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Goldman Sachs adds new options functionality to EMS

Goldman Sachs Electronic Trading (GSET), a division of banking group Goldman Sachs, has released version 9.0 of its REDIPlus execution management system (EMS) – the first of two major updates to the system that will take place in 2009.

ACTIV joins Atrium’s low-latency network

Market data vendor ACTIV Financial has joined connectivity provider Atrium Network’s extranet community and has become one of the first clients to use Exchange Ring, Atrium’s ultra-low-latency network connecting European exchanges and multilateral trading facilities (MTFs).

Balance of power shifts toward the buy-side

While the far-reaching structural changes of the last 12 months undoubtedly mark new territory for the financial markets, other developments simply mark the difference between a bull and a bear market. Any shift in the relationship between the buy- and sell-sides in the equity markets reflects both a necessary adjustment to new market realities and the growing influence of existing factors.

Chi-X unveils commodity trading plans

Chi-X Europe, the pan-European multilateral trading facility owned by agency brokerage Instinet, has announced its intention to start trading exchange traded commodities (ETCs) later this month.

Apama to help CBA tackle Australia fragmentation

Progress Apama, the algorithmic trading division of Progress Software, has implemented its complex event processing (CEP) platform for equity execution at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA).

French broker to use Chi-Tech trading platform

Oddo & Cie, a Paris-based independent agency brokerage, has implemented MarketPrizm, a trading infrastructure platform provided by Chi-X Global Technology (Chi-Tech), the technology services unit of trading venue operator Chi-X Global.

MTFs detail schedules for single stock code migration

Chi-X Europe, the pan-European multilateral trading facility (MTF) owned by agency brokerage Instinet, has revealed its timeline for migrating to the uniform stock symbology agreed on by a group of European trading platforms.

DTCC makes second hire in bid to woo trading community

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the US’s central clearing provider, has appointed Daniel G. Faryniarz, a former Merrill Lynch executive with experience in fixed income and derivatives sales, to the newly-created position of managing director, market structure and industry relations.

European buy-side cuts dependence on sales traders – TABB

Twelve percent of European buy-side traders have shifted equities order flow away from brokers’ sales-traders to more self-directed, low-touch execution methods such as direct market access, algorithms and non-displayed multilateral trading facilities, according to a new study from research and consulting firm TABB Group.