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Informatica acquires low latency messaging firm 29West

Data integration outfit Informatica has acquired low latency messaging firm 29West. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

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Chi-X Europe takes co-located direct feeds and reference data from Thomson Reuters

Chi-X Europe has rolled out Thomson Reuters' pan-European low latency direct feed, pricing and reference data service, offered through the firm's hosting centres in London.

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Madoff programmers indicted

Two computer programmers charged with aiding and abetting Bernard Madoff's massive ponzi scheme have been indicted by a US Grand Jury.

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FSA wants firms to tape mobile phone calls

The Financial Services Authority is proposing new rules that would require banks and securities firms to tape and record staff mobile phone calls as part of a concerted crackdown on insider dealing.

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Nyse Euronext and Bloomberg promote open standard for securities codes

Nyse Euronext is to join with Bloomberg in promoting the market data vendor's open source securities identifier initiative.

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SEC to build IT Forensics Lab

The US Securities and Exchange Commission is to build a new 'state-of-the-art IT Forensics Lab' after admitting that successive technology budget cuts between 2005 and 2007 severely constrained its ability to effectively police the markets.

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BGC rapped by judge for destroying evidence in Tullett staff poaching case

Interdealer broker Tullett Prebon has claimed victory in a bitterly-fought legal dispute with rival broker BGC that involved missing Blackberries and wiped computer records.

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Post-MiFID fragmentation inviting more market abuse - Avenues

The post-MiFID fragmentation of exchange trading and data has substantially increased the potential for market abuses, according to a new advisory group set up to look at the issue.

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SunGard upbeat despite Q4 net losses

Technology giant SunGard's overall fourth quarter net losses widened on a $1.13 billion goodwill write down in its Availability Services business. With the ripple effect of the credit crisis continuing to make waves, the group's financial services unit performed better than anticipated, reporting Q4 income down just eight per cent on the same period in 2008.

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Goldman offers 1Click algo access

Goldman Sachs is to offer clients streamlined '1Click' access to its suite of algorithmic trading programs in a global effort to improve ease of use and create consistency across its e-trading portfolio.

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Misra to head new algo trading technology firm

Hirander Misra, former chief operating officer of Chi-X Europe has resurfaced as CEO and founding director of new firm Algo Technologies.

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Morgan Stanley Matrix founder heads to UBS

Hishaam Caramanli (formerly Mufti-Bey) has joined UBS as head of Global Securities - Client Facing Technology

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Tullett Prebon in takeover talks

Shares in Tullett Prebon have jumped 17% after the UK interdealer broker confirmed that it was in talks with a potential acquirer.

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Turquoise confirms management line up

The new management team at Turquoise has been confirmed, with CEO David Lester joined by Baikal head of technology Mark Ryland.

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UBS plans European dark pool

Swiss bank UBS is planning to launch a dark pool multilateral trading facility (MTF) for crossing orders in European stocks.

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LSE sells nine per cent stake in Turquoise

The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has sold nine per cent of its 60% stake in the merged Turquoise and Baikal businesses to Barclays, JP Morgan Cazenove and Nomura, with each bank paying £1 million for a three per cent stake.

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Goldman PR chief sent up by Twitter imposter

Goldman Sachs' combative chief spokesman Lucas Van Praag has fallen victim to a mocking impersonator on Twitter.

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Tullett Prebon expands into valuations with acquisition of OTC Val

Interdealer broker Tullett Prebon is to expand its market data business into valuations services with the acquisition of Vancouver-based OTC Valuations for an initial consideration of $0.6 million.

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Deutsche Börse Systems taps open source for real-time risk

Deutsche Börse's IT unit is working with open source vendor Red Hat as it bids to enable real-time transaction risk management for financial services clients.

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Major dealers outline next steps in OTC clean-up

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has welcomed commitments by 14 major dealers to ramp up efforts to cut risks and improve post-trade automation and transparency in the over-the-counter derivatives markets.