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Content tagged with Trading Technology posted in August 2009
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Forex Trading Provider Gain Capital Overhauls IT
News  |  8/31/2009  | 
Gain Capital has had to buy new networks, servers and software -- for the best of reasons: to accommodate a 50 to 60 percent increases in trade volume and spikes in the currency markets.
Xen Launches Open Source Cloud Platform
News  |  8/31/2009  | 
Intended to work with companies' existing virtual servers.
Cognitive Capital Deploys Orc Software to Support HIgh Frequency Trading
News  |  8/31/2009  | 
Proprietary trading firm utilizes Orc for FIX connectivity and risk management
"Leverage" and "Reach Out" Most Overused Workplace Terms (Survey)
News  |  8/31/2009  | 
"It is what it is," "viral" and "game changer" are next on a list of most-overused phrases derived from a survey of 1,000 U.S. executives.
Supercomputer Used to Predict Climate Change Among U.K.'s Worst Polluters
News  |  8/28/2009  | 
In the latest example of climate-change hypocrisy, Britain's Daily Mail reported yesterday that the supercomputer the U.K.'s national weather bureau uses to predict climate change is one of the country's worst polluters. The massive IBM System p used by England's Met Office in Exeter, Devon, consumes 1.2 megawatts of energy, is capa
FBR Capital Launches Prime Brokerage in NYC
News  |  8/28/2009  | 
D.C. investment bank is offering New York-based prime brokerage to hedge funds, has hired a passel of ex-Shoreline Trading executives to run it.
TGIF: Goldman's Town Hall; Good, Bad News About Economy
News  |  8/28/2009  | 
David Weidner stages a Goldman Town hall and Jon Stewart's take on the U.S. economy.

Goldman's Town Hall Meeting

David Weidner at MarketWatch has envisioned what a Goldman Sachs town hall would be like.

To give you a taste, here's the first question and answer:

