Just off the presses is this technical document – IBM refers to them as redpapers – on “WebSphere MQ Low Latency Messaging in Financial Exchanges.” Among other things, it illustrates how to create a “highly available matching engine component,” using the RCMS (Reliable and Consistent Message Streaming) API. For more information, and to download the redpaper, click here.
For many quantitative trading firms and asset managers, building a self-provisioned historical market data environment remains one of the most time-consuming and resource-intensive steps in establishing a new research capability. Sourcing data, normalising symbologies, handling corporate actions and maintaining infrastructure can take months and absorb significant budget before a single model is tested. At the...
Intercontinental Exchange has agreed to acquire MarketAxess Holdings for $167 per share in cash, valuing the electronic bond trading platform at approximately $6 billion in equity and $5.7 billion in enterprise value. The price is a 33% premium to MarketAxess’s closing price on 29 July. MarketAxess connects around 2,100 institutional investors and broker-dealers in more...
Now in its 16th year, the TradingTech Summit London brings together senior leadership across capital markets trading technology and market data. Join us to deep dive into key opportunities and challenges driving technological transformation across sell-side and buy-side firms.
The industry breathed a sigh of relief when the deadline for reporting under the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (Fatca) was pushed back to July 1, 2014. But what’s starting to look like perhaps the most significant regulation of the next 12 months may start to impact our marketplace sooner than we think, especially...