Trading tools Archive

October 22, 2010

Linedata signs Hungarian buy-side firm QUANTIS

Linedata, a technology provider for the investment management and credit industry, has been selected by Hungary-based multi-manager QUANTIS Investment Management to supply a front-to-back trading solution to support its trading business. read more>

October 21, 2010

BT to offer low latency connectivity in Paris

Financial services connectivity provider BT Radianz plans to expand its ultra-low latency connectivity to Paris, providing market participants in continental Europe with sub-millisecond access to market data, execution services and trading venues. read more>

October 20, 2010

Turquoise lays claim to lowest latency trading platform

Turquoise lays claim to lowest latency trading platform

Turquoise, the pan-European multilateral trading facility owned by the London Stock Exchange, has said that its Millennium Exchange trading engine is “the fastest in the world”. read more>

October 18, 2010

LSE hosting facility opened to tech vendors

The London Stock Exchange has opened up its exchange hosting facility to vendors and service providers to offer its members a wider range of low-latency services. read more>

October 15, 2010

LSE's Millennium migration faces delays

The London Stock Exchange is likely to delay its switch to its new Millennium Exchange trading platform after client requests for more testing time. read more>

October 15, 2010

Is exchange competition increasing operational risk?

Is exchange competition increasing operational risk?

A total shutdown across the NYSE Euronext's European markets toward the end of trading on Wednesday 13 October marked the second incident in three days where trading did or did not stop as intended on exchanges managed by the global exchanges operator. read more>

October 14, 2010

Norwegian firms ramp up trading capabilities

Norwegian sell-side firms DnB NOR Markets and Fondsfinans have implemented new trading software to deal with the increasing level of liquidity fragmentation in the Nordic region's equities markets. read more>

October 13, 2010

T Rowe Price selects Portware to control global trading

T Rowe Price, an investment management firm with US$391 billion assets under management, has successfully implemented system vendor Portware's Enterprise trading platform to help manage its global equities business. read more>

October 13, 2010

Algo Technologies goes live with low-latency Swiss trading link

Algo Technologies goes live with low-latency Swiss trading link

Algo Technologies, the trading technology supplier set up by former Chi-X Europe COO Hirander Misra, has launched high-speed connectivity for trading on SIX Swiss Exchange. read more>

October 11, 2010

The cost of cancellation

In the US, concerns that high-frequency trading is damaging the 'fair and orderly market' that the Securities and Exchanges Commission is pledged to maintain have risen steadily since February 2009. read more>