Articles by Max Bowie
TMX Group Names Jay Rajarathinam CIO
In a career spanning almost 20 years, Rajarathinam has worked at exchanges, banks and technology vendors.
TMX Taps Ex-ICE, NYSE Tech Exec Rajarathinam as CIO
In a career spanning almost 20 years, Rajarathinam has worked at exchanges, banks and technology vendors.
Vela Hiring Spree Boosts Sales, Marketing Ops
Officials say the new hires will bring a wealth of experience to Vela's sales, marketing and account management functions.
Mexico's GBM Expands Solace Platform to Market Data
Migrating its trading infrastructure to the Solace-based platform will enable GBM to better spot trends and trading opportunities.
Quandl Adds CLS FX Trade, Volume Data to Online Platform
The data provides greater granularity and frequency than CLS' existing offerings, and will appeal to traders, risk and portfolio managers and those managing currency risk.
Opening Cross: If Data and Standards Were Easy…
Whether dealing with utility startups or commercial offerings, should you throw your weight behind making something a "standard," or back alternatives in the spirit of healthy competition?
XPansion Expands XMon Bloomberg Support
The vendor has added support for Bloomberg's latest pricing matrixes and discount factors, as well as for requests for data from Bloomberg's BVal service.
Markit Unveils ‘Digital’ Biz, Chartworks Suite
The vendor is revamping the former Markit On Demand business with a packaged charting product suite, in addition to its existing custom offerings.
Aqumin Supports Snapshot Data Download
Buy-side clients can now download underlying data behind teh vendor's charts for historical analysis.
Citi Fined $7M by SEC for Trade Data Errors
The fine is the highest imposed by the SEC for violations relating to reporting of "blue sheet" data, which encompasses various types of trade data.
Disclosure Tech Vendor Certent Buys Reporting Provider DisclosureNet
The acquisition will improve the reporting and filing process, while making it easier for clients to extract information from disclosures.
OptionMetrics Adds Staff to Support Growth
Kim and Villanueva are two of a number of new hires appointed to support the company's growth after experiencing three quarters of record revenue.
TickSmith Unveils File Management Module
Officials say the new tool will make it easier for clients to find content held in millions of files.
Responsibility Without Authority
"Consumers must be able and willing to walk away and either buy elsewhere or forgo something."
Endace Readies On-Probe Data Provenance Capabilities
The new features will help users prove the origin of data packets
Opening Cross: Alternatives, Alternatives...
Looking for exposure to alternative investments? You'll need alternative types of data.
Southland Capital Management Preps BDC Loan Analysis Service
The firm will change its existing free commentary into a paid subscription service, developed using data from Advantage Data.
FT Partners Hires Tech Investment Vet Stout as NY MD
Stout's previous experience includes building JP Morgan's practice of investing in Fintech firms, and serving as global head of strategy at First Data.
S3 Switches on Blacklight on Bloomberg
The vendor's analytics around crowded short-sale trades will now be available as an app via Bloomberg's App Portal.
Thomson Reuters, HKEx Ally on RMB Indexes
Officials say the indexes will help investors make better decisions when trading the Chinese currency.
Empirasign Hires in Engineering, BizDev
The vendor is adding to its technology and sales expertise witih hires in New York and London.
Perseus Cancels Infrastructure Work Amid Concerns over Brexit-, Russell-Related Volumes
Freezing everything but emergency maintenance will allow the vendor to ensure stability during a period of what it expects to be abnormally high trading volumes.
Markit to Buy Prism Valuation
Officials say the deal will expand Markit's coverage of OTC derivatives and structured products while expanding its client base.
Moscow Exchange: First Phase of Datacenter Move Complete
The first phase will see the exchange use the datacenter as a disaster recovery site for its trading and clearing operations, before it becomes the exchange's primary datacenter in November.