Articles by Max Bowie
Nasdaq Quote Feed to Replace DTI Interface as ISE Migrates to Inet Tech
ISE participants will migrate to Nasdaq Inet quote feeds for complex and simple options market making and quoting.
Opening Cross: Slow Summers and Long Lead-ins──My Rachel Maddow Moment
What do you get when you mix market data with a long, hot summer? Long, cool data cocktails!
Sales Vet Maclay Swaps Data for Cyber Security
Maclay says Fortinet's cyber security proposition tempted him away from data after 25 years.
Nasdaq Advises Feed Clients to Add Bandwidth
Nasdaq's new bandwidth recommendations for its feeds reflect "recent traffic trends," officials say.
Roberts Group Names Tech Exec Thompson to Board, Reflecting ‘Repositioning' to Broader ‘Enterprise Spend Management'
The vendor is broadening the range of expense categories that can be tracked and managed in its FITS platform beyond market data.
Opening Cross: Spare Some Change? Funding Isn’t About Charity; It’s About Strategy
This week, Max highlights one worthy recipient and two worthy seekers of expansion funding.
KB Tech Seeks Funding to Target TDI Ticker Renaissance at MiFID 2
The software vendor sees potential uses of its revamped version of the TDI messaging layer and suite of related data and trading services arising from MiFID 2.
Platts to Buy Energy Analytics Provider PIRA
The acquisition, which is expected to close before the end of September, will accelerate the development of S&P Global Platts' commodities analysis offering.
FINRA Fines BarCap $1.3M for Reporting ‘Failures'
The failures included missing or duplicate reports, and erroneous data for timestamps and execution quantities, among other data fields.
Data Policies to ‘Trump’ Donald and Hillary
Unimpressed with US politics, Max lays out his own manifesto for data democratization—focusing on fees, smart content, latency and regulation—to make trading strategies great again.
Satellite Data Startup Orbital Insight Taps Former Revere, FactSet Exec O'Brien
O'Brien says he aims to bring the same momentum to Orbital Insight that he achieved as CEO and COO of Revere Data.
UPDATE: Canada's Aequitas Neo Rolls Out OneMarketData Cloud Analytics Service
The exchange will use the cloud-hosted version of OneMarketData's OneTick platform and tick data store to perform microstructure analysis of the Canadian exchange landscape.
Ex-Alacra, Fitch Exec Samuels Moves to Bloomberg
Former Fitch MD will work on Bloomberg's new buy-side KYC platform.
Opening Cross: School’s Out!
Simple ways to keep data professionals happy when they return from vacation to the daily grind... assuming you let them take vacation.
West Highland, Ropnoy, Kaimian Ally on ‘Evo-One’ Notification Management Venture
The three vendors are joining forces to address the inefficiencies surrounding the processing and management of vendor data changes and notifications.
UPDATE: Fixnetix Adds Sales, Tech Execs
Lopez Lansdowne and Salmon continue the vendor's hiring this year to bolster its sales and technical expertise.
Recognia Bows Bull/Bear Summary Score
The score gives online brokers a tool to help investors determine short-, medium-, and long-term bullish or bearish sentiment for stocks.
Cambridge Semantics Taps Data Scientist Keen for Financial Services Push
Keen has spent more than 25 years in data science and analytics technology roles.
ICE Benchmark Admin Adds Economist DeAnne Julius to Board
The economic policy veteran will strengthen ICE Benchmark Administration's board of directors.
RSJ Algo Trading Taps Activ for Managed Tick Data
The firm will use the new Activ-Big Xyt joint offering to test trading models before entering new markets and asset classes.
Excel Add-in MarketXLS ‘Adds in' Barchart Data
Spreadsheet users will be able to access Barchart's US and international equities, futures, indexes and foreign exchange data via the add-in.
Bell Direct Rings in Charting Changes with Markit Chartworks
The charting package will allow Bell Direct's clients to utilize technical analysis to support investment analysis and trading decisions.
Opening Cross: My Campaign for Data Democracy Will ‘Trump’ Donald and Hillary
With US political conventions in full swing, Max outlines his manifesto for data democracy.
ESMA Fines Fitch for Ratings Rules Breaches
Over an 18-month period, ESMA found nine instances where Fitch analysts shared information with Fitch's parent company, in breach of ESMA rules.