Articles by Max Bowie
Malta's Portfinance Takes MDX Tech Data Platform
The MDX platform replaces an undisclosed legacy technology
Opening Cross: To Ensure Data Quality, Keep Long Leases on Short Leashes
Sell-off-and-lease-back strategies require supreme—award-winning, even—confidence in your partners.
Markit Buys Fitch CDS Pricing Biz
Fitch will sell its CDS pricing to Markit, then license back the data, officials say.
Data Vet London Moves to Merrill Corp
The former Morningstar and Interactive Data exec has taken a new role at electronic reporting services vendor Merrill.
TradeTheNews Bows 13F Filings Wire
The service follows investment firms' 13F filings that detail their holdings in stocks.
Mexico's GBM Deploys Redline Ticker
Redline's ticker plant and feed handlers will support low-latency data from the Mexican exchange.
Lime Squeezes Latency with Corvil, Upgrades
The firm is in the middle of a series of investments in reducing the latency of its trading and data servers.
Opening Cross: Raising a Glass to Market Data’s Master Mixologists
Cocktails are an art. So is market data.And those who perform their task exceptionally deserve recognition.
Rival Slashes Tick-to-Trade Latency
The vendor achieved the latency gains by moving commonly used data elements into memory
Asset Control Taps Piroli for CTO
Piroli has previously held data management roles in the hydrocarbon and oil exploration software industries.
Selerity Raises $4.2M for Expansion
The funding will help Selerity integrate more content and hire additional staff to support its growth.
Xignite Puts FX Rates in Oracle Cloud
Making its API available in Oracle's cloud will enable Xignite to supply FX rates to Oracle customers for financial reporting.
Opening Cross: Don’t Undervalue the Unusual
Vendors are finding innovative ways to capture proprietary content, and to mine value from its increasing volumes.
AlphaSense Gets $33M to Grow Financial Search
The funding will allow the vendor to almost double its headcount and expand its search platform to new markets and asset classes.
West Highland Taps Canada for Chicago
Canada has previously been responsible for datacenter businesses at KVH and CME Group.
Estimize Unveils Forcerank Crowd-Sourced Predictive Stock Ranking Tool
Users will be able to gather predictive sentiment on stocks, based on the rankings of participants in weekly "contests."
Max Bowie: Data Romance Isn’t Dead; It’s Just in an Open Relationship
"The more clients you can provide access to, the more attractive a channel your platform becomes, and more third-party vendors will be willing to make their content available via your platform."
OTAS, TIM Partner for Trade Idea Analytics
The move will combine TIM Group's trade ideas analytics with OTAS' existing analytics tools.
ICE Buys S&P Evaluations Biz, CMA to Boost OTC Evaluations
S&P is pulling out of the evaluated pricing business after failing to attract critical mass, officials say.
Possible Counter-Bid May Put LSE-Deutsche Börse Merger ‘on ICE'
An ICE takeover would end plans to create the world's largest index provider.
Pico Quantitative Trading Buys AlgoSpan to Boost Europe Infrastructure Play
The acquisition will accelerate Pico's expansion plans in Europe, officials say.
Update: OPRA Message Change Prompts Bandwidth Increases
The expanded header message increases OPRA message sizes by 30 percent overall, participants say.
Activ Adds MT Newswires Content as Affordable Alternative News Source
The addition of MT Newswires' news will appeal to Activ clients seeking an alternative news source to accompany Activ's data.
Opening Cross: Forget the Harlem Shake; Do the Deutsche Shuffle
Even before they confirmed merger negotiations, it was clear to see that the London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Börse had much in common.