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Markit ‘Explores’ Securities Lending Data

Data vendor Markit plans to create new products that leverage content from securities lending data provider Data Explorers, which Markit acquired last week for an undisclosed sum. Markit will continue to offer Data Explorers’ products in their current...

Inside Market Data | News | alliances, mergers & acquisitions | 09 Apr 2012

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Opening Cross: Are Purchases a Positive Sign? Elementary, My Dear Watson

Unbelievable: I go away for a week and everyone gets merger-mania. S&P Capital IQ buys French low-latency data and infrastructure vendor QuantHouse, while Markit snaps up UK-based securities lending data specialist Data Explorers. Would it be stealing...

Inside Market Data | Opinion | alliances, mergers & acquisitions | 09 Apr 2012

FactSet to Carry Benchmark Bond, CDS Data

Factset Research Systems is to distribute real-time and end-of-day US corporate bond and credit default swap price data and analytics from fixed income and derivatives pricing provider Benchmark Solutions to clients of FactSet’s workstation, under an...

Inside Market Data | News | Content Focus | 09 Apr 2012

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LSE-Clearnet Approval, NYSE CIO Shuffle Lead Busy Week

A roundup of the week’s news and views, as the UK heads into a long weekend.

Sell-Side Technology | Opinion | People | 05 Apr 2012

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S&P Capital IQ Acquires QuantHouse

The deal is the latest in a string of acquisitions by the McGraw Hill subsidiary.

Buy-Side Technology | News | alliances, mergers & acquisitions | 03 Apr 2012

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CME Aims for Smooth Migration of GreenX Contracts

CME acquires GreenX Holdings; environmental products will keep trading and clearing on Globex and ClearPort, respectively.

Sell-Side Technology | News | alliances, mergers & acquisitions | 03 Apr 2012

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RBC to Take Full Ownership of RBC Dexia Investor Services

Remaining stake in custody and fund administration provider to be bought for C$1.1 billion in cash.

Sell-Side Technology | News | alliances, mergers & acquisitions | 03 Apr 2012

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Markit Acquires Data Explorers in Buy-Side Play

Data Explorers' specialty in securities lending will provide an expansive data set and series of indices to clients.

Buy-Side Technology | Analysis | alliances, mergers & acquisitions | 02 Apr 2012

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Fixnetix, NovaSparks Ally For Delivery of Managed Hardware Feed Handlers

Low-latency data infrastructure, trading and risk technology provider Fixnetix is partnering with NovaSparks, a provider of hardware-accelerated data capture, processing and distribution technologies, to make NovaSparks' FPGA (field programmable gate...

Inside Market Data | News | Data Feeds & Handlers | 02 Apr 2012

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LSE Receives Approval for LCH.Clearnet Deal

Shareholders green light 60 percent stake move.

Sell-Side Technology | News | Clearing & Settlement | 02 Apr 2012

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