This will provide professional trading clients, including investment banks, hedge funds and other proprietary traders using the most demanding algorithmic strategies with more colocation and connectivity options both within and outside of the LD4 data centre.   READ MORE +

The deployment of 7130 tier switches to Options’ managed colocation platform marks the beginning of a new era of ultra-low latency access, with Layer 1 exchange access through the Arista 7130 series.   READ MORE +

Metro integrates with SuperFeed and DMA Platform   READ MORE +

Latest generation appliance more than halves latency, while providing access to US equity markets on a single device   READ MORE +

Options today announced its Platinum Partner status with global interconnection and data center company, Equinix.   READ MORE +

Ixia TradeVision to be deployed across Options' core US data center locations to provide automated alerting across hundreds of multicast feeds   READ MORE +

While the concept of big data has focused on the problem of collecting and processing vast quantities of data i— the trend is moving toward data analytics.   READ MORE +

London ― September 19, 2019 ― Options, the leading provider of cloud-enabled managed services to the global capital markets, is proud to have been named Best Overall Technology Firm at the HFM European Hedge Fund Technology Awards 2019.   READ MORE +

New York ― September 3, 2019 ― Options, the leading managed service and IT infrastructure provider to the global capital markets industry, today announced new cloud connectivity services with global interconnection and data center firm, Equinix.   READ MORE +

Extending global venue and asset coverage for SuperFeed   READ MORE +

Increasingly banks are turning to the field of natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning to extract valuable information from voice, documents, and audio to boost productivity on trading desks. It’s all part of a broader push to gain efficiencies by training machines and bots to analyze language, capture insights,...   READ MORE +

Providing access to IMC’s unique ELP SI liquidity   READ MORE +

Options has successfully deployed colocation infrastructure at the Australian exchanges as part of its aggressive 2019 global platform expansion.   READ MORE +

U.S. lawmakers authorized a study focusing on the provision of investment research for small issuers, a sign they are wary of the U.S. adopting the European Union’s MIFID II unbundling rules which have brought sweeping changes to the research business   READ MORE +

Combining IHS Markit and FlexTrade’s expertise in the execution and order management system space provides sophisticated and global cross-asset trading capabilities delivered seamlessly across the entire trading lifecycle.   READ MORE +

Eighteen months after MiFID II rules to unbundle research payments from executions have been in force in Europe, U.S. asset managers are dealing with uncertainty around paying for research, but they are waiting for further guidance from the Securities and Exchange Commission.   READ MORE +

Latest FlexAdvantage blog by Ivy Schmerken examines trends in buy side use of data analysis to evaluate broker and execution performance.   READ MORE +

Options Announces New Global Managed Colocation Facilities with ASX at ALC   READ MORE +

Leveraging Enyx’s FPGA-enabled technology within Vela’s electronic trading stack   READ MORE +

Fundamental investment managers are mining alternative data, but some worry that the same data sets have been sold to too many people and the strategies may be overcrowded.   READ MORE +

With a new contractor taking over the Consolidated Audit Trail project in March, the order-tracking system for all U.S. stock and option trading activity is pushing ahead with equities testing starting in December and a go-live date of April 2020.   READ MORE +

Delivering execution and market data in the JPX co-location space in Tokyo   READ MORE +

Adding European recognition to consecutive North American wins   READ MORE +

The partnership now provides clients with an ultra-low latency market data stream and facility to store and query that data in addition to various advanced analytics   READ MORE +

New Direct Low Latency Connectivity To Hong Kong, Korea and Sydney Exchanges   READ MORE +

Leveraging sophisticated routing strategies to achieve best execution   READ MORE +

Marco Bianchi, FlexTrade’s Head of Futures Business Development, discusses current trends and changes in the Derivatives markets for 2019.   READ MORE +

Recognized in the Fund Technology and WSL Awards 2019 for its high-performance, low latency market access platform   READ MORE +

What’s in a Compliant Private Cloud   READ MORE +

Managed Services Maintains Record of Excellence For Industry Accreditations   READ MORE +

Amid all the fire and fury of the battle over costs, there are signs that buy-and sell-side firms have shifted some of their execution needs for data over to consolidated market data feeds.   READ MORE +

With volatility spiking in global stock and bond markets, there’s been a profound shift in market psychology from chasing higher yields to focusing on risk in the credit markets, according to a recent webinar.   READ MORE +

New contract extends the existing relationship, giving The Mexican Stock Exchange, global reach via the BT Radianz Cloud.   READ MORE +

The addition of the industry leading JANUS suite, to Options’ expansive list of available services will see the firm align its low latency trading platform with fully detailed real time analytics, thus bolstering the firm’s data analytics and monitoring tools.   READ MORE +

Banks and investment firms have increased their consumption of alternative data sets, but there are still challenges around selecting the most relevant data for trading purposes, according to panelists at a recent industry fintech conference.   READ MORE +

Avelacom expands its network into Equinix data centers to deliver the lowest latency capabilities between London and Tokyo   READ MORE +

