Articles by Max Bowie
Opening Cross: Pump Up the Volume
As a new parent, I’ve become obsessed with volume: not just trying to figure out how to dial back the volume of a screeching baby at 4am in a New York apartment with walls apparently made of nothing more substantial than empty cereal boxes, or…
Vesel Readies Sector-Level Volume Data
The new functionality in Vesel's VolAxe IoI tool will allow buy-side firms and dealers to be more targeted in proposing trades.
Trade Alert Expands Flex Options Content
IM-based trade data provider has now integrated data on this growing options class with other options trade data.
Ex-Reuters Americas, Asset Control CEO Lynch Moves to SIX Financial Info
Industry vet moves to Switzerland to take up new role at SIX head office.
Last Chance! Voting/Entry Deadline Extended for Voting and Submissions in 2015 IMD/IRD Awards
Enter now for your chance to win at the Inside Market Data and Inside Reference Data Awards night on May 20.
ICE Migrates, Renames ISDAFIX Benchmark
Officials say migration to new market prices-based methodology is a first for benchmarks.
Perseus Taps CenturyLink's Lee for Asia Sales
IT and telecom vet will help Perseus expand its presence in the region.
Max Bowie: Market Data’s a Dirty Job, But Someone’s Got to Do It
After the recent arrival of his twins, Max argues that market data execs are the nannies of the data industry.
Opening Cross: Coopetition: Exposing You to a Bigger Audience, Or Just Leaving You Exposed?
Keep your friends close, and your partners closer.
SMA Unveils Social Data Dashboard, Integrates Seeking Alpha News
Dashboard will expand SMA's user base beyond quantitative feed clients.
TickSmith Taps CFSI to Target Toronto Firms
Enlisting Canadian industry vets will help startup grow in its home market.
Stoxx Swipes DJI's Morgan
Swiss vendor taps rival fir feedback
ICE Bows New London Gold Price Benchmark Model
Officials say new auction model will bring greater transparency to benchmark gold price.
Opening Cross: Simplicity Is the Best Policy
Every business is ultimately a sausage factory of sorts, differentiated by quality and complexity.
Screen to Broaden InfoMatch Base for Two-Pronged US Push
New hire aims to broaden InfoMatch to users among exchanges, energy companies and private equity firms.
cPacket Preps Active Data Load Monitoring
The tool allows users to run different data traffic scenarios to see how networks and applications would handle them.
Dataminr ‘Mines' Industry Vets for $130M Funding
New individual investors in the 2009-founded company include former CEOs of Morgan Stanley, Citigroup and Thomson Reuters
Barchart Cultivates Successful Farming Partnership for Agri Data App
The app allows users to filter data by grain elevator, location or zip code.
Xignite Adds OTC Markets Level 1 Delayed Data
The deal makes OTC Markets' delayed quote data available via Xignite's cloud platform Web Services APIs.
With New Funding, Orbital Insight Expands Satellite Image Analysis for Commodities
Vendor plans to grow usage of satellite imagery to new areas of sales forecasts and commodities supply data.
Opening Cross: Fresh Season, Fresh Faces, Fresh Ideas
Regular readers will know that I like to (over) use metaphors to make a point, and one old chestnut I return to again and again is Formula One racing. Though most often employed by myself and others to illustrate low-latency issues, the sport—which gets…
Poon Succeeds Poon as HKEx Data Head
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx) has named former head of market data Daniel Poon managing director and head of cash and derivatives clearing within the exchange's global clearing division, effective March 1.
Former Markit, TRACE Exec Lefferts Makes Swift Move
Lefferts was also responsible for the TRACE fixed income reporting feed at FINRA.
Beast Apps, Icap, CME Ally on OTC vs. Exchange-Traded Analysis Tool
The application displays and analyzes trading opportunities between Icap's OTC brokered derivatives and CME's listed futures markets.