Articles by Max Bowie
Deutsche Börse Opens Data-Trading Simulation Cloud
Deutsche Börse's Market Data and Services division has unveiled a cloud-based market simulation environment for trading firms to develop and test applications designed to work with its Eurex derivatives market's T7 trading architecture-which is designed…
SIX Financial Information ‘Sharpens' US Sales with Brinker, Brodhead
SIX Financial Information, the data vendor business of Swiss exchange and clearing parent organization SIX Group, has reorganized its US sales function with the appointments of a new senior sales manager and a new head of solutions sales to replace…
SIX Welcomes New Senior US Sales Execs
Warren Brinker joins as senior sales manager and Keith Brodhead joins as head of solutions sales at SIX Financial Information
Ex-UBS CTO Founds Cloud Startup
Andy Brown, former group chief technology officer at UBS, has left the Swiss bank to set up Street Scale IT Group, a company that will focus on bringing IT economies of scale around datacenters and cloud hosting to regulated industries, starting with…
Rimes Launches Index Data Management Tool
Benchmark and economic data provider Rimes Technologies has begun a soft launch of its Data Governance Service, a new add-on layer to its Benchmark Data Service managed service of cleansed index and economic datasets, which will help clients monitor and…
Kemp Little Launches Sourcing, Data Consultancy
London-based law firm Kemp Little, whose practice areas include market data contract structuring and negotiation, has launched a consultancy arm headed by two consulting veterans, to expand the firm's range of services beyond legal advice.
BME Expands Online ETF Data
Spanish exchange group Bolsas y Mercados Espanoles has expanded the exchange-traded fund market data on its website, in response to increased demand for ETF data following a 12 percent year-on-year increase in ETF trading volume.
SpryWare, Embium Ally for Auto Trading
Chicago-based low-latency ticker plant and feed handler technology vendor SpryWare has partnered with Embium, a provider of automated trading platforms, enabling SpryWare clients to easily connect to platforms that allow them to develop automated trading…
Squawker Signs 70 Firms, Eyes 100 by Year-End
London-based interdealer block trade negotiation platform Squawker has completed its initial rollout across Europe, having signed up 70 investment banks, regional banks, agency brokers, private banks and other sell-side firms in 13 European countries…
Asset Control Names Petti New CEO
Data management platform vendor Asset Control has appointed Richard Petti as London-based chief executive, replacing board member and executive chairman Dean Goodermote, who held the position on an interim basis since former CEO Phil Lynch moved to…
Dow Jones Taps Crowdnetic for Private Issues Data
Dow Jones' MarketWatch finance news portal is to begin carrying crowdfunding data provider Crowdnetic's information about companies publicly raising capital.
Redline Expands Japan Data Support
Woburn, Mass.-based low-latency ticker plant and execution gateway provider Redline Trading Solutions has added support for Japanese equity markets to its InRush 3 Ticker Plant.
CQG Adds Charts, Preps Mobile App
Denver, Colo-based data, charting and trading software vendor CQG is adding a new range of chart studies to its Integrated Client front-end display, in response to client demand, is leveraging multi-threaded technology to boost the platform’s performance…
Industry Welcomes Markit Chat, Says More Participants Needed
Markit Collaboration Services, the new open messaging network initiative that allows financial professionals to communicate and share information across any communication platform, garnered a positive response from attendees at FISD's World Financial…
Panel: Robust Data Management Required for Big Data
Big Data may not be living up to its hype among large asset managers, who seem unwilling to explore its use for more esoteric and less established analysis techniques, according to a panel at the Buy-Side Technology North American Summit in New York on…
MSCI Names ex-UBS' Corrado CIO
Index provider MSCI has appointed Chris Corrado to the newly created position of chief information officer, responsible for ensuring the vendor provides "leading-edge products and services" that help clients achieve their business goals.
Honoré Founds MarketsTech ‘Disruptive' Advisory Firm
Adam Honoré, former research director at Aite Group and managing director at Nasdaq OMX, has set up MarketsTech LLC, a consultancy that will advise emerging companies on strategies for bringing disruptive products to the capital markets.
Thomson Reuters Adds IIR Energy Refinery Info to Eikon
Thomson Reuters has added data on planned maintenance of oil refineries from Houston, Texas-based IIR Energy to its Eikon next-generation desktop, to provide oil traders with supply chain data about maintenance at more than 600 refineries worldwide in…
Kelly to Succeed Phillips as Morningstar Research Head
Chicago-based investment research and data provider Morningstar has named Haywood Kelly its new head of research, effective Jan. 1, 2014, taking over from Don Phillips, who is stepping down from the role, but will remain a managing director and board…
Industry ‘Advocate' Tom Jordan Wins FISD Lifetime Achievement Award
At the World Financial Information Summit event in Lisbon, Portugal on Monday, industry association FISD presented its 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award to Tom Jordan, founder, president and chief executive of Jordan & Jordan-perhaps the best-known…
Banco Carregosa Rolls Out NYSE Tech SuperFeed
Porto, Portugal-based private bank and online brokerage Banco Carregosa has signed up to use the SuperFeed consolidated feed of market data from US, European and Asian markets from NYSE Technologies, the data and technology arm of NYSE Euronext, to…
Korea Exchange Taps Solace Appliances
The Korea Exchange is to roll out Ottawa-based hardware-based messaging provider Solace Systems' appliances as the data delivery infrastructure for its upcoming Exture+ next-generation, low-latency trading platform for equities, bonds and derivatives,…