Articles by Max Bowie
Avelacom Debuts South Africa Network, PoP for JSE Access
The new network and local PoP will provide trading firms in the UK and US with low-latency access to data and trading services at the JSE.
Ex-ISE BizDev, Ops Exec Joins Crypto Exchange Gemini
Hightower-Sellitto's hire follows the recent appointments of a general counsel and former NYSE technology exec Robert Cornish as CTO as Gemini beefs up its management experience.
Datawatch Debuts Panopticon Streams Engine for Real-Time Performance Analytics
Officials say the Kafka-based stream processing engine reflects that more financial firms are replacing traditional data message busses with Kafka streaming environments.
Nasdaq, User Groups Fire Opening Salvoes in Looming Battle Over SIP Data Fees
As the SEC prepares to host a two-day event to tackle market data access and fee issues, industry user groups and Nasdaq have laid out their positions on SIP reform. Max Bowie reports.
ISN Taps Industry Vets Iati, Bruno
The pair will build on ISN's existing team of senior industry executives and expand its expertise and contacts base.
Exegy Promotes Anderson, Hires Faulkner to Bolster Sales
Exegy officials say the new roles will help the vendor meet the needs of "a rapidly evolving" marketplace.
For Buy Side, ESG, Alt Data Are Necessary Cost to ‘Recapture Alpha’
Alternative and ESG datasets hold the promise of delivering better and more predictable returns for investors, but are some firms underestimating the amount of work required to integrate these into their strategies?
HSBC Expands Content, Reach of Research App on Symphony
The bank says its research app is already one of the most popular on Symphony's messaging platform.
MDX Ordains Bishop for BizDev
Bishop has more than 30 years of experience in the data sales and information distribution systems market.
Arachnys Raises $10M to Fund KYC Risk Tools Expansion
The funding will allow the vendor to accelerate a range of expansion strategies in response to growing industry demand, officials say.
Building Bridges: Fenergo Taps Clarke to Lead Alliances Team
Clarke says his role will help expand the vendor's reach in "an open and interconnected regulatory landscape."
Vela Names Former NYSE, Bank Tech Exec Visconti CTO
Visconti will bring his 28 years of experience in technology, capital markets and exchange roles to help Vela grow its business by overseeing its technology strategy.
TRG Screen Expands ResearchMonitor Tool to Measure Installed Data, Software Usage
The update expands the breadth and depth of TRG Screen's usage monitoring capabilities, allowing firms to better understand and incorporate usage data into renewal or cancellation decisions.
IHS Markit Unveils Initial Margin Calculation Service to Aid ISDA Margin Rule Compliance
The new service will help firms struggling with the complex calculation requirements resulting from the implementation of new initial margin calculation rules by ISDA.
Selerity Touts Improved Search, Less ‘Chatter’ for Crypto Data via Context Engine
Including support for concept-based cryptocurrency searches in the Selerity Context engine will provide more focused and relevant search results for institutional investors monitoring the crypto markets, officials say.
Safra Names Brazil Exchange Vet Castro CIO
Castro has more than 25 years of experience in systems development, markets infrastructure technology and exchange market data.
JCV Vendor Audit Module Will Help Exchanges Crack Down on Data Under-Reporting
Officials say the new module will significantly improve the speed and accuracy of vendor data audits by exchanges.
Delphix Adds Former FirstRain CEO Herscher to Board
Herscher has more than 35 years' experience in engineering and leadership roles across the technology industry, and serves on several company boards.
Anova Taps Net Vet Hilt for Sales, Marketing
Hilt brings almost 25 years of financial networks industry experience to his role growing Anova's scope and geographical offering.
Self-Service SDNs: The New Era of Networks
The networks that carry market data and trade orders are on the verge of a paradigm shift that will place more control over provisioning and configuring network services into the hands of financial clients.
Thomson Reuters, Bloomberg Face Off on Treasury-IRS Data
After luring one of the trading partners behind Thomson Reuters’ RCM 19901 data service, Bloomberg is positioning a new US Treasury-interest rate swap data service directly against its rival.
Bloomberg Unveils Online Portal for Normalized API Data
The Enterprise Access Point portal will eliminate the need for Bloomberg Data License clients to normalize datasets in-house, officials say.
Two Sigma Offloads Data ‘Wrangling’ to Crux
By offloading its data processing to Crux, Two Sigma will be able to accelerate data acquisition efforts.
MarkLogic Names Apama Co-founder Nelson Finance CTO
Nelson, who has previously served at Software AG, Progress Software, and Apama, will be an evangelist for financial services within MarkLogic.