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With Wombat Financial Software effectively absent from the marketplace since its acquisition for $200 million by NYSE Euronext, it was key for NYSE Technologies to return with a bang. The company – spearheaded by CEO Stanley Young – made its case in the market data and messaging space at last month’s Sifma Technology Management Conference with a big splash around Market Data Platform V5, a souped up Wombat Market Data Platform with a focus on latency, latency and more latency.

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While last week’s Sifma Technology Management Conference was down overall in terms of numbers of exhibitors, one segment had more of a presence compared to previous years: companies offering co-location (sometimes referred to as proximity) services. Joining show stalwarts like BT and Savvis, and recent comers such as Fixnetix, were names including CoreSite (formerly CRG West), Equinix, GlobeOp Financial Services, Interxion, Switch and Data, Telx and Xand Corp. The continuing pursuit of lower latency for market data delivery and trade execution was the driver for the increased show presence, and of those companies’ offerings.

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The agreement on tick size brokered yesterday by the Federation of European Securities Exchanges (FESE) between its exchange members and the key upstart multilateral trading facilities (MTFs) marks the latest step toward consistency of data emanating from European trading venues. Many believe consistency of data will level the playing field, and allow market participants enjoy many of the promised benefits of increased competition that heretofore have yet to be realized.

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BondDesk used the Sifma Technology Management Conference in New York last week to launch its first live market data offering – a real-time feed of Treasury prices – since installing Ben Fortunato to develop new data services that leverage the BondDesk ATS and affiliated capabilities (Market Data Insight, August 2008).

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