On 30 Jan 2008 in MDI-Contributor Devices, Market Data Insight 
A new alternative investment platform, launched by Malbec Partners, is using Gissing Software’s technology as its core infrastructure. The system went live on November 1 2007. Malbec Partners was established by Fischer Francis Trees & Watts, a specialist manager owned by BNP Paribas through its asset management business line BNP Paribas Investment Partners. Located in New York, Malbec also has plans to open a London entity. Its president Jeffrey Trongone cited its “fully integrated platform” as one of the manager’s key strength when it launched last year.
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On 01 Jun 2007 in MDI-Contributor Devices, Market Data Insight
London-based market data software company Gissing Software continues to punch above its weight with the release of Gissing ConteX MCS 4.0, the latest version of its well known multi-vendor contributor device. The South London Posse has completely re-engineered the system for this release, giving it higher throughput, lower latency (of course), higher capacity and the ability to validate data fields.
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On 01 Dec 2003 in MDI-Contributor Devices, MDI-News in Brief, Market Data Insight
U.K. market data software house Arcontech has combined its two Excel spreadsheet applications to create a single product, Excelerator 2. The system combines Arcontech’s existing Excelerator programme, which allows users to take real-time data from multiple sources into a single spreadsheet, with its CityVision Excel Contributor. CVEC allows users to publish data from spreadsheets across any kind of network. It’s likely that Excelerator 2 was developed for one of Arcontech’s existing Excel suite clients, which include the U.K. Debt Management Office, Abbey National Treasury Services, Sporting Index and City Index, part of ICAP PLC.
On 01 May 2003 in MDI-Contributor Devices, MDI-News in Brief, Market Data Insight
Reuters’ migration to the Reuters Market Data System (RMDS) continues afoot, with clients continuing to take issue with the process. Already upset about the confusing obsolescence message for TIB, Triarch, MarketSheet and RTW, Reuters price contributors are complaining that RMDS has no contributor functionality. This means that they are forced to continue to use Triarch components – the Optimised Contribution Server (OCS) and the Direct Contribution Server (DCS).
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