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Smart Order Routing
NYSE Technologies launches direct order routing service
NYSE Technologies, the commercial technology unit of exchange group NYSE Euronext, has launched Order Routing Direct, a managed point-to-point order routing service. read more »
Fidessa appoints Thompson president of US buy-side business
London-based financial services software provider Fidessa group has appointed Robert Thompson as president of its North American buy-side operations. read more »
Saudi investment firm installs Fidessa trading system
NCB Capital, a Saudi Arabian asset management and investment firm, has become the latest Middle East company to implement technology vendor Fidessa’s sell-side trading platform. read more »
Chi-Tech simplifies European venue connectivity for US firms
Chi-Tech, the technology unit of market centre operator Chi-X Global, has made its trading venue connectivity network and managed infrastructure service MarketPrizm available to US-based firms. read more »
Quod offers smart access to Asian liquidity
Quod Financial, a global trading solutions provider, has teamed up with Singapore-based technology firm Catena Technologies to offer its Adaptive Execution Platform, including its Adaptive Smart Order Router (ASOR), to buy- and sell-side firms in Asia. read more »
New BATS strategy sources liquidity from LSE
BATS Europe, the pan-European multilateral trading facility operated by BATS Global Markets, has released a new onward routing strategy that will initially target liquidity on the London Stock Exchange. read more »
Trading venue SORs present double-routing risk
The growing number of European trading venues offering sophisticated order routing and liquidity aggregation services could further complicate the already challenging issue of directing trades for best execution, but some observers argue that broker and venue routers are complementary. read more »
BATS Europe takes on Nasdaq MTF with SOR
European multilateral trading facility BATS Europe has revealed plans to launch a smart order routing service to exchanges, fellow MTFs and dark pools on 15 February. read more »
SunGard to offer microsecond routing and data distribution
Global technology provider SunGard has installed new market data distribution (MDD) servers for its GL Net market data and order routing network, which it claims will improve the performance of automated trading systems. read more »

