Bloomberg enters HFT arms race

Data group plans to expand its range of data services to attract more business from high-frequency trading firms

Bloomberg is planning to expand its range of data services to attract more business from high-frequency trading firms, according to sources with knowledge of the situation.

The data group, which derives a large slice of its income from terminals leased en masse to investment banks and asset managers, is looking to develop a wider range of low-latency data feeds supplying financial information as part of a wider strategy in the automated trading market.

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