Despite a one-year delay and other missed deadlines, the order-tracking system known as the Consolidated Audit Trail is back on track as exchanges were due to begin reporting required equities and options data into the CAT on Nov. 15.   READ MORE +

In the past year Avelacom has seen double-digit growth in new business volumes coming from the APAC region, driven by clients demanding professional grade connectivity services between APAC venues and exchanges, and to those in Europe and the USA.   READ MORE +

Despite some of the weaknesses in company-published ESG data, big data and artificial intelligence have enabled the construction of new data sets for analyzing investments.   READ MORE +

In the future, analysts will consult artificial intelligence software to crunch big data, find historical precedents, and run statistics to predict what lies ahead, all within a few minutes.   READ MORE +

Asset managers are looking for ways to mine alternative data sets for investment ideas, recognizing that stock pickers cannot rely on traditional research.   READ MORE +

Capitalizes on established financial services ecosystem and leverages interconnection at the state-of-the-art data center   READ MORE +

New venues extend normalized market data feed coverage   READ MORE +

Our Head of Asia Pacific, Matthew Lempriere, discusses mutual market access, infrastructure and the next growth opportunity in China.   READ MORE +

Vela announced the successful rollout of the latest version of SMDS, its flagship ticker plant software, to all clients globally. This marks a significant milestone in Vela’s 2018 roadmap, delivering a number of key client-driven enhancements across the full Vela Stack.   READ MORE +

Vela today announced a partnership with CoinMarketCap, the world’s most trusted and accurate source of data for cryptocurrencies. This exclusive agreement marks a new addition to the asset class coverage for Vela’s Market Data Feed service, SuperFeed.   READ MORE +

Corporate bond investors are seeking operational efficiencies on their fixed income trading desks to lower costs.   READ MORE +

Russo joins the New York team as VP, Product Management where he will be responsible for driving new business growth and supporting the firm’s Managed Application services.   READ MORE +

Options Appoints Former NYSE Technologies and Vela Trading Systems Executive To Management Team   READ MORE +

In the next five to 10 years, don’t be shocked if hedge funds begin to outsource their algorithms to a team of quants coding in Python using the cloud and open source tools.   READ MORE +

Over 200 market participants have signed the FX Global Code of Conduct, a voluntary set of principles published a year ago to restore trust and curb bad behavior in the wholesale foreign exchange market.   READ MORE +

We’re proud to have been shortlisted in the Best High-Performance Network Services category in the International Trading Technology awards.   READ MORE +

Great news! We’ve entered the Waters Technology’s Waters Rankings for Best Network Provider 2018.   READ MORE +

GES, a leading financial trading platform vendor in Hong Kong, will jointly organize “GES x GMO Brokerage Seminar” with GMO-Z.com Bullion HK Limited (“GMO”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of GMO Financial Group, on June 8, 2018 (Friday) to provide brokerages with better understanding of GES’s solutions designated for A/B Book mixed...   READ MORE +

Vela announced that Development Lead Alexandria McGrath has been recognized as a Rising Star at Markets Media’s sixth annual Markets Choice Awards presented at a dinner in New York last month.   READ MORE +

Avelacom is expanding its footprint in Warsaw making it easier for latency sensitive clients in the financial services industry to access emerging markets in Europe.   READ MORE +

It’s the week of ITW, The Trading Show, and a sneak peek into BSO’s latest move   READ MORE +

The Options high performance managed colocation solution has been extended to Equinix’s Zurich (ZH4) and Milan (ML2) International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data centers, offering low latency connectivity to SIX exchange feeds at source and a proximity option to the Borsa Italiana exchange feeds.   READ MORE +

Extending Vela’s Fixed Income initiative for market data and execution solutions to help tackle market fragmentation   READ MORE +

Selected as one of four female executives featured in 2018 rankings   READ MORE +

Combines Artificial Intelligence and Analytics to Enhance Best Execution Capabilities   READ MORE +

Among the key benefits of artificial intelligence is that it can analyze large volumes of structured and unstructured data more quickly than humans do, which can boost productivity. FlexTrade’s Ivy Schmerken examines.   READ MORE +

Options offers new Managed Colocation service at Nasdaq Stockholm, enabling colocated clients to avail of low latency connectivity to the exchange’s Nordic feeds directly at source at its Vasby data center.   READ MORE +

Recognized for delivering a high performance, low latency, fully-normalized infrastructure for accessing global liquidity   READ MORE +

The explosion of alternative data sources, such as satellite images, sentiment analysis, and geolocation data, is having a profound impact on the field of quantitative investing. FlexTrade's Ivy Schmerken investigates.   READ MORE +

Vela announced the addition of Virtu Financial, one of the largest global electronic market making firms, to the growing list of electronic liquidity providers delivering market data through its new Systematic Internaliser (SI) Data Hub, part of its comprehensive MiFID II solution suite.   READ MORE +

Providing access to trading and market data from day one   READ MORE +

Recognised for the acquisitions of OptionsCity and Object Trading   READ MORE +

Honored at Markets Media Markets Choice Awards: Women in Finance   READ MORE +

Sun Trading among one of the first Systematic Internalisers in Vela’s Data Hub providing agile access to MiFID II venues through a single API   READ MORE +