"Question 1: Is it true that the $180 billion bailout
Investment Adviser ProfitScore Capital Management Promises Hedge Fund-Like Returns In a Separate Account
News  |  8/27/2009  | 
In an innovative approach, the investment adviser uses actively traded mutual funds to go long and short from inside a separate account to generate hedge fund-like returns.
NYSE Euronext to Acquire Nyfix
News  |  8/27/2009  | 
Acquisition will give the exchange new high-speed trading technology to offer members, including trading workstations, trade messaging software and the recently upgraded Millenium dark pools.
S&P Offers Bond Portal to Financial Advisors
News  |  8/26/2009  | 
Bond research intended to help advisors help their clients diversify their holdings.
Federal Bureau of Prisons Refutes Madoff Has Cancer
News  |  8/26/2009  | 
The Federal Bureau of Prisons refutes a New York Post story saying that Bernard Madoff has cancer and is dying from the disease.
HFT Does Not Create Volatility, Says Buy Sider
News  |  8/26/2009  | 
The high frequency trading debate is reaching new heights with Delaware Senator Ted Kaufman this week calling on the SEC to review "questionable" developments in the markets - including high frequency trading, dark pools and flash orders - but one industry expert goes to bat for high frequency trading.
Swiss Firm Enhances Fund of Fund Software
News  |  8/26/2009  | 
Infonic AG Releases Version 4.3 of HedgeSphere Software that includes Risk Analysis, FX Hedging and Fee Calculations
Wyse Accelerates Flash for Virtual Desktops
News  |  8/26/2009  | 
Should improve the quality of streaming video over virtualized PCs.
Asset Manager 1798 Global Partners to Use Sophis Risk Tools
News  |  8/26/2009  | 
Hopes software will help manage risk of complex instruments.
Patsystems Upgrades to New ASP Facility in Tokyo
News  |  8/26/2009  | 
Low-latency facility will support Patsystems' customer base in Japan, with XLink network connecting to its London data center and other exchanges.
Shakeup of Wall Street’s Grid Vendors
News  |  8/25/2009  | 
DataSynapse has been acquired by Tibco, Platform Computing has bought HP clustering technology, and grids are trying to become clouds.
Deutsche Borse Selects IBM Messaging Technology for Future Trading System
News  |  8/25/2009  | 
New technology infrastructure will deliver efficiency, speed and throughput across all Deutsche Borse Group's exchanges.
Is Bernie Madoff Dying from Cancer?
News  |  8/25/2009  | 
The cancer theory could explain the speculation as to why Madoff took the fall for the entire fraud.
Omgeo Receives SEC No-Action Letter for TradeSuite Confirm Archive
News  |  8/24/2009  | 
Clients can now outsource trade confirmation recordkeeping.
Solarflare to Equip Servers for 10 Gig E Networks
News  |  8/24/2009  | 
New controllers said to provide standard x86 servers with sub-six-microsecond latency.
Barclays Capital Launches Barclays Capital Live
News  |  8/24/2009  | 
Barclays Capital Launches Barclays Capital Live
SIX x-clear to Offer Central Counterparty Clearing to QUOTE MTF
News  |  8/24/2009  | 
Pan European MTF will adopt a dual CCP model allowing customers to pick the CCP of their choice.
TGIF: U.S. Stages Coup to Wipe Out National Debt
News  |  8/21/2009  | 
After dismissing other ideas for reducing the national debt, such as disguising the country as Canada, Congress has settled on a political coup as the answer to the staggering U.S. debt.
Professors Unveil Low-Cost Way to Diagnose Network Latency
News  |  8/20/2009  | 
University of California, San Diego, and Purdue University computer scientists today presented a way of identifying data center network delays as short as tens of millionths of seconds.
Buy Side Trader Shares His Use of HFT
News  |  8/20/2009  | 
Eric Karpman, CEO of Trading Strategy Group and Luxoft Trading Solutions, discusses how he uses high frequency trading at his boutique asset management firm.
Eze OMS, MarketAxess Platform Integrated
News  |  8/20/2009  | 
Professors Unveil Low-Cost Way to Diagnose Network Latency
News  |  8/20/2009  | 
Service analyzes customer holdings, identifies mutual fund changes intended to help people save better and avoid fees.
BATS Europe Targets Market Share of London Stock Exchange
News  |  8/19/2009  | 
Offers pricing special in September, wih 0.40 basis point rebate for adding liquidity, and a free liquidity removal incentive in UK stocks.
Daniel Cotti Joins JP Morgan Treasury Services as Global Trade Services Executive
News  |  8/19/2009  | 
Joins JP Morgan after leading combined RBS/ABN Amro global trade finance business.
American Century Investments selects SimCorp Dimension
News  |  8/19/2009  | 
New technology will enhance back office functionality and provide an enterprise data management platform to lower cost and reduce risk.
Do-It-Yourself Wealth Management Site, Mint.com, Adds Features
News  |  8/19/2009  | 
Self-service finance site says it now has a million users.
Thomson Reuters Selects Corvil for Low-Latency Monitoring
News  |  8/18/2009  | 
CorvilNet will monitor, analyze and optimize electronic trading and market data applications for ultra-low latency objectives.
Hong Kong Fund Manager Uses SunGard Risk Modeling
News  |  8/18/2009  | 
Income Partners is analyzing portfolio risks for its new IP Asian Equity Long-Short Fund.
Advanced Markets Deploys Fortex FX Platform
News  |  8/18/2009  | 
Aizawa Securities connects to TradingScreen
News  |  8/18/2009  | 
Defining High Frequency Trading and its Market Impact
Commentary  |  8/17/2009  | 
Woodbine Associate's most recent opinion piece aims to clarify certain definitional ambiguities around high frequency trading and examine its impact on the market.
Cuomo Sues Schwab for Fraud
News  |  8/17/2009  | 
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has brought a Martin Act fraud case against Charles Schwab for fraudulent sales of auction rate securities.
Lebanese Investment Firm Deploys Thomson Reuters Accounting System
News  |  8/17/2009  | 
Portia software offers Shariah compliance and English and Arabic reporting.
Pyxis Mobile Partners with Enterprise Mobile
News  |  8/17/2009  | 
Outsourcing arrangement for the deployment and management of mobile devices.
Thomson Reuters Beefs Up Post-Trade Transaction Analytics with Nasdaq Market Replay
News  |  8/17/2009  | 
Integration of two products will provide trading desks and compliance officers with in-depth best execution reports and exception monitoring.
CME Group Names David L. Shuler as Managing Director, Alliance and Venture Management
News  |  8/14/2009  | 
David L. Shuler, an NYSE veteran, has joined derivatives exchange CME Group as managing director for alliance and venture management.
Margolis Joins Execution LLC to Create Options Business
News  |  8/14/2009  | 
John Margolis will develop an options capability in the full-service agency's new New York office.
Stewart Macbeth Running DTCC’s OTC Warehouse
News  |  8/14/2009  | 
The former UBS managing director takes over in a time of shifting regulatory landscapes.
Victim Discloses Extramarital Affair With Bernie Madoff
News  |  8/14/2009  | 
Hadassah, the Jewish nonprofit organization, has learned that its former chief financial officer made investment decisions while conducting an extramarital affair with Bernard Madoff.
Will Carbon Trading Save the Planet?
News  |  8/13/2009  | 
While critics contend carbon emissions trading is not the environmental savior that some have made it out to be, defenders say it's a viable tool in the climate change fight.
IT Transformation Mantra: Carpe Diem
Commentary  |  8/13/2009  | 
The tough economy of the past 18 months has given technology leaders in Wall Street firms the opportunity to implement IT governance and clean up operations.
Wells Fargo Tech Exec Discusses Wachovia Integration
News  |  8/13/2009  | 
Much of the IT integration work still lies ahead in the closely watched acquisition.
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