Tech and data
Cameron Fix for market data
LONDON & NEW YORK – Cameron Systems has developed the Cameron Fix Market Data Server to carry market data on FX, equities and fixed income, among others, to clients over the Fix messaging protocol.
Global connection for Integral
MOUNTAIN VIEW CALIFORNIA – Software vendor Integral Development has launched its connectivity product FX Grid 2.0 around the world.
Bloomberg enters FX options market
NEW YORK – Bloomberg is continuing to build up its portfolio of FX tools with the planned introduction of FX options trading.
Traiana raises capital for expansion
TEL AVIV – Trading platform vendor Traiana has raised $15 million in capital from Israeli venture capital firm Pitango.
GFT adds DealBook features
ADA, MICHIGAN – Global Forex Trading (GFT), a provider of real-time currency dealing, pricing and services to forex traders, has added new features to its DealBook FX 2 offering.
BCV signs up to 360T
LAUSANNE – Banque Cantonale Vaudoise (BCV) has signed as a liquidity provider to German multibank portal 360T.
Yuan for the money
With the growing importance of the Chinese market, James Malcolm, senior currency strategist at Deutsche Bank in Singapore, suggests range-trading USD/CNY NDFs from the short side, to capture gains
Logiscope speeds up messaging
LONDON – Logiscope, a provider of market data and post-transaction messaging to the financial community, launched the TradeSTP Vendor Partnership Program last month. The new initiative is set to expand and speed up the certification of Logiscope's deal…
Interactive to switch FX feed
BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS – Data vendor Interactive Data is to switch off an old forex data feed from its ComStock division and replace it with a new one from another part of ComStock, GTIS.
Dow Jones adds to forex coverage
HONG KONG – Dow Jones Newswires has launched a website to complement its 'CommentaryPlus' real-time commentary and analysis service.
All this and more
In the final multibank platform focus, FX Week looks at the prospects of FXall in its bid to continue the growth it saw in its first four years
SuperD expands into rates
LONDON – Online options trading platform SuperDerivatives has launched its own interest rate options platform, SD-IR, following on from its entry into the FX market with SD-FX in 2001.
FNX extends connectivity
PHILADELPHIA – FNX, the Philadelphia-based vendor, has extended connectivity to third-party systems BrokerTec, eSpeed and to the CME and CBOT exchanges.
Calypso signs Rabobank – and adds four staff
SAN FRANCISCO AND UTRECHT – Rabobank has gone live on vendor Calypso Technology, and is now using it for its forex processing, the vendor has announced.
Central banks increase FX holdings
BEIJING AND WASHINGTON DC – A Chinese official last week highlighted the possibility of a significant move out of US dollar reserves, as the latest IMF figures show central banks have continued to hold faith in the greenback.
GFI and Traiana offer processing boost for forex options trading
NEW YORK and LONDON – FX options trading is to get a boost, with broker GFI and technology vendor Traiana both launching automated processing services in the market.
SG expands electronic business
PARIS – Société Générale (SG) is to make further enhancements to its platform, SGFXtrade, as it looks to rapidly expand its geographical range between now and early next year.
GFI and Traiana offer processing boost for forex options trading
NEW YORK and LONDON – FX options trading is to get a boost, with broker GFI and technology vendor Traiana both launching automated processing services in the market.
CST merger leads to derivatives domination
LONDON – The £132 million Collins Stewart Tullett (CST) acquisition of Prebon Yamane last October has propelled the combined group to domination of the broker categories for interest rate and currency derivatives in sister pulication Risk 's 2005 inter…
Platforms adopt algorithmic trading
NEW YORK – Algorithmic trading continues to gather momentum, with trading platforms EBS and Hotspot FXi linking to software provider Progress Software Corporation's Apama Algorithmic trading software.
Platforms adopt algorithmic trading
NEW YORK – Algorithmic trading continues to gather momentum, with trading platforms EBS and Hotspot FXi linking to software provider Progress Software Corporation's Apama Algorithmic trading software.