Articles by Max Bowie
Benzinga Names Former William Blair, SAC Trader Laverde Director of Content
Laverde brings a trader's perspective to management of Benzinga's breaking news content.
Veteran Data Exec Jeff Parker Joins Wall Street Horizon Advisory Board
Parker brings more than 35 years as an entrepreneur in the data industry, having founded FirstCall and StreetEvents.
Nasdaq Rolls Out SIP Feed Resiliency, Latency Improvements
The moves are designed to make the SIP's infrastructure more robust and lessen the chance of any market-wide impact from technical issues.
Datactics Hires Data Sales Vet Chuck to Lead London Sales
Chuck brings Datactics 25 years of experience in data and trading-related softwrae sales.
RSRCHXchange Adds Ned Davis Research
The addition continues RSRCHxchange's ongoing content expansion.
CME Enlists TickSmith for Datamine Revamp
The vendor's tick data management platform will form the basis of a revamped CME Datamine historical data portal.
Opening Cross: Buy, Build or Bust?
In light of two recent developments in the market data world, Max looks at the pros and cons of each side of the buy versus build debate.
Money.Net Preps AI News, Taps Ex-Bloomberg's Pearlstine
Pearlstine will be responsible for hiring a mix of journalists and developers to create a news service that uses artificial intelligence to capture key elements of news.
Rimes Boots Up Benchmark Data-Tracking Workstations
The two new workstations will help firms analyze benchmark indexes, as well as their usage of benchmark data to comply with vendor licenses and new regulations.
The Roberts Group Buys Priory Solutions to Boost Web Content Usage Tracking Capabilities
The deal will give The Roberts Group the ability to track usage of web-delivered content and apply that to clients' data cost management decisions.
Smartkarma Opens Hong Kong Office, Hires Research Vet Blennerhassett
The Hong Kong office will support Smartkarma's expansion in the region.
CFN Services Creates ‘UltraFast' Cloud Data, Rebrands as Apcela
The new service will provide data to the increasing number and variety of infrastructures and applications being hosted in cloud environments.
Morningstar to Buy Private Equity, M&A Data Vendor PitchBook
Morningstar will add its own research capabilities to PitchBook's data and tools, enabling it to target a new audience among private equity investors.
Colt Hires Faccibene, Promotes Hutchinson to Drive US Expansion
The move accompanies the vendor's addition of connectivity to new end-points in the region on its PrizmNet network.
FSMLabs Releases Time-Synch Compliance Tool, TimeKeeper Update
The new module will enable FSMLabs clients to meet the time-synchronization requirements of their internal business needs and new regulations.
Barchart Names CME's Petersen Head of Strategy
Petersen has held strategy and corporate development roles at CME Group and IMC Financial Markets.
xCelor Unveils ‘Next-Gen' Low-Latency Switch
The switch gives users new choices around filtering symbols and per-port portocol and format assignment.
NovaSparks Cuts Book-Building Latency FPGA Ticker Plant
NovaSparks has taken 300 nanoseconds out of its feed-handling process by rewriting its book-building component.
Colt Adds Data, Trading Venues to PrizmNet
The network provider is expanding its connectivity to equities and FX markets in the US and Canada
Opening Cross: Nightmares and Data Dreamscapes
Market data is scarier than any trick or treat. So either learn to laugh at the frights, or be ready for things to go bump in the night.
Forcerank Pays Fine, Axes Fees, Prizes After SEC Deems Contests ‘Swaps’
The SEC deemed Forcerank's model constituted an unregulated security-based swaps market.
Selerity Bows ‘Microtopics,’ Personalized Content
The three new services will enable Selerity clients to monitor trending topics, and to apply Selerity's contextual analysis to proprietary content.
Symphony Taps Former Skype, FaceTime, Microsoft Execs to Head Product, Sales
Officials say the new hires will increase Symphony's capacity to workwiht customers and create innovative technology.
Perseus Expands EMEA Sales Team
The vendor has hired two telecoms sales veterans to bolster its European sales presence.