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Hedge funds will no doubt start 2004 where they left off in 2003 - as the investment vehicles of choice for private and institutional investors looking for the best opportunities for decent returns.

CME buys Liquidity Direct

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has acquired Chicago-based Liquidity Direct Technology, a private company that owns a patent-pending system for trading complex options.

Telekurs Financial triples VDF delivery

Swiss market data vendor Telekurs Financial has begun distributing its valor data feed (VDF) three times each day to ensure that the three main global timezones each have access to the most up-to-date data.

Op risk systems come to the fore

Operational risk came to the fore in 2003. Major software suppliers such as SunGard and SAS entered the market through partnerships with or acquisition of early entrant developers, while a number of established trading and risk management systems…

SunGard buys WhiteLight Basel II system

SunGard Trading and Risk Systems, a division of US software company SunGard, has bought California-based WhiteLight's system for Basel II compliance from SymphonyRPM. It will rebrand the product the SunGard Basel II Capital Manager.

Brokers look toshow their worth

Brokers are increasingly looking to provide energy price data. The choice may be wider, but are energy firms getting the credible data and analysis they need for intelligent price forecasts? Joe Marsh reports

All change

As foreign exchange trading becomes ever more efficient, brokers are finding themselves competing for hedge fund business

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