Infront News from 2008
December 2008: Infront provides market data from Bolsa de Madrid and Borsa Italiana
Infront is pleased to announce that we have signed agreements with Bolsa de Madrid and Borsa Italiana in order for our customers to get realtime market data and provide electronic trading on the Spanish and Italian markets by using The Online Trader.
For more information about Bolsa de Madrid and Borsa Italiana please visit www.theonlinetrader.com/updates/ or contact our sales department.
November 2008: Infront acquires News Agency Direkt, the Nordic region's leading financial newswire service with operations in Sweden and Denmark.
Infront has purchased the Nordics leading financial news agency, News Agency Direkt ,
from Bisnode AB. The agreement means that Infront can directly offer a market leading
solution for financial news and estimate services for customers in Sweden and Denmark
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October 2008: Infront provides real-time market data from Turquoise, Nasdaq OMX Europe and Chi-X
Infront is pleased to announce that we have signed agreements with Turquoise, Nasdaq OMX Europe and Chi-X in order for our customers to get realtime data and provide electronic trading on the new Multilateral Trading Facilities (MTF) by using The Online Trader.
Our flagship product, The Online Trader, offers cost efficient electronic trading on European and North American exchanges. By providing the new MTFs, brokers can reduce market data and transaction fees and utilize the new market places that is created as a result of Mifid.
In keeping with the goals of the regulations, the latest changes in The Online Trader version 4.4 focus on delivering real-time stock pricing from the MTFs together with traditional exchanges in a single view. This “Consolidated Orderbook” not only combines the markets, but also converts prices to a single currency.
For more information about the Consolidated Orderbook please visit www.theonlinetrader.com/marketupdate/ or contact our sales department.
For more information about the MTF's see
October 2008: New version of The Online Trader with Consolidated Orderbook and Best Execution order support
Infront is pleased to announce a new version of The Online Trader with a Consolidated Orderbook. The Consolidated Orderbook window displays the depth of orders consolidated across multiple markets (feeds) in one single view. With the fragmentation of the equity markets (due to Mifid), it has become harder than ever to get the full market view. Consolidated Orderbook enables you to look at one window instead of multiple orderbooks for the same security.
At the same time The Online Trader enables the implementation of Best Execution orders.
April 2008: Infront to deliver technology for NASDAQ OMX Genium trading terminal
NASDAQ OMX and Infront have agreed to terms by which Infront will deliver the trading terminal for the next generation of the NASDAQ OMX trading technology known as Genium. The new trading terminals are based on Infront’s existing trading system, The Online Trader, but with extended functionality and support for the Genium platform.
“We are delighted to be working with NASDAQ OMX to meet its trading technology expectations and those of its customers,” said Mr. Kristian Nesbak, CEO of Infront. “Superior transaction efficiency, intuitive user interfaces and highly flexible integration methods are key components to the successful development of our trading systems. We share these objectives with NASDAQ OMX, and have through this agreement created a solid platform for a long-term partnership.”
“We are very excited about our partnership with Infront which we are confident will strengthen our trading terminal offering in this rapidly growing marketplace,” said Anders Fridlund, Vice President and Head of Products at NASDAQ OMX Market Technology. “Our next generation exchange platform, Genium, will benefit from Infront’s experience and proven technology, allowing us to offer trading terminals that meet the needs of functionality, cost-efficiency and integration flexibility.”
The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is the world’s largest exchange company. It delivers trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents, and with over 3,900 companies, it is number one in worldwide listings among major markets. NASDAQ OMX technology supports the operations of over 60 exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more than 50 countries.
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April 2008: Landsbanki orders The Online Trader
Infront has signed an agreement with the Icelandic Bank Landsbanki to deliver the advanced real-time market information and DMA solution, The Online Trader, for its internal employees across multiple locations.
“We are pleased to be able to deliver a system that meets Landsbanki’s needs on both a regional and global level. We recognize the importance of the Icelandic market in the Nordics and Landsbanki is a premier financial actor there. It was an easy decision to add their requirements”, says Kristian Nesbak, CEO for Infront.
”The Online Trader gives Landsbanki a very powerful and easy to use tool to monitor the markets while meeting all the requirements we have in that regard. In addition, the cooperation with Infront has been very good and they responded very well to our requests”, says Gudmundur Gudmundsson, CIO of Landsbanki.
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January 2008: Infront enhances infrastructure for international data with Interactive Data Comstock in Stockholm
We are pleased to announce that Infront has upgraded the infrastructure with Interactive Data Comstock for international data with a new hosting center in Stockholm. The new site will significantly improved performance. Infront is the first customer of the new site. Joachim Rosli, Infront’s head of Business Development, commented: “We are delighted to offer our Nordic customers fast access to international data. Our flagship product, The Online Trader, offers cost efficient electronic trading on European and North American exchanges, and the PlusFeed capacity can allow us to manage the expected increased data volumes for years to come.”
January 2008: Infront provides connectivity via FinansNett Norge AS (FNN)
We are pleased to announce that Infront provides connectivity for Oslo Børs broker members on FinansNett Norge AS (FNN). For more information please contact Infront.