Data Management
LSE Buys Company Data Provider Mergent
The deal will provide underlying data for the creation of new FTSE Russell indexes, and adds to LSE's data and analytics capabilities.
Data Science Major Focus for Firms Going Foward
Institutions see data science as the most important challenge and opportunity facing their data management functions.
ETAS Panel: Data Science Tops Priorities
Institutions see data science as the most important challenge and opportunity facing their data management functions.
Geode Captial Taps IHS Markit for Central Data Management Platform
Boston-based asset manager selects Markit EDM to further expansion strategy and replace legacy data systems.
BATS Inks Index Data Distribution Deals
The exchange aims for its commercial policies to position its indexes against long-established incumbent providers.
Thomson Reuters Integrates Legal Filings Data into Eikon to Show Impact of Court Cases on Stock Prices
Knowing the impact of litigation on a company's stock price can be "crucial" to trading decisions.
Thomson Reuters Evaluates its Evaluations
The service enhances the vendor's existing evaluations by providing a score indicating the market color used to generate each evaluation.
NZX Data Connectivity Unaffected, Though Volumes Fall In Earthquake Aftermath
It was business as usual for trading firms in New Zealand, despite being hit by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake early in the morning of Nov. 14
Data Management Advisory Firm D2 Legal Tech Names Sapient's Newton COO
Newton has spent 30 years focused on IT and data management consulting and software engineering.
West Highland Debuts Systems Overview Dashboard
The dashboard will provide a high-level view for managers to monitor cost and performance, from where they can access more data in West Highland's underlying platforms.
CHX Moots LTAD Pilot To Allay Market Maker Concerns Over ‘Speed Bump’
CXH hits back at claims that its liquidity-taking delay is designed to garner more market data revenues for the exchange.
SEC Eyes Risks in Rapid Fintech Deployment
“We’ve hired a few quants that used to design HFT models and worked at HFT firms. We’ve actually been working on—and have a prototype for—high-speed analytics on trading. That’s something our quant team has worked on a lot over the past year."
T3Index Readies Volatility Index Family
Officials say derivatives based on the indexes will provide a direct way to invest in volatility.
Shopping Around: Asia's Buy-Versus-Build Debate
Firms across Asia that have traditionally built EDM platforms in-house are now displaying an open mind towards buying vendor solutions.
LumRisk Taps Markit EDM Managed Service to Bolster Risk Analysis, Modeling
Markit says LumRisk's implementation reflects increasing popularity of its cloud-based platform
APFIC Panelists: LEI Registrations Must Move Faster in the Next Year
There are about 470,000 LEI registrations so far, with only about 15,000 in Asia
Outdated Legacy: Firms Move Beyond Data Warehouses for Data Management
Data governance should tie together transparency, quality and compliance to transform data warehousing, experts say
Virtua IR Clients Get Wall Street Horizon Events Data
Clients of Virtua's analytics platform will have acces to a limited set of Wall Street Horizon's events data, with the option to subscribe to its full dataset.
Mizuho Taps Wolters Kluwer for Risk, Regulatory Reporting
The bank will use Wolters Kluwer's solutions suite to perform calculations and reporting functions, in line with upcoming regulations.
Intercontinental Exchange Hires Ex-S&P Chief Data Officer Reeve
Reeve will lead the exchange's Connectivity and Consolidated Feed business, which combines assets from its NYSE and Interactive Data acquisitions.
The Infancy of Julia: An Inside Look at How Traders and Economists Are Using the Julia Programming Language
Several banks, vendors and a regulator discuss how they are using the Julia programming language to improve their big data analytics capabilities.
US Exchange Data Revenues Rise as Europe Battles Volatility, Lower Subscriber Numbers
Despite changing trends in data consumption, information services mostly continued to deliver solid quarterly financial results for exchanges.
LPL Taps MT Newswires for Advisor News
The news service also incorporates MT Newswires' enhanced insider transaction and holdings data, which identifies opportunities arising from company insiders buying or selling stock.
Exchanges: No Free Data; Maybe Free Trading?
Exchanges say data will continue to have sufficient value to justify data fees, whatever changes occur in trading activity.