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A Clearer Vision: MarketFactory Continues to Add Products

By MarketFactory | September 30th, 2009

Typically the expression “having a view” when expressed in trading rooms mean a position on the market. Speak to a client of MarketFactory, however, and the phrase has a more literal meaning. The firm launched in July 2008 with its first product, Whisperer, which is aimed, as James Sinclair, CEO and co-founder of the firm, […]

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MarketFactory launches Sherpa Connect

By MarketFactory | July 1st, 2009

MarketFactory has launched Sherpa Connect providing ultra-low latency exchange and ECN connectivity architected specifically for the foreign exchange market. The third-party adapters currently available to connect clients with exchanges and ECNs often fail to take account of the unique data and market structures of foreign exchange. This leads to pre and post-trade information being misinterpreted […]

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MarketFactory offers low latency connectivity for FX

By MarketFactory | June 15th, 2009

MarketFactory announced today the launch of Sherpa Connect providing ultra-low latency exchange and ECN connectivity architected specifically for the foreign exchange market. The third-party adapters currently available to connect clients with exchanges and ECNs often fail to take account of the unique data and market structures of foreign exchange. This leads to pre and post-trade […]

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MarketFactory set to roll out data adapter

By MarketFactory | June 15th, 2009

By Saima Farooqi NEW YORK – Technology vendor MarketFactory has announced it will begin rolling out a market data adapter for foreign exchange platforms and exchanges targeted at traders using application programming interfaces (APIs), in the third quarter. The adapter, called Sherpa Connect, converts the specific messaging protocols of different electronic communication networks (ECNs) and […]

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MarketFactory Brings ‘Chicago Style’ Connectivity to FX

By MarketFactory | June 15th, 2009

MarketFactory, a technology company set up last year by three senior EBS executives, will begin rolling out Sherpa Connect, an adaptor to provide ‘ultra-low’ latency connectivity to foreign exchange platforms and exchanges, in the third quarter. The company says that many third-party adapters available on the market to connect clients with exchanges and ECNs have […]

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MarketFactory launches Sherpa Connect

By MarketFactory | June 12th, 2009

MarketFactory, the FX connectivity specialist set up by a number of EBS alumni, has unveiled its Sherpa Connect software code. The company says this FX-specific product provides full and correct interpretation of the data, translation into a flexible trading API and optional connection to third-party middleware to ease integration into existing trading infrastructure. “Correct interpretation […]

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MarketFactory Whisperer closer to launch

By MarketFactory | December 1st, 2008

LONDON & NEW YORK – MarketFactory’s Whisperer product is being beta-tested by a group of clients made up of banks and funds, James Sinclair, chief executive of the financial technology firm in New York, has told FX Week. He expects the first client to go live early next year. Market volatility has made the problem […]

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Distance Latency: Overcoming the constraints of geography in FX

By MarketFactory | October 1st, 2008

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Presentation at Profit & Loss Conference

By MarketFactory | September 25th, 2008

By James Sinclair Click to Download the presentation, Timing is Everything. Source: Profit and Loss

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Algo FX: the battle for market share

By MarketFactory | September 8th, 2008

By Susanna Robinson Algorithmic trading in foreign exchange is tipped to experience continued growth, but the uptake is not without its obstacles. Susanna Robinson reports BOSTON – Uptake of algorithmic trading in the foreign exchange market is expected to more than double in the next two years, according to an impact note from Boston-based consulting […]

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