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SEC Contracts MayStreet to Provide Market Data for MIDAS
MayStreet, provider of a capital markets platform delivering low-latency connectivity and high-precision market data, has assumed the role of market data provider to the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Market Information Data Analytics System (MIDAS) following its acquisition of the Thesys Technologies business that previously supported the system. The MIDAS platform combines technology and…
Options Deploys Latest Arista Switches to Offer Ultra-low Latency at Sub-5 Nanoseconds
Options, a provider of colocation services for capital markets, is meeting client demand for ultra-low latency switching capability with the deployment of Arista 7130 series ultra-low latency switches in 20 colocation environments globally. The company selected the switches after a successful deploying of Arista 7150 switches and plans to have 12 fully managed 7130 switches…
DASH Adds Dark Liquidity Aggregation Algo
DASH Financial Technologies continues to innovate with SENSOR Dark, a next-generation dark liquidity aggregation algorithm designed to provide traders with optimal levels of transparency, performance and control as they attempt to minimise footprints when seeking dark liquidity in a fragmented market. The algo sources dark liquidity from significant venues across the US equity market, including…
Trading Technologies Adds Connectivity to Mexican Derivatives Exchange
Trading Technologies International (TT) and the Mexican Derivatives Exchange (MexDer), a subsidiary of the Mexican stock exchange Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, have announced that all derivative products listed on MexDer will be available globally to users of the TT platform in Q4 2019. TT clients will be able to leverage TT’s suite of tools, which…
MoonX Releases Super-Fast Trading Technology in UK
MoonX has released its trading technology in the UK, offering software and hardware systems, including blockchain technology, to exchanges, brokerages, hedge funds, financial institutions and traders. It claims the world’s fastest exchange software, matching 25 million transactions per second and processing one order in 6 nano seconds, with processing speed delivered by patent pending matching…
Intercontinental Exchange Launches ICE Hub to Support ETF Growth
Global exchange and clearing house operator Intercontinental Exchange, which also provides data and listing services, has launched the ICE ETF Hub: a new platform designed to support growth and improve standardisation within the ETF primary trading market. The Global ETF market has witnessed substantial growth over the last decade, with assets under management exceeding $5.7…
TP ICAP Signs Multi-Year Strategic Data and Technology Agreement with Refinitiv
Refinitiv is has signed a multi-year strategic agreement with TP ICAP, the world’s largest interdealer broker, to support its data needs for both its brokers and technology platforms. The firm will meet TP ICAP’s application data needs via the Refinitiv Data Platform, and on the desktop via Eikon. Refinitiv will work alongside TP ICAP to…
Tradeteq Partners with Wroclaw University to Boost AI capabilities for Supply Chain Credit Analysis
Tradeteq, an electronic trading platform for institutional trade finance investors, has partnered with researchers at Wroclaw University of Science and Technology (WUST) to explore and develop new models for data analysis using artificial intelligence (AI). Tradeteq has developed an advanced credit-scoring model for SMEs and corporations that uses machine learning tools to apply an evidence-based…
FCA Authorises Bloomberg Index Services as a Regulated Benchmark Administrator
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has authorised Bloomberg Index Services Limited (BISL) as a regulated UK benchmark administrator under the European Union Benchmark Regulation. BISL has conducted index administration since 2014, including serving as the administrator of the Bloomberg Barclays fixed income indices. In addition, it administers the Bloomberg Commodity Index, the UBS Bloomberg…
IHS Markit Expands Global Dividend Forecasting Service
IHS Markit has doubled the number of companies covered by its Dividend Forecasting service. The expanded global service covers 28,000 stocks in more than 90 markets, providing up to five years of dividend forecast data for each stock covered and offering index providers, derivatives desks, asset managers and hedge funds with one of the broadest…