Tech Update Archive

Members of UK telecoms provider BT’s Radianz Cloud connectivity network now have expanded access to Russia following a deal with banking group ING. read more>

Deutsche Börse is preparing to expand its global network in the next few months, in preparation for the introduction of the new Eurex derivatives trading system in December 2012. read more>

Thomson Reuters has launched its Datastream Professional tool, designed to provide a tighter integration between macroeconomic research and fundamental analysis. read more>

Canadian exchange group TMX plans to open phase four of its co-location facility in Q2 2012, providing clients with improved low-latency access to the Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, the Montreal Exchange and TMX Select trading engines and data feeds. read more>

London-based software provider Torstone Technology has launched Inferno, a clearing, settlement and accounting application that it claims is the first major release of post-trade securities and derivatives processing software in almost a decade. read more>

Nearly half of all buy-side firms are not confident the data they receive from their systems is consistent and reliable, according to a new survey by investment and portfolio management software and services company SimCorp. read more>

Trading technology provider ConvergEx has launched ConnEx, a new business that provides FIX connectivity infrastructure solutions. read more>

Nordic multilateral trading facility (MTF) Burgundy is now available via NYSE Technologies’ global Secure Financial Transaction Infrastructure (SFTI) network, allowing customers already connected to the network to receive Burgundy data and trade on their platform without the need to build or connect to a new infrastructure. read more>

Nasdaq OMX has acquired RapiData, a provider of machine-readable economic news to trading firms and financial institutions. Nasdaq OMX will deliver US government and other economic news directly from the source to customers via an electronic feed. read more>

Risk management and surveillance firm FTEN and Object Trading, provider of DMA solutions, have teamed up to offer controls for brokers who need a risk management solution for cross-market and cross-asset transparency, to meet the global requirements of new and pending high frequency trading regulations. read more>