliance solution that is applied as an overlay to existing infrastructure and integrates a lightweight agent that collects time-stamped events from software applications. The solution uses an independent system to gather precision data needed…