28/04/2003 Knowledge Technology Solutions PLC (KTS), the real-time data technology company, has opened a new City sales office in preparation for its launch this summer of ktsMarketTerminal, the international version of its popular ktsQuoteTerminal live financial data and news system. Based at its new City office will be Richard Burtsal, the newly-appointed Director of Sales […]

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10/03/2003 London-based real-time software specialist Arcontech has developed a new version of its CityVision TraderStation market data distribution and display platform to handle real-time data from Comstock, which is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Interactive Data Corporation. The software company believes this will offer users potential savings of greater than fifty percent compared with […]

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27/02/2003 Almost four months after the London Stock Exchange launched its covered warrants market to a fanfare of publicity, trading volumes in the new securities are still very thin. According to new research by Knowledge Technology Solutions PLC (KTS), the live financial data technology company, turnover volume of covered warrants in January* was just 542 […]

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24/02/2003 PR Newswire loses market share to smaller PIP rivals, finds latest quarterly survey by Knowledge Technology Solutions PLC PR Newswire, the biggest competitor to the London Stock Exchange’s Regulatory News Service (RNS), has seen its share of the market for company regulatory announcements fall by over 1.5% in the last three months. This is […]

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22/11/2002 Real-time software specialist Arcontech has announced a new version of its TraderStation market data display solution that introduces a whole new level of affordability in professional workstation dealing software. The software can display real-time market data from information providers such as Reuters or S&P Comstock, through a variety of connectivity options, including Reuters’ Triarch, […]

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22/11/2002 A survey by data technology company Knowledge Technology Solutions has found that the City is overwhelmingly still using the London Stock Exchange’s Regulatory News Service (RNS) for its company announcements, though RNS is losing market share week by week. The London Stock Exchange’s Regulatory News Service (RNS) is maintaining its iron grip on the […]

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22/10/2002 Abbey National Treasury Services (ANTS), part of the Abbey National Group – the sixth largest banking group in the UK, has selected London-based real-time software specialist Arcontech to implement a new rates contribution system. ANTS selected the Arcontech CityVision contribution system and RTP infrastructure to replace its existing page-based system after considering a number […]

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22/08/2002 Competitors to the London Stock Exchange’s Regulatory News Service have failed to gain substantial market share, as RNS has maintained its grip on the company regulatory news market. The second survey (from May to August 2002) by data technology company Knowledge Technology Solutions, found that RNS still controls almost 85% of the market. Even […]

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04/06/2002 New survey finds the Code led to dramatic fall in large share price movements ahead of announcements. Movements in share prices of 5% or more ahead of non-routine regulatory announcements fell by nearly 50% since the Financial Services Authority (FSA) introduced its Code of Market Conduct in December last year, according to new research […]

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22/05/2002 Survey shows almost 85% of regulatory announcements are still made on RNS. A survey by data technology company Knowledge Technology Solutions has found that the City is overwhelmingly still using the London Stock ExchangeÕs Regulatory News Service (RNS) for its company announcements, though RNS is losing market share week by week. The research showed […]

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