Emerging Technologies
Final Thoughts on FIA Boca 2015
From portfolio compression to outages to CLOBs, some emergent themes from FIA Boca.
Xignite Shares Data Toys in FinTech Sandbox
Vendor will provide startups witht free data for six months.
Confluence Tackles Prospectus Automation with Latest Unity Addition
New solution targets open-ended mutual funds.
Blackstone Bolsters Cyber Stable with RedOwl Investment
Security analytics firm to focus on insider threats
With New Funding, Orbital Insight Expands Satellite Image Analysis for Commodities
Vendor plans to grow usage of satellite imagery to new areas of sales forecasts and commodities supply data.
Panmure Gordon Looks to Torstone for Back-Office Support
Consolidating multiple in-house systems to a unified back-office platform was key for Panmure Gordon.
Opening Cross: Fresh Season, Fresh Faces, Fresh Ideas
Regular readers will know that I like to (over) use metaphors to make a point, and one old chestnut I return to again and again is Formula One racing. Though most often employed by myself and others to illustrate low-latency issues, the sport—which gets…
Data Head Hyndman Exits Nasdaq
The exchange is sharing Hyndman's responsibilities between other data staff.
Indus Valley Partners Appoints Sachin Kachhla as New MD
Industry vet joins following Tradar sale.
Poon Succeeds Poon as HKEx Data Head
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx) has named former head of market data Daniel Poon managing director and head of cash and derivatives clearing within the exchange's global clearing division, effective March 1.
The Waters Weekly Wrap: March 9-13
A look back at the best content published across all the Waters brands.
CenturyLink Taps Cognilytics Buy for Financial Big Data Analytics Vertical
CenturyLink will ultimately make the analytics tools available as a managed service in its cloud infrastructure.
Airex Content Market Preps Major Data Expansion by Year-End
Online financial content marketplace Airex is planning a significant expansion of data available via its platform over the course of this year, after announcing three content distribution deals within the past week, and aims to have "many hundreds of…
SocGen Prime Services Takes Stake in Eris
Former Newedge unit makes play in swap futures.
Larason Talks About New Role At GBST
The new head of development for the Americas talks about what set GBST apart and his plans for the business.
Former Markit, TRACE Exec Lefferts Makes Swift Move
Lefferts was also responsible for the TRACE fixed income reporting feed at FINRA.
Polaris, Oxford New Program Aims to Help Executives in Digital Environment
Program looks to help executives better understand the technological transformations firms are undergoing.
Beast Apps, Icap, CME Ally on OTC vs. Exchange-Traded Analysis Tool
The application displays and analyzes trading opportunities between Icap's OTC brokered derivatives and CME's listed futures markets.
Basu Departs Citi For JP Morgan
Data management executive to implement new data environment
R.J. O’Brien Announces Acquisition of GFI Subsidiary Kyte Group
US brokerage and clearing firm to take ownership of derivatives clearing agent.
ClearStructure Adds Fitch Ratings to Sentry Portfolio Management Platform
Agreement will give ClearStructure's clients access to Fitch's fixed income ratings.
GlobalRisk Integrates Interactive Data Content for Real-Time Risk Exposure
New service combines GlobalRisk's FirmRisk software with data from IDC's Consolidated Feed.
Credit Suisse CEO Dougan to Step Down, Thiam to Take Over
Dougan, who served as CEO for eight years, will leave in June.
Larason to Join GBST as Head of Development
Former head of Barclays Capital's US electronic trading technology division will be based in New York.