Data Management
BATS–Direct Edge to Equalize NY4, NY5 Latency, Post-2015 Equinix Move
BATS Global Markets will ensure that trading members of its BATS and Direct Edge exchanges will experience the same latency whether they co-locate in datacenter provider Equinix’s Secaucus, NