Giulia Lasagni
Follow Giulia
Articles by Giulia Lasagni
FIX ‘Adopts’ MMT Post-Trade Data Standards
Standards body FIX Trading Community-the organization formerly known as FIX Protocol Ltd, which governs the development of the FIX Protocol-has adopted the Market Model Typology post-trade reporting initiative as a FIX standard, adding support for MMT in…
VWD Expands Bonds, Ratings Content to Meet Fixed Income, Risk Demand
Frankfurt-based data vendor VWD has released version 3.4 of its Market Manager desktop application in an effort to tap into increased demand from savings banks, treasury departments and insurance companies for flexible bond calculations and for more…
New Warsaw Stock Exchange Indexes Up Focus on Small, Mid-Cap Stocks
The Warsaw Stock Exchange will start publishing two new price indexes─the WIG50 and WIG250─in March, replacing existing smaller, more selective index families, in a move to boost its coverage of small and medium-sized companies listed on its Main Market.
Wiener Börse Inks Data Deal to Distribute Kazakh Exchange Prices
Wiener Börse, the Vienna Stock Exchange, has signed an agreement with the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) to allow data vendors to obtain price data from the Kazakhstan market via the Austrian exchange's Alliance Data Highway datafeed.
Data Demand Drives Second Nasdaq India Office
Nasdaq OMX has opened a new development office in Bangalore, with the goal of boosting its global technology offerings and to meet growing demand in India for data products, exchange solutions and new listing opportunities.
IXcellerate Taps Cladingbowl as Tech Adviser
Russian datacenter provider IXcellerate has appointed Peter Cladingbowl senior technology adviser, responsible for assisting the company's operations team in developing its Moscow One datacenter campus and in the selection process for the Moscow Two…
Bureau van Dijk Expands Catalyst Risk Data Offering
Dutch company information provider Bureau van Dijk is launching two new products─Credit Catalyst and Procurement Catalyst─that assess reputational and financial risk by blending internal and external company intelligence in one platform.
Infinancials Develops Broker Tool to ID Stocks with Similar Fundamentals
French fundamental data and analytics provider Infinancials has developed a new web application, called Equity Trade Advisor, that online brokers can integrate with their online trading platforms to provide active traders with investment ideas based on…
S&P CapIQ Expands Asia Market Connectivity
S&P Capital IQ plans to extend its low-latency network to new liquidity centers in the Asia-Pacific region over the coming months, including Korea, India and Thailand, in an effort to meet growing customer demand for real-time exchange data.
Numerix Pricing, Risk Tools Now Available in Matlab
Derivatives pricing and risk analysis software vendor Numerix has integrated its CrossAsset Integration Layer with MathWorks' Matlab technical modeling and calculation platform, enabling Matlab clients to price any derivative within the platform, using…
EU OKs MiFID 2; ESMA Wades into Details
After more than three years of negotiations, the European Union last week struck a long-awaited agreement on its review of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive that mandates trading venues to make pre- and post- trade data available on a …
Fidessa Promotes Thomas, Hires Jeffrey
Trading technology and market data provider Fidessa has appointed Emily Thomas as global head of new business sales and Phill Jeffrey as Asia-Pacific regional sales director.
D&B, FirstRain Ally for Integrated Company Data
Information providers Dun & Bradstreet and FirstRain announced a partnership that will see the integration of FirstRain's company, industry and customer research and social analytics with D&B's structured company data.
ZKB Taps Corvil for Data Quality, Latency Monitoring
Zürcher Kantonalbank (ZKB) is rolling out Dublin-based latency management technology vendor Corvil's Operational Performance Monitoring platform to monitor market data quality, FX order flow as well as quote-to-order and gateway latency.
WSE Bows Short, Leveraged Index Data
The Warsaw Stock Exchange has begun distributing data on two new indexes based on the exchange’s WIG30 blue-chip benchmark.
S&P Cap IQ Expands Asia Connectivity via HKEx Orion
S&P Capital IQ is making its QuantFeed and QuantLink low-latency datafeed and network available via Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing's Orion technology platform, in a move to meet increasing demand for connectivity and high-speed data in Asia.
Rutschmann Named Infront COO
Norwegian data vendor Infront has appointed Urs Rutschmann as chief operating officer, responsible for managing all the vendor's operational activities, including strategy, sales, marketing, product development and client services.
TMX Atrium Connects to IXcellerate Moscow Datacenter
TMX Atrium, the network provider subsidiary of Canadian exchange group TMX, has expanded its connectivity network to Moscow with a new low-latency access to Russian datacenter provider IXcellerate's Moscow One datacenter.
Interactive Data Bows Web Data Usage Analytics Toolkit
Interactive Data is launching a new suite of web analytics tools designed to help financial and media organizations roll out tailor-made investment products and tools by tracking and analyzing how users navigate their websites, and leverage "crowd data"…
Borsa Istanbul Takes Nasdaq Data, Trading Platforms
Nasdaq OMX will supply Turkish exchange Borsa Istanbul with technology and advisory services─including the provision of a new market data distribution system─under the terms of a deal that will also see Nasdaq take a five percent stake in the exchange,…
2013 Review: EU Consolidated Tape Encounters Hurdles to Implemenation
Progress continued on the long uphill road toward the introduction of a pan-European consolidated tape, but suffered a setback this year after regulatory uncertainty over MiFID 2 led to the dismantling of industry-led group The COBA Project, which was…
Michael Villain Joins NanoSpeed as Head of Business Development
Low-latency FPGA provider NanoSpeed has appointed Michael Villain as global head of business development.
Aquis Exchange Appoints Graham Dick to Lead Sales
Pan-European equities trading venue Aquis Exchange has hired Graham Dick, co-founder of consolidated tape think-tank The COBA Project, to head its sales team.
2013 Review: 2013: A Year of Disruption for Data Vendors
While market share in the data industry was dominated by the long-established heavyweights, one of the most potentially disruptive developments of the year came from a fast-growing middleweight.