Data Management
OTCGH Unveils Refined Products Forwards Data
Energy and commodities interdealer broker OTC Global Holdings has launched a new market data service, leveraging its presence in the over the counter refined products market to provide forward curves for refined products, aimed at commodities traders and…
KKR Sells Ipreo to Blackstone, Goldman
Investment and advisory firm Blackstone and Goldman Sachs' Merchant Banking Division have bought market intelligence and workflow solutions provider Ipreo from private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, in a deal that media reports value at $975…
Morningstar Promotes Holt to Lead Equity, Credit Research
Chicago-based data and investment research provider Morningstar has appointed Michael Holt global head of equity and corporate credit research in Chicago, with responsibility for a global team of about 120 research analysts, reporting to Haywood Kelly,…
SuperDerivatives Adds Icap G7 Data to DGX Store
Over-the-counter pricing and risk management software vendor SuperDerivatives is adding real-time market data from interdealer broker Icap to the third-party app store on its DGX market data terminal, to provide customers with an overview of rates from…
Bloomberg Integrates SIX Market Data
Bloomberg is integrating SIX Financial Information's MDFselect real-time data feed to its Bloomberg Platform managed market data distribution service.
Avox to Double Staff, Addressing Regulatory, Risk Demands
Plans to take on more than 200 new members of staff at Avox's headquarters in Wales have been driven by demand for the company's existing services, rather than specific plans to create new offerings
Bellin Adds VWD Data to Treasury Platform
Ettenheim, Germany-based treasury management software provider Bellin has partnered with Frankfurt-based market data vendor VWD to offer its clients an “all-inclusive” package of foreign exchange and interest rate data from VWD.
TradeMonster Preps Mobile Futures Scanner
Chicago-based online broker TradeMonster is planning to expand its mobile data and trading platform to cover futures and options on futures markets in the third quarter of this year, and will add futures to its LiveAction mobile market scanning tool next…
S&P Cap IQ Boosts Content Acquisition, Partners Unit
McGraw-Hill Financial's S&P Capital IQ division has made three senior hires to its Content Acquisition and Strategic Alliances (CASA) unit, to strengthen the team as the vendor prepares to expand its function to include oversight of content acquisition…
AnalytixInsight Adds Unstructured Data Insights to CapitalCube Research Tool
New York-based provider of web-based fundamental research and stock screening tools AnalytixInsight is finalizing deals with a number of newswires and social media sentiment providers to add indicators based on unstructured data to its CapitalCube…
Perfect Info Bows Filings Expert, Puts Emphasis on Simplified Search
UK-based Perfect Information, a provider of company and financial data, has released a new web-based interface dubbed Filings Expert that makes it easier for analysts, lawyers, and mergers and acquisitions or equity and debt capital markets professionals…
NYSE Preps Standalone Amex, Arca Complex Order Book Options Feeds
NYSE Euronext will break out complex order book data for its NYSE Amex Options and NYSE Arca Options markets into two standalone and separately-billable and -reportable datafeeds, NYSE Amex Options COB and NYSE Arca Options COB, from May 1.
Virtues of Consistency
Philosophers and authors may dismiss consistency as an overrated refuge for unimaginative minds, but when it comes to industrial strength data quality efforts, it proves to be a necessity.
Rimes Promotes Larzillière to President, France
Benchmark and economic data provider Rimes Technologies has appointed Renaud Larzillière the new president of its Paris office.
SIX Redesigns iD Terminal
SIX Financial Information has released version 8.8 of its Java-based Telekurs iD market data display, in an effort to make the terminal easier and more intuitive to navigate for end-users.
Vendors Reject "Unworkable" Euribor Data Policy
Market data vendors have expressed dissatisfaction with international interest rate-setting association Euribor-EBF's (European Banking Federation) new commercial model--which introduces fees for real-time Euribor rates for the first time, and…
Charles River Adds Constituent-level Benchmark Data
The Charles River Data Service is collecting constituent-level benchmark data and feeding it into the company's investment management system.
Swift's Neutjens Talks Progress For Utility Platform
Over the past year or more, Swift has made major strides in reference data services with its SwiftRef platform. Patrik Neutjens, the organization's head of reference data, speaks with Michael Shashoua about its accomplishments and the work ahead
JSE Preps Co-Lo Center
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange will open a co-location center on its premises in May, to reduce network latency for clients from 2,400 microseconds at present to about 100 microseconds, officials say.
Icap Taps Perseus for Brazil Data, Trading Link
Interdealer broker Icap has engaged low-latency fiber and microwave network provider Perseus Telecom to provide infrastructure to carry market data and trade order flow between its New York operations and Brazil and other countries in Latin America, in…
Cross-Lending Takes Shape, Upending IT Demands
The teams servicing traditional commercial lending and credit facilities for private equity and venture capital shops have historically sat on separate sides of the bank. But as sell-side firms become more flexible in the types of lending they pursue,…
FTSE TMX JV Buys MTS Indexes
FTSE TMX Global Debt Capital Markets--a joint venture between FTSE Group and TMX Datalinx, the information services division of Canadian exchange TMX Group--has bought the indexes business of MTS, the London Stock Exchange-majority owned electronic fixed…
Quality's Governing Principles
Data governance efforts, in early stages for many firms, require navigation of the divide between business and IT units, as well as cost, data quality and value concerns. Michael Shashoua reports on a discussion held during a March 6 webcast