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Options Deploys TradeVision for Real-Time Multicast Gap Detection in Market Data Feeds
Options has integrated Ixia’s TradeVision platform with its managed colocation infrastructure to provide real-time multicast gap detection for market data feeds. The platform will initially be integrated with Options infrastructure across the US, with expansion across European venues during the second half of 2018. Launched in November 2017, TradeVision is a market data monitoring platform…
Highlights of A-Team Group’s Data Management Summit
Last week’s A-Team Group Data Management Summit covered hot topics from the evolution of the Chief Data Officer (CDO) role to the unfinished business of Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II), the outstanding data management challenges of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and the potential of technologies including cloud, machine learning and artificial…
LCG Selects Solace to Accelerate Real-Time Price Distribution
London Capital Group (LCG), a UK-based contract for difference and spread betting provider, has selected information routing specialist Solace to consolidate and upgrade the technology it uses to distribute real-time price information to applications and traders around the world. Handling information routing between LCG’s internal applications, Solace technology will reduce latency and simplify data flows…
Eze Software Extends Collaboration with NEX to MiFID II Trade Reporting
Eze Software has extended its Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) reporting capability through collaboration with NEX Regulatory Reporting, an Approved Publication Arrangement (APA) under the regulation that meets client needs to publish pre- and post-trade data and reports as soon as possible after trade execution. The collaboration bolsters Eze Software’s MiFID II…
Bloomberg Plans Addition of Chinese Securities to Global Aggregate Indices
Bloomberg intends to add Chinese RMB-denominated government and policy bank securities to the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Index. The addition of the securities will be phased in over a 20-month period starting in April 2019 and subject to planned operational enhancements being implemented by the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) and Ministry of Finance. When…
NetXpress Deploys Metamako Switches for Low-Latency Native Market Access
NetXpress, a provider of market connectivity and managed services, is rolling out Metamako ultra-low latency Layer 1 and FPGA-enabled switches to deliver native market access to trading clients including banks, hedge funds and proprietary trading shops. The company will also use the Metamako technology to support additional functionality that results in time and cost savings,…
Data Management Summit Innovation Showcase Presents The Investment Data Utility
Join us tomorrow at our London Data Management Summit to find out how to make data an opportunity rather than a risk, what still needs to be done to ensure Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) compliance, how to make the most of alternative data and next generation analytics, the latest technologies adding…
Options Completes 40Gb Backbone Upgrade, Plans Further Upgrade to 100Gb
Options has completed a 40Gb backbone upgrade of all its managed wide area network (WAN) circuits across New York (NY) metro data centres. The infrastructure expansion is designed to allow clients to connect to high volume exchange data feeds at Mahwah, Carteret, NY4 and NJ2, without bandwidth restrictions. All clients connecting to NYSE data have…
Rosenthal Collins Group Selects Eventus Platform for Trade Surveillance
Rosenthal Collins Group (RCG), an independent futures brokerage and clearing firm, has selected Eventus Systems’ Validus platform for trade surveillance. RCG chose the cloud version of the platform for its compliance officers to monitor trading activity and any regulatory issues. RCG considered several trade surveillance vendors before selecting Eventus and the Validus platform, which has…
Recorded Webinar: MiFID II trading technology requirements – what’s worked and what hasn’t?
The incredible breadth of coverage of Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) always meant there were going to be workarounds. Now that the implementation deadline of January 3, 2018 has passed, how did the marketplace fare in its attempts to comply, where was it successful, and which areas still need work? Listen to…