Articles by Max Bowie
CLS Unveils Predictive FX Report
The forecasting tool will enable traders to identify movements and liquidity, while helping risk and compliance staff to adjust models based on market events.
BNY Mellon Taps Barr for CDO
Barr has 30 years of industry experience, much of that time in market data and enterprise data management roles.
Indian Exchanges Ban Data, Index Use for Overseas Derivatives
Three Indian stock exchanges have said they will immediately terminate data licenses that allow non-Indian exchanges and trading platforms to create derivates from their securities and indexes.
Ex-CME’s McElligott Emerges at Tradeweb
The former CME veteran will be responsible for monetizing Tradeweb's market data, and for finding ways to use its data and analytics to drive trading on its platforms.
Balyasny AM Hoists Antenna for Evaluating Alternative Datasets
Antenna will shorten the time needed to evaluate new datasets, and allow BAM to begin using the data faster than its rivals.
Data Head Jones Departs BarCap
Jones spent a combined 22 years at Barclays and UBS in data and technology management roles.
MDX Confirms Wurster as US Sales Head
Wurster, who has been wiorking with MDX for over a year as a consultant, will bring 20 years of experience of sales from the banking and brokerage industries to grow MDX's presence in North America.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 107: An Examination of the Thomson Reuters-Blackstone Deal
Anthony, James and Max Bowie dig into the Thomson Reuters-Blackstone announcement and try and figure out the winners and losers, industry-wide.
Twitter, Neudata’s Morse Joins AI Banking ‘Assistant’ Finn.ai
Morse, a former speaker on social media usage and alternative data at IMD's North American Financial Information Summit, will help Finn.ai grow its "strategic" accounts business.
Options Offers NYSE Integrated Feed in Co-Los
By making NYSE's Integrated Feed available via its managed connectivity platform, officials say the vendor now supports NYSE's entire suite of datafeeds.
TNS Adds Co-Lo Hosting Centers in NY, Chicago
Expanding the managed hosting service to key market centers in the New York and Chicago metro areas will help firms gain access to data and trading on "hundreds" of platforms without having to buy proprietary infrastructure.
Thomson Reuters, Blackstone Agree $20B Financial & Risk Unit Spin-Off
Thomson Reuters has agreed to sell its Financial & Risk unit to a new company minority-owned by the vendor and majority owned by a consortium led by Blackstone Group.
Thomson Reuters in Talks to Sell Stake in Financial & Risk Unit
The vendor confirms it is in discussions to sell a portion of the financial data business it acquired in 2007 as a result of Thomson Corp.'s purchase of Reuters.
TRG Licenses DART Terminal Usage Tracking Capabilities from Vela
Under the deal, TRG will sell Vela's DART Terminal Usage Analytics tool, though Vela will continue to provide support services and ongoing development.
Smartkarma Opens NY Office for US Push
The office and hire of industry veteran Warren Yeh will boost takeup of Smartkarma's Asia-focused research in North America.
TradeData Bows Historical Symbology Archive for Regulatory Analysis
Euromoney TradaData’s Forensyx service helps regulators investigate historical transaction reports.
Nasdaq Blames Network Issues for Friday Options Data Outages
Following the days' outages and failing over its network switch, Nasdaq said its systems were operating normally.
Cryptocurrencies Come of Age, But Is Crypto Data Ready?
Once used as payment for shady deals, digital currencies have long been the domain of speculators and retail investors. But the wild price increases of the past year have led institutional investors to sniff excitedly at the loins of the cryptocurrency…
BMO InvestorLine Adds OTC Markets Data for Canadian Investors
Officials say the move will make it easier for Canadian investors to identify investment opportunities and trade on OTC Markets in the US.
Hanweck Bows Options-Derived Stock Borrowing Signal
Hanweck officials say the tool will deliver a real-time dataset on stock borrowing activity, where information has traditionally been opaque and delivered only daily.
January 2018: Getting Your Bitcoin’s Worth
Financial firms spent a lot of last year focused on Mifid II compliance, but also clearly spent significant time following the ups and downs of cryptocurrencies - and assessing whether to invest in this new asset class.
Visible Alpha Raises $38M from Banks
The new investment brings the total funding raised by Visible Alpha in the last three years to almost $70 million.
TRG Buys Screen, Creating Global Data Cost Management Vendor
The combined vendors will be able to offer a range of products for different client types and use cases.
Money.Net Debuts Crypto Data
The vendor says the new data is in response to an about-face in demand for cryptocurrency data.