Inside Market Data - IMD 30th May 2016
Articles in this issue
OpenFin Names Account Director, Europe COO
Harvey and Ruiz have backgrounds in bank technology operations management and fixed income e-trading.
FactSet Sells Research Arms to Asset International
FactSet will use the $165 million sale to extend its share repurchase program by $165 million.
Markit Hires S&P's Dos Santos as Head of North America Biz Strategy
The pricing veteran will be responsible for Markit's fixed income pricing services business.
Barchart Promotes Haraburda to CEO
In his previous role as managing director of sales and business development, Haraburda also ran the vendor's AgriCharts division.
Infront Adds Freedom Index Data
Infront will roll out the indexes to more than 12,00 clients, free of charge.
Chain Locks in Sohtz as CMO
Sohtz's responsibilities at Chain will include expanding the adoption of the vendor's technologies in broader use cases, including solving business problems for the financial industry.
Global Prime Partners Rolls Out RSRSCHXchange Research Platform
The deal gives Global Prime Partners and its clients access to more than 130 sources of institutional research.
Rimes Adds Best Credit Data Muni, Corporate Prices to Managed Services
Rimes clients worldwide will be able to access Best Credit Data's municipal and corporate bond data via Rimes' managed services.
MTS Grows Low-Latency ‘Live' Bond Coverage
With data on securities issued by 16 governments, MTS Live carries low-latency data on more than 30 million quotes and orders that cross the MTS Cash platform every day.
Broadridge Hires Clarke for Funds Analytics Intelligence
Clarke will be responsible for increasing the granularity and coverage of Broadridge's data to support new business areas.
Aqumin Incorporates Alerting into ‘Landscape' Displays
The alerting will allow users to see alerts within the "context" of their "landscape" of stocks, sectors or indexes.
OTCGH Preps Oil Options Data from New Broking Desk
The new London-based oil options broking desk will generate a range of trade and quote data for over-the-counter oil options.
Nikkei Introduces First Fees for Nikkei 225 Index
Some end users say Nikkei's decision to introduce fees for the index and its data after more than 60 years may impact their use of the index.
Sweeping ASX Fee Rises Anger Consumers
The exchange is increasing existing fees and introducing new non-display fees, much to the chagrin of subscribers.
Opening Cross: When Will the Money Men Support Their Support Services?
The front office needs to have its market data teams' backs, not back them into a corner.
AlphaSense Nabs S&P’s Magri as Chief Content Officer
The data vet will be responsible for building a team focused on identifying and acquiring third-party content.
OpenFin Releases Pre-Production Version 6 of HTML5 Container
Version 6 of OpenFin's open-source HTML5 container offers additional security features to make the platform acceptable to financial markets firms.
Survey: Evaluations Accuracy Improves, But Mortgage Securities Still Challenge Vendors
No vendor demonstrates a clear lead in evaluated pricing overall, SS&C survey says.
Challenges to CAT Adoption Still Remain
One month ago, on April 27, the Securities and Exchange Commission published its plans for a mandated Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) for public comment, along with an economic analysis of the initiative, which it estimates will cost the industry $2.4…
