Max Bowie
Max is editor-at-large at WatersTechnology, based in Infopro Digital's New York office.
Max joined then-Risk Waters Group (prior to its acquisition by Incisive Media) in 2000, and has worked as a reporter on Risk Magazine, FX Week, Trading Technology Week (now Sell-Side Technology) and Buy-Side IT (now Buy-Side Technology), before joining Inside Market Data as European reporter in 2003. He moved to New York as US reporter in 2005, and became editor in 2006. He was a contributor to sibling Inside Reference Data, and was founding editor of Inside Data Management, which merged the IMD and IRD newsletters into a monthly glossy magazine.
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TRG Screen Expands ResearchMonitor Tool to Measure Installed Data, Software Usage
The update expands the breadth and depth of TRG Screen's usage monitoring capabilities, allowing firms to better understand and incorporate usage data into renewal or cancellation decisions.
IHS Markit Unveils Initial Margin Calculation Service to Aid ISDA Margin Rule Compliance
The new service will help firms struggling with the complex calculation requirements resulting from the implementation of new initial margin calculation rules by ISDA.
Selerity Touts Improved Search, Less ‘Chatter’ for Crypto Data via Context Engine
Including support for concept-based cryptocurrency searches in the Selerity Context engine will provide more focused and relevant search results for institutional investors monitoring the crypto markets, officials say.
Safra Names Brazil Exchange Vet Castro CIO
Castro has more than 25 years of experience in systems development, markets infrastructure technology and exchange market data.
JCV Vendor Audit Module Will Help Exchanges Crack Down on Data Under-Reporting
Officials say the new module will significantly improve the speed and accuracy of vendor data audits by exchanges.
Delphix Adds Former FirstRain CEO Herscher to Board
Herscher has more than 35 years' experience in engineering and leadership roles across the technology industry, and serves on several company boards.
Anova Taps Net Vet Hilt for Sales, Marketing
Hilt brings almost 25 years of financial networks industry experience to his role growing Anova's scope and geographical offering.
Self-Service SDNs: The New Era of Networks
The networks that carry market data and trade orders are on the verge of a paradigm shift that will place more control over provisioning and configuring network services into the hands of financial clients.
Thomson Reuters, Bloomberg Face Off on Treasury-IRS Data
After luring one of the trading partners behind Thomson Reuters’ RCM 19901 data service, Bloomberg is positioning a new US Treasury-interest rate swap data service directly against its rival.
Bloomberg Unveils Online Portal for Normalized API Data
The Enterprise Access Point portal will eliminate the need for Bloomberg Data License clients to normalize datasets in-house, officials say.
Two Sigma Offloads Data ‘Wrangling’ to Crux
By offloading its data processing to Crux, Two Sigma will be able to accelerate data acquisition efforts.
MarkLogic Names Apama Co-founder Nelson Finance CTO
Nelson, who has previously served at Software AG, Progress Software, and Apama, will be an evangelist for financial services within MarkLogic.
USAM Adds Industry Vets Bryan, Sullivan
Bryan and Sullivan each have more than 30 years of experience in the capital markets, fintech and data industries.
Trade Ideas Ltd Taps Research Vet Jowers as MD
Jowers has held senior research positions at RBS and Dresdner Kleinwort, and previously served on Trade Ideas' board.
ISN Beefs Up Team with Ex-Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters Data Vet Hires
The new hires include former Bloomberg execs Bruce Manson and Eugene Sorenson, and former Thomson Reuters exec Damien Frennet.
StatPro Names Canada Director Ahead of New Structure
The appointment of Coetzee reflects the importance of Canada as a growth market to StatPro, officials say.
Data Cost Management 2.0: New Tricks for Old Dogs
Data is the third-largest expense for the financial industry, so firms are getting creative when it comes to cost control.
Vela Adds CoinMarketCap to SuperFeed for ‘Secure, Resilient’ Crypto Data
The integration of cryptocurrency data marks the first time that Vela has carried any kind of currency data on SuperFeed.
Ring Them Bells
Guess who has two thumbs and used one of them to press the closing bell at Nasdaq last Monday? This guy!
Credit Benchmark Grows Bank Contributors, Eyes Non-Bank Credit Data
The vendor plans to collect and create consensus rating datasets from other types of companies besides banks.
TRG Screen Expands Index Data Cost Management Features
The new module will allow firms to manage their index licenses, costs, and composition of index families within the same application.
AlphaPoint Taps Lewtan Vet Myers as Head of Product
The newly created role is intended to capitalize on the company's growth
OpenFin Hires Ex-Deutsche Data Exec Wood to Boost Enterprise Business
Wood, former head of market data services at Deutsche Bank, will be responsible for growing OpenFin's adoption among end-users and vendor partners.
IHS Markit Expands EDM to Non-Financial IHS Data
After expanding its EDM platform to cover the energy industry, IHS Markit now aims to apply it to data on other relevant industries from IHS..