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IPC Launches Connexus Alpha for Ultra-Low Latency Connectivity
Connectivity solutions provider IPC has expanded its electronic trading portfolio with the launch of Connexus Alpha, which will enable financial markets participants to connect to key global liquidity venues through ultra-low latency optimised point-to-point optical fibre connections. Connexus Alpha, which IPC claims will offer a speed advantage in executing complex trading strategies while reducing the…
The Broker Club and ACI UK Collaborate on Programme of Education and Community Activities
The Broker Club, the industry network for broker firms within capital markets and ACI UK, the community for individuals involved in FX markets, have agreed to collaborate on a programme of education and community events, for the mutual benefit of their respective member communities. The industry associations will also offer discounted membership to individuals and…
JamLabs to Launch Online Data Selling Platform
Toronto-based JamLabs Data Science, a full-stack data science solution and advanced analytics provider, is launching jShop, a cloud-based product management platform that will enable companies to monetise their valued data by creating online white-labelled stores. jShop’s adapters will allow customers to quickly load and publish their data catalog from major platforms like AWS, Snowflake, and…
Benefiting from Advanced Execution in US Treasury Markets
The expanded footprint of electronic non-bank liquidity providers (NLPs) and established broker/dealers, as well as the proliferation of electronic aggregation platforms, are all adding complexity to fixed-income markets, which as a result are starting to resemble established electronic markets like equities and foreign exchange. For market participants, this has added to the challenge of sourcing…
Bloomberg Provides Real-Time Access to B-Pipe on Google Cloud
Bloomberg has collaborated with Google to enable mutual customers to access B-Pipe, Bloomberg’s real-time market data feed, through Google Cloud. The collaboration with Google provides customers with cloud access to real-time market data and analytics, for 35 million instruments, over 330 exchanges and 80 billion ticks a day. Bloomberg claims that it is the only…
The Modernisation Imperative
In today’s fast-paced financial markets, institutions face a number of challenges. As well as having to cope with shrinking margins and ever-increasing regulatory scrutiny, firms are having to process more data from more sources than ever before, all in an increasingly competitive landscape. With everything moving so fast and changing so often, financial institutions are…
ICE Partners with Techary to Provide Hardware Procurement and Managed Services
Market infrastructure provider Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) has launched a global procurement and managed services solution in collaboration with Techary, a global technology solutions provider. The new service, which will be offered by ICE Global Network (IGN) and supported by Techary, will provide customers with end-to-end hosting, hardware procurement, management and support through one single IGN…
Integral Deploys FX Workflow Technology at Singapore SG1
Integral, technology provider to the buy-side, has announced that the IntegralFX service is now available in Singapore’s SG1 data centre, enabling local clients in Singapore to deploy pricing engines, algos, connectivity and distribution tools, as well as making prices, obtaining liquidity and hosting algorithms in a low latency configuration. Integral’s platform provides banks, brokers and…
Pico Expands RedlineFeed to APAC with the Addition of Two Chinese Exchanges
Following its acquisition of Redline Trading Solutions earlier this year, Pico has expanded RedlineFeed’s global coverage beyond European and US markets into APAC, with the addition of normalised market data for Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) and Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE). The service is available at Pico’s colocation facility at the Hosting Services Data Centre of…
Top Cloud-Based Trading Environments
In a time when the drive to shift to cloud-based trading environments is at an all time high due to the covid-19 pandemic, it is useful to look at which firms offer the best solutions. A cloud-based trading environment offers flexibility and business continuity by allowing traders to work from anywhere. Gone are the days…