We're an FOW Awards Finalist!   READ MORE +

The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) is a sweeping set of financial re-forms, establishing mandates for best execution and pre- and post-trade transparency. How will it impact Fixed Income trading as an asset class?   READ MORE +

Avelacom opens new point-of-presence at ASX   READ MORE +

“Co-location can shelter institutions against such attacks since DDoS messages are not able to affect internal communication between the co-located entities.” Mr. Vlasceanu notes.   READ MORE +

As MiFID II’s Jan. 3 go-live date draws closer, investment firms are rushing to implement systems that monitor position limits on commodity derivatives, though the majority of the limits are still unknown. FlexTrade’s Ivy Schmerken investigates.   READ MORE +

We've successfully optimised our link between HKeX < > SGX to provide a faster trading route than any other provider.   READ MORE +

Great market data demands quality. Read why Thomson Reuters Platform does more than manage market data for our customers and how it responds to their business needs.   READ MORE +

Data managed services come in all sizes, from in-house to fully-managed. Tricia San Cristobal, Head of Enterprise Platform and Elektron as a Service Propositions Thomson Reuters tells us how with Elektron you can find the right fit for all your market data.   READ MORE +

We've enhanced our Market Data Connect Service to enable access between DGCX and Interxion London.   READ MORE +

Our award-winning global trading network now offers lowered latencies between London and three more Asian hubs including DGCX, BKC and SGX.   READ MORE +

CMC Markets has announced a new integration to its CFD liquidity offering. The company has partnered up with FlexTrade Systems to enlarge the scope of its offering.   READ MORE +

FlexTrade integrates with Dataminr, one of the world’s leading businesses in AI and machine learning innovation, to create a global macro news alert feed within the FlexTRADER interface.   READ MORE +

The algo wheel has burst onto the scene promising to help the buy-side assess, monitor and justify algorithm and broker choices to regulators. The TRADE investigates how the tool works and asks what all of the fuss is about. FlexTrade’s Rich McGraw, senior vice president, global multi-asset EMS/OMS sales, provided...   READ MORE +

Avelacom opted for Metamako's FPGA-enabled, high-performance networking devices. The first Metamako's device has been setup in Aurora Data Center in Illinois providing Avelacom's clients with substantially reduced latency and true real-time trading capabilities to access CME Group markets.   READ MORE +

The MexDer’s POP supports the exchange’s efforts to further expand its global presence as it introduces a new channel to interconnect with the existing ecosystem of financial market participants operating within Equinix’s NY5 hub.   READ MORE +

State-of-the-art facility to create new opportunities for NexGen clients in the region   READ MORE +

As hedge funds and quantitative asset managers hunt for unique sources of alpha, Wall Street’s attention is turning to analysis of location data generated by mobile phones. FlexTrade's Ivy Schmerken examines the trend.   READ MORE +

"Buy-and sell-side clients based in the U.K. can now access our U.S. data products directly from the exchange through the Equinix LD4 data center."   READ MORE +

Connect into Borsa Istanbul: Unique opportunities for financial clients searching for ultra-low latency connectivity to Turkish and APAC markets.   READ MORE +

Global eSolutions (HK) Limited (“GES”), a leading global financial technologies provider, has announced an alliance with broker and liquidity provider Basis Capital Markets (“Basis”) as a strategic partner in FX and OTC markets.   READ MORE +

New connectivity solutions allow global capital markets to improve accessibility to Saudi Stock Market.   READ MORE +

The Colt PrizmNet financial extranet now connects three out of the five leading brokers* in US electronic equity trading. Colt is challenging the status quo with Colt PrizmNet, a financial extranet offering deterministic low latencies for delivering data, software, content and financial services worldwide. It provides connectivity to all major...   READ MORE +

Colt announced today that participants can now receive TSE’s Flex Full market data feed normalised with an FPGA solution1 as part of its market data portfolio for Capital Markets customers. The normalised market data feed is available for consumption in colocation at the exchange and wrapped in Colt’s MarketPrizm API....   READ MORE +

Elektron APIs provide your developers with the tools they need to create simply and efficiently.   READ MORE +

As demand for market data increases, the willingness of industry participants in Asia Pacific (APAC) to spend on market data solutions versus building in-house is notably on the rise. What are the key drivers behind this change and just how much growth should we expect in the coming year for...   READ MORE +

Breakthrough FlexAR Technology Offers Glimpse into the Future of Trading London, April 18, 2017 — FlexTrade Systems (@FlexTrade), a global leader in multi-asset execution and order management systems, is pleased to announce “FlexAR” – an augmented reality trading application offering an extraordinary, new way of visualising and presenting trading via the company’s award-winning FlexTRADER...   READ MORE +

Fact Sheet Download: EcoNext is Bloomberg’s most efficient delivery mechanism for key global economic data – the delivery path is fully optimized from the source.   READ MORE +