Growth in its information technology and services business accounted for 11% of the $105 million increase in net revenue that NYSE Euronext reported for its third quarter.

Raymond James is partnering with Actiance to provide financial advisors access to compliant social media tools, including LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter. In addition, the firm is offering advisors optional marketing support with access to a library of pre-approved content and tools to measure engagement.

Societe Generale, the French investment bank, says that its new “relative value” algorithm will give fund managers the ability to change their participation to a stock’s performance relative to an underlying index.

Four of the world’s largest investment banks – Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC and J.P. Morgan --- are now live on a new electronic margin call system called MarginSphere.

Financial planning and reporting technology provider Adaptive Planning has introduced its Fall 2011 and Winter 2012 Releases, which feature new reporting capabilities, SaaS and enterprise collaboration features.

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney has defined tweets as “static content” it is widely watch pilot test of Twitter and Linked In involving 600 of its 18,000 financial advisors. Here's a look at what you and your firm need to know to drive a successful social media plan.

A “network connectivity issue” involving a next-generation trading system from Nasdaq OMX Group took down the $1.2 trillion Australian Securities Exchange for four hours Thursday.

Social media evangelists argue that the popularity of the new medium reflects a profound shift in the way investors scout for financial advice, making online social channels too important for advisors to ignore.

Tweets are 'static content' in the eyes of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, which operates a network of 18,000 financial advisors.

Getting started in social media is a lot like getting started in investing. It pays to have a plan. If you are like most advisors, you’re probably just getting started. For you less is more. Here are seven broad components to include in your social media plan:

Getting started in social media is a lot like getting started in investing. It pays to have a plan. And, much like investment planning, TJ Gilsenan, the Web Savvy Advisor, says social media planning involves assessing where you are now, determining where you want to go, and establishing a plan to get there. If you are like most advisors, you’re probably just getting started. For you less is more. When it comes to your social media plan, start with the big picture. Focus on broad subject matter areas first, then zero in on the details. Here are seven broad components to include in your social media plan:

Charles River Development has officially launched a new data management platform that will help fund managers integrate reference, issuer, benchmark-index and pricing data into their front- and middle-office applications.

The leading provider of software for 250,000 finance professionals, Emerging Information Systems, announced today that it expects to be acquired by Zywave, a provider of on-demand software for the insurance industry.

Deutsche Boerse said its derivatives exchange, Eurex, completed the re-location of its matching engines to a single data center. The Eurex trading and clearing infrastructure is now located in a Frankfurt data center operated by Equinix. In July, Deutsche Boerse moved its Xetra electronic stock trading market to the same data center.Eurex and Equinix had already been offering a co-location service in that International Business Exchange, since 2006. …

Get ready to connect with far-flung colleagues: The FPA’s much-awaited new social networking site is live and picking up speed. Several thousand members worldwide are already connecting online, forming groups and developing their own self-directed platforms within the 24,000 member-strong organization.

The United Kingdom Competition Commission said it had provisionally found that the acquisition of the largest all-electronic trading facility in Europe by BATS Global Markets would not significantly block competition.

BigFoot Investments has launched a cloud-based investment strategy software portfolio that streamlines trading, data delivery and client correspondence for RIAs and registered reps via their PCs, tablets and smartphones.

EDGAR Online said it will start delivering data on over-the-counter stocks that do not report their financial results to the SEC.

ConvergEx Group said it introduced an algorithm that lets portfolio managers take advantage of dark pools.

Interactive Data Corp and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority are trying to shed some light on market activity related to U.S. structured securities for the first time ever.