Reuters adds data feeds to new markets
Reuters announced on Tuesday that its direct exchange data service, Reuters Data Feed Direct (RDF-Direct), has added nine new feeds to exchanges across America, Europe and Asia.
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FSA awards Deutsche Börse 'trade data monitor' status
Deutsche Börse announced Wednesday that it has been awarded 'trade data monitor' status by the British Financial Services Authority (FSA) for its OTC post-trade transparency service, which the firm says enables investment firms to ensure post-trade transparency for off-exchange equity transactions in accordance with MiFID.
GAIN Capital Group appoints Andrew Haines to CIO
GAIN Capital Group (GAIN), a leading provider of foreign exchange services for institutional and individual investors, today announced the appointment of Andrew Haines to CIO.
BOAT to offer data set free of charge to clients
BOAT, the MiFID-compliant trade reporting platform, today announced it will offer its real-time data set free of charge to both potential and existing clients until 1 January 2008 as part of a marketing initiative to demonstrate the value, accuracy and breadth of its data.
BT to provide connectivity to Chi-X Europe
BT announced on Tuesday that it will provide Chi-X Europe, a pan-European equity alternative trading system (ATS), with secure hosting and low latency connectivity through Radianz Proximity Solution.
Dow Jones expands algorithmic trading solution with additional elementised corporate coverage
Dow Jones announced on Monday the expansion of its algorithmic trading solution, the Dow Jones elementised news feed, adding public company data in a computer readable format.
SWX and virt-x cut costs of trading by CHF 40 million with revised pricing model
The SWX Swiss Exchange and virt-x, its London-based securities exchange, announced on Tuesday a reduction in their fees and a revised pricing model that will take effect on 1 April 2008.
Xenomorph delivers derivatives data management for SGSS asset servicing
Xenomorph, a real-time analytics and data management solutions provider, has signed a five-year agreement with the asset servicing department at Société Générale Securities Services (SGSS), in which the latter will use Xenomorph's TimeScape production data management system for its derivatives operations.
Investment firms still struggling to meet MiFID's record-keeping requirements, finds JWG-IT
New research undertaken by JWG-IT Group (JWG-IT), a think-tank for EU-driven IT change in the financial services industry, has found that there are significant gaps in financial institutions' infrastructure that need to be plugged if they are to meet key MiFID challenges.
Chi-X Europe granted FSA license for off-exchange trade reporting
On Monday, Chi-X Europe, a pan-European equity alternative trading system (ATS), announced that it has been granted trade data monitor (TDM) authorisation by the Financial Services Authority (FSA), enabling Chi-X Europe to offer its participants a trade reporting service for Chi-X Europe trades, as well as a range of OTC equity trades.