Articles by Max Bowie
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,…
Arqa Tech Integrates S&P Cap IQ Feed
Russian financial software vendor Arqa Technologies has integrated S&P Capital IQ Real-Time Solutions' ConsolidatedFeed product into its Quik front-office trading terminal for brokers and dealers, to provide clients with access to a global consolidated…
LSE Preps Wireless Data Net to Equinix Slough
The London Stock Exchange will next month go live with low-latency wireless connectivity between its datacenter in the City of London and Equinix's datacenter campus in Slough, west of London, which many market operators and trading firms have chosen to…
Boldizsar Builds Brazil, LatAm Advisory Biz
Luis Boldizsar, a former sales and business development executive for Latin American markets at Thomson Reuters and Interactive Data, has set up LatVance Assessoria Comercial, an advisory firm focused on helping international companies understand and…
Eagle Alpha Switches on Sonar to Swoop on ‘Social' Financial Data
Startup social media data provider Eagle Alpha has unveiled Social Sonar, a service that compiles lists of key sources and influencers on Twitter to give sell-side, buy-side and individual investors read-only access to market-moving information on stocks…
Deutsche Börse, BSE Ally on Data Sales, Development
Deutsche Börse's Market Data and Services division has struck a deal to become the exclusive licensor of the Bombay Stock Exchange's data products to international customers.
StatPro Preps Expanded Revolution Data-Sharing Capabilities
UK-based portfolio analytics and investment data provider StatPro has added new permissioning capabilities to its Revolution cloud-based analytics platform, to allow users to share portfolio data with others within their organization, as well as with…