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Lava Announces Major Enhancements to Sell-Side Products
FREE ARTICLELava Trading Inc. today announced the completion of significant enhancements to its sell-side products, including the Lava ColorBook(R) system and Lava Trading Floor(R). The updates to ColorBook, Lava Trading Floor and other products reflect the continual read this
Digipede and 4th Story Join Forces to Grid-Enable Financial Software
FREE ARTICLEDigipede Technologies and 4th Story announced today that 4th Story has integrated its trading strategy analytics with the Digipede Network? for increased scalability and performance. By Digipede-enabling its advanced trading analytics applications, 4th St read this
MAREX Financial picks FXall
FREE ARTICLEFXall has been selected by MAREX Financial, a firm authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority, to provide foreign exchange liquidity and trading services to its clients read this
ASX to introduce FIX standard to market data services
FREE ARTICLEThe Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) will introduce low-latency market data services in 2006, based on the FIX (financial information exchange) protocol. ASX has selected the CameronFIX Market Data Server platform to support these new market data services, read this
AT Round Table: Multi Asset Algo
FREE ARTICLEMulti asset execution algorithms have been touted as the next “big thing”. AT asked four major sellside providers for their viewpoint. With: - Tim Wildenberg, Head of Direct Execution Services Europe, UBS - Jeff Wecker, CEO of Townsend Analytics, read this
Exchange Views: LSE Multi Asset Futureproofing
FREE ARTICLETechnology first came to the forefront at the London Stock Exchange in 1986 when the exchange abandoned floor trading. Since then, technology has only continued to increase in importance, particularly since the exchange’s switch to listed company st read this
Technology Workshop: Algo Integration – Can FIX Fix It?
FREE ARTICLEThe FIX Protocol’s provision of a broad set of commonly accepted standards has radically simplified and reduced the cost of financial messaging in capital markets. A relatively recent innovation within FIX has been the work of the Algorithmic Trading W read this
Tech Forum: The OMS - Moving On, Moving Up
FREE ARTICLEOne type of trading technology that has been much affected by the growth in algorithmic trading is the OMS. AT talks to five leading OMS vendors to find out how changes in the market are affecting their businesses and how they are dealing with those cha read this
My Machine: The AT Interview - Amplitude Capital: Precision Automation
FREE ARTICLEAutomation, both in terms of trading and back office processes, is an intrinsic part of Amplitude Capital’s day to day operation. AT talks to two of Amplitude’s principals, CEO Karsten Schroeder and CFO John Harrison about the firm’s technology, met read this
Leader: The Price of Principal
FREE ARTICLECertainty comes at a premium in financial markets and especially where a capital commitment is required. But just how big should that premium be for principal quotes and what are the alternatives? Dr Paul Lynch managing partner of algorithmic tradin read this
Strategies: Optimisation Algorithms for Automated Trading
FREE ARTICLEAutomation opens up the possibility of trading multiple models or the same/similar model with multiple parameter sets. However, that raises the question of how best to optimise those parameter sets. Chris Donnan, who works in equity derivatives trad read this
Exchange Views: ASX - Ramping Up For Algo
FREE ARTICLEIn common with other exchanges around the globe, the ASX has seen algorithmic and automated trading fundamentally change the nature of its order flows. AT talks to David Stocken, Senior Product Manager, Equity Products at the ASX about how the exchange read this
AT Round Table: Algorithmic Trading - Creating real value for the buyside
FREE ARTICLEAs algorithmic trading continues to mature, the buyside is becoming more demanding. Providers are now being judged on a more holistic basis than in the past, with an emphasis on their overall ability to add value. AT talks to five prominent sellside read this
Tech Forum: Data - The Exploding Supernova
FREE ARTICLEWith: - Mark Palmer, general manager and vice president of Apama Products, a division of Progress Software - Dr John Bates, founder and vice president of Apama Products, a division of Progress Software - John Coulter, vice president of marketing and read this
Feature: Algo in Asia - Slow Burn or Damp Squib?
FREE ARTICLEWhile adoption of algorithmic trading in Asia is not as advanced as in Europe or the US, there are some indications of intent already emerging. For instance, several major broker dealers have started relocating experienced advanced order execution pe read this
Eurobase Launches Siena e-Trading Solutions with Four e-Trading Modules
FREE ARTICLEEurobase Banking Solutions today launched its four e-Trading modules designed to provide banks with the tools to maximise revenue generation from customers and branches. These modules can be used together as one all-encompassing unit or combined with exis read this
Reuters and CME to Create FXMarketSpace
FREE ARTICLEReuters and the CME today announced plans to create FXMarketSpace, the world?s first centrally-cleared, global foreign exchange (FX) marketplace, through a new 50/50 joint venture company. Through the joint venture, CME and Reuters will pool their expe read this
Orc Software expands access to foreign exchange markets with connections to FXall and Hotspot FXi
FREE ARTICLEOrc Software has announced that it now provides direct trading access to FXall and Hotspot FXi, two of the leading alternative trading systems for foreign exchange (FX). This arrangement marks a significant expansion of Orc Software into the global FX mar read this
Fidessa launches multi-asset trading platform
FREE ARTICLERoyalblue provider of Fidessa, has announced that it has extended its equities platform to support exchange-traded derivatives. The first phase will deliver connectivity to Euronext.liffe, EUREX, CBOT and CME. The platform provides robust, super-resilient read this
Vhayu Releases Velocity 6.0 to Manage Dramatic Rise in Market Data
FREE ARTICLEVhayu, a leader in streaming tick processing and persistence software, has announced the launch of Vhayu Velocity^TM 6.0 to significantly improve the speed and scalability of trading applications. Velocity 6.0 has incorporated features designed for global read this
NYFIX Launches New Order Management System: NYFIX Fusion(TM)
FREE ARTICLENYFIX, Inc has announced the launch of its next generation order management system, NYFIX Fusion. NYFIX Fusion offers sell-side broker-dealers access to Listed, OTC, and Third Market trading on a single desktop. It also provides access to a full suite read this
Aegis Software Extends Algo Trading to Foreign Exchange; Multi-Asset Order Execution Platform Establishes Montage Across Cash FX ECNs
FREE ARTICLEAt the SIA Technology Management Conference, Aegis Software Inc. announced added support for foreign exchange ECNs via its AthenaTrader order execution system for global equities, futures, options and FX. The integration pairs AthenaTrader?s suite of auto read this
Reuters and CME announce participants in FXMarketSpace Early Adopter Program
FREE ARTICLEReuters and the CME have announced the first group of financial institutions that have confirmed they intend to participate in the pending 50/50 joint venture FXMarketSpace?s Early Adopter Program. Participating banks and prime brokers include: AIG Fina read this
orswim Launches Institutional Arm 'thinkpipes' Bringing Its Sweet Suite of Financial Technology to the Professional Marketplace
FREE ARTICLEthinkorswim, has announced the launch of ?thinkpipes,? its new institutional arm, offering a robust spectrum of products, including high-end analytics, powerful trading platforms, OMS functionality and FIX connectivity. Further, as part of thinkorswim's c read this
Activ Financial Systems joins SFTI partnership
FREE ARTICLESector, Inc. and the Securities Industry Automation Corporation (SIAC) has announced that ACTIV Financial Systems, Inc. (ACTIV) has joined the Secure Financial Transaction Infrastructure (SFTI) as a Content Service Provider (CSP).This agreement will enabl read this
Miletus Trading Integrates With Linedata?s LongView Trading OMS
FREE ARTICLEMiletus Trading, an agency broker specialising in providing advanced, quantitative execution strategies and analytics for buy-side traders and portfolio managers, has announced that its suite of advanced algorithmic Strategy EnginesTM and Trade Impact Est read this
FutureTrade Announces Agreement With LaBranche Financial Services Institutional Execution Group to Offer FutureTrade's Electronic Trading Platform to Its Customers
FREE ARTICLEFutureTrade, a leading provider of electronic equity, option and algorithmic trading, has announced an agreement with LaBranche Financial Services, Inc.'s Institutional Execution Group, which provides quality brokerage and execution services. Under the te read this
CORRECTING and REPLACING Lava Introduces Derivatives Trading for the Buy-Side
FREE ARTICLELava Trading Inc., has announced it is now offering derivatives trading to its buy-side customers via the multi-broker LavaX(TM) platform. LavaX provides the buy-side with industry-leading functionality to effectively access hidden liquidity. Its fea read this
Lehman buys minority stake in Bats ECN
FREE ARTICLEUS investment bank Lehman Brothers has acquired a minority stake in Missouri-based ECN operator Bats Trading. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. Based in Kansas City, Bats (Better Alternative Trading System) was founded in 2005 by read this
Bank of America Expands Foreign Exchange Suite of Electronic Trading Services.
FREE ARTICLEBank of America has announced several enhancements to its growing suite of Electronic Trading Services (ETS) for Foreign Exchange clients. The enhancements include live options execution, improved pricing and risk management capabilities, the pilot launc read this
Bank of America pilots FX dealing algorithm
FREE ARTICLEBank of America is expanding its automated trading capabilities with the launch of its first algorithm for foreign exchange dealing. The US west coast bank says its new Trade Weighted Average Price (Twap) algorithm is designed to deliver an average ex read this
Evare Talks SWIFT to Global Custodians and Investment Managers as Part of its Fax Elimination Service
FREE ARTICLE Evare, has announced its participation at the Sibos 2006 exhibition at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Sydney, Australia, October 9-13, 2006. At the show, Evare will communicate its fax elimination service for global custodians and investm read this
Yipes Introduces New Market Data Distribution Service
FREE ARTICLEThe introduction of the Yipes FinancialConnect! suite of services establishes the company as a direct source for exchange data over its network, and comes as the rapid rise of electronic trading places ever-greater communications infrastructure demands on read this
Credit Suisse acquires minority stake in Bats Trading
FREE ARTICLECredit Suisse says it has acquired a minority stake in Missouri-based ECN operator Bats Trading. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Credit Suisse is the third Wall Street firm in a month to invest in Bats, which is the owner of the Bats (Bett read this
Fidessa extends multi-asset offering to the buy-side
FREE ARTICLEroyalblue (LSE: RYB), supplier of Fidessa has announced the extension of its multi-asset capabilities to support exchange traded derivatives in the Fidessa Workstation Execution Management Service (EMS) for the buy-side. This is the second p read this
Calyon Financial Signs Agreement with Fidessa for Exchange Traded Derivatives Interface
FREE ARTICLECalyon Financial announced it has signed an agreement with royalblue, supplier of Fidessa, to provide access to global derivatives markets. Through the agreement, Calyon Financial, a leading global futures and options broker, will act as a receiving bro read this
Progress Software Extends Event Processing Market Leadership with Introduction of Apama? 3.0
FREE ARTICLEProgress Software Corporation has announced the availability of the Progress? Apama? 3.0 platform. This enables organisations to turn all forms of event data into real-time business intelligence in applications such as algorithmic trading for financial se read this
Vhayu launches Velocity for Options service
FREE ARTICLEVhayu, has announced availability of Vhayu Velocity for Options which provides real-time analytics and storage of dynamic options market data. Velocity for Options is the only tick capture engine available that can scan and analyse the entire US equities read this
KOSCOM SELECTS PROGRESS SOFTWARE?S APAMA ALGORITHMIC TRADING PLATFORM FOR KOREAN EXCHANGE TRADING OPERATIONS
FREE ARTICLE Progress Software Corporation (Nasdaq: PRGS), has announced that Korean financial IT vendor, Koscom, has selected the Progress? Apama? Algorithmic Trading Platform to enable algorithmic trading on the Korea Exchange (KRX). In addition, Progress and Kos read this
Progress Software Extends Event Processing Market Leadership with Introduction of Apama? 3.0
FREE ARTICLEProgress Software Corporation (NASDAQ: PRGS), has announced the availability of the Progress? Apama? 3.0 platform. The industry?s most comprehensive event processing platform enables organizations to transform all forms of event data into real-time busine read this
RTS introduces the ?RTD Internal Order Manager?
FREE ARTICLERealtime Systems AG has announced a powerful new module to its RTD Realtime Trading Desktop, the ?RTD Internal Order Manager?. The RTD Internal Order Manager is designed to systematically internalize all order flow for equities, futures, options, bonds, F read this
CHX launches automated trading system
FREE ARTICLEThe Chicago Stock Exchange (CHX) has announced the launch of its new fully automated trading system in which participants - from any location - can submit orders for immediate display, execution and cancellation. CHX provides an opportunity read this
Fixnetix launches iX-Direct to provide the lowest latency solution available for direct market data
FREE ARTICLE Fixnetix Ltd, the next generation market data telecommunications company, has launched a new ultra low latency data service, iX-Direct. iX-Direct shaves hundreds of milliseconds off data vendor transmission times allowing traders to achieve unrivalled da read this
Version 6.1 delivers new volatility API and models, new connectivity to ICE, EBS, BrokerTec & Russian Trading Systems, and analysis & high throughput enhancements for automated trading.
FREE ARTICLEOrc Software (SSE: ORC), has announced the release of the latest version Orc Trader and Orc Liquidator. Release highlights for version 6.1 include new volatility API and models, new market connections, transaction analytics and reporting, click trading en read this
Vhayu Launches Velocity for Fixed Income to Capture, Store and Analyze Fixed Income Market Data
FREE ARTICLEFeb 7th 2007 - Vhayu, has announced availability of Vhayu Velocity for Fixed Income TM which delivers real-time analytics and storage of critical fixed income market data. Following increased customer demand for fixed income specific features, Velocity fo read this
Strategies: Building a Better Bear Trap
FREE ARTICLEOne of the most critical elements in algorithmic trading lies in accurately modelling trading costs, yet this still remains a rather inexact science. While certain cost elements are relatively stable and/or easy to predict, others are not. As a result, mo read this
Exchange Views: ISE - Automation Inspiration
FREE ARTICLEIn April of this year, the International Securities Exchange announced that it would be entering the equities market through the launch of the ISE Stock Exchange. AT talks to David Krell, President and Chief Executive Officer of the ISE about this initiat read this
AT Round Table: Pre-trade analytics - expectations and reality
FREE ARTICLEPre-trade analytics have become an integral part of the workflow for algorithmic traders. We asked four major sellside banks for their views on some of the current and emerging themes in analytics. With: - Chris Biscoe, Head of US Ecommerce, Barclays C read this
Market heterogeneities and the causal structure of volatility - Part 1
FREE ARTICLEThe correlation between historical and realized volatilities is studied empirically for a large range of time intervals. Similarly, the correlation between the volatility changes and the realized volatilities is studied. Both quantities measure the respon read this
NYSE Approves FlexTrade Link for Options Trading
FREE ARTICLEFeb 13th 2007 - Direct Client Access to NYSE Arca Options read this
Hedge Funds and Multi Asset Algorithmic Trading - Perfect Partners?
FREE ARTICLEThe exponential growth of the hedge fund sector has been a major feature of capital markets over the past few years. Another more recent hot topic has been algorithmic trading across multiple asset classes. Matt Simon, Analyst at the TABB Group consi read this
The Boys from Balchug
FREE ARTICLEDmitry Bourtov runs the US-based hedge fund Solaris, as well as heading a group at the Moscow offices of data vendor CQG that combines the activities of a quant shop and a specialist financial software developer. Bourtov talks to AT about the process read this
Hedge Fund Back Offices - Sinking or Swimming in the Algo Flood?
FREE ARTICLEHedge funds have been a major factor in the growth of algorithmic trading, but how are they and their prime brokers responding to the impact that algorithmic and automated trading have had on the back office? read this
A generalised formula for European option values as the basis for an automated arbitrage strategy
SUBSCRIBERS ONLYThis paper considers a generalised approach to the problem of rational value calculation of European options. A distinctive feature of the suggested approach is a rejection of the base asset market being described by means of standard price formation mode read this
SDS Financial Technologies Powers On Point Executions
FREE ARTICLEFebruary 27, 2007 – SDS Financial Technologies, a provider of powerful, comprehensive trading and electronic marketplace solutions for institutions, exchanges and hedge funds, today announced that they have entered into a multi-year agreement with On Poin read this
Thomson Financial Signs Global Agreement with BT Radianz
FREE ARTICLENEW YORK, Feb. 27 Thomson Financial, an operating unit of The Thomson Corporation and leading provider of information and technology solutions to the worldwide financial community, announced today a global agreement with BT Radianz, a provider of financia read this
Integration of TradingScreen with Linedata’s Beauchamp
FREE ARTICLEFebruary 26, 2007 - Linedata Services, a provider of software and services to the global financial services marketplace, today announced the integration of TradingScreen’s TradeSmart with Beauchamp FundManager, Linedata’s flagship portfolio management sys read this
ITG Announces Options Routing Capabilities in Radical Execution Management System
FREE ARTICLEMar 6 2007 – Investment Technology Group has announced that it has added options routing capabilities to its RadicalTM execution management system (EMS). Customers can now execute in two asset classes, equities and options, from the same platform. read this
Nomura Securities implements GL Trade front office system
FREE ARTICLEMar 7 2007 - French trading systems vendor GL Trade says Japanese broker Nomura Securities has gone live with its front office technology. read this
Thames River goes live with Fidessa® for derivatives trading - Trading Platform News
FREE ARTICLE12 Mar 2007 – Has announced that Thames River Capital LLP, the asset management firm, has successfully gone live with the Fidessa Workstation Execution Management Service (EMS) for derivatives trading. Through Fidessa EMS, Thames River can now route inde read this
Firefly Capital upgrades Orion G execution management system - Trading Platform News
FREE ARTICLEMar 12 2007 - Firefly Capital, Inc. known for venue aggregation, central clearing, and fast DMA stock trading, today announced the release of a new version of its ORION G series Execution Management System (EMS). read this
BT Radianz Brings Millisecond High Speed Trading With the Launch of Radianz Ultra Access - Network Latency News
FREE ARTICLEMar 20, 2007 - BT Radianz, a global provider of financial services connectivity, today announced the launch of Radianz Ultra Access, a high speed, fully resilient service that provides ultra low latency connectivity between exchanges and brokers in the Ne read this
Tangosol Extends Data Grid Support to Microsoft
FREE ARTICLEMar 22, 2007 - Tangosol today announced the general availability of Coherence for the Microsoft .NET Framework, extending the power, scalability, and utility of Coherence Data Grid to Microsoft .NET-based applications. read this
Automated Trading Desk Selects RTI’s Messaging Middleware for High-Performance Market Data Distribution
FREE ARTICLEMar 27, 2007 - Real-Time Innovations (RTI), The Real-Time Middleware specialists, have announced today that its high-performance messaging middleware has been selected by Automated Trading Desk, LLC (ATD), as the foundation of its market-data distribution read this
Investment on High-Speed, Advanced-Trading Infrastructure Value Chain across Asset Classes to Hit $860M in 2007, Rising to $1.3B by 2010, Says TABB Group
FREE ARTICLEApril 2, 2007 - In 2006, over half of institutional equities trades in the US were executed through direct market access (DMA), algorithms, programs or crossing networks and with steady growth in every electronic execution channel that percentage will inc read this
Euronext announces launch of its high capacity trading services for its cash and derivatives markets
FREE ARTICLEApril 2, 2007 - Euronext announced today that it will make two new high capacity trading services available to its market participants in 2007. The new services have been designed to offer the fastest possible unified access to Euronext cash and derivativ read this
Exchange-Traded Equity Derivatives Set to Skyrocket as Absolute-Return Strategies, Portable Alpha, Hedge Funds and Yield Enhancements Create Seismic Shift
FREE ARTICLEApril 12, 2007 - The world of investment management is changing with absolute-return strategies, portable alpha, hedge funds and yield enhancement an integral part of the everyday life of traditional portfolio management. According to TABB Group in its ne read this
NextView and MetaBit sign Asia MoU
FREE ARTICLEApril 16, 2007 - NextVIEW and MetaBit Systems have signed a Memorandum of Understanding during Singapore's Asian Traders and Investors Convention, to leverage their services and offer information data services with FIX compliant institutional DMA and algo read this
Event processing in the world of electronic and algorithmic trading
FREE ARTICLEEvent processing is a set of concepts and accompanying technologies that have been building momentum in the world of finance over the past few years. These ideas and technologies are rapidly changing the way in which automated trading systems and related read this
Tick Data and CBOE Introduce First Commercially-Available Research-Ready Historical Tick Database for Options
FREE ARTICLEApril 17, 2007 - Tick Data, the market data division of Nexa Technologies, Inc a subsidiary of Penson Worldwide, Inc and the Chicago Board Options Exchange today announced the release of the industry’s first commercially-available, research-ready historic read this
Autotrading CTAs
FREE ARTICLEGiven the number of CTAs with systematic rather than discretionary trading styles, CTAs as a breed would seem naturals for automated trading. But as Kim Hunter finds out, while they have been keen adopters of the technology, there are still plenty of leop read this
Orc Software Connects to IntercontinentalExchangeand New York Board of Trade
FREE ARTICLEApril 18, 2007 - Orc Software, a global provider of technology for advanced trading, market making and brokerage, today announced the release of a direct market trading connection to the IntercontinentalExchange and New York Board of Trade, a electronic read this
29West Announces Technology Partnership with Rai Technology and the Integration of 29West's Low-Latency Messaging Software with Rai Insight and Rai Cache Products
FREE ARTICLEApril 17, 2007 - 29West, Inc., a global provider of high-performance messaging software solutions, today announced that Rai Technology, a premier provider of next generation market data infrastructure technologies, will support 29west's messaging software read this
MidasTrade.com and Pure Reason have entered in to an agreement
FREE ARTICLEApril 18, 2007 - MidasTrade.com Inc is pleased to announce that the company's wholly owned subsidiary, Midas Securities, has entered into an Subscriber Agreement with Pure Reason LLC of Clearwater, Florida. Under the agreement, Midas will provide direct m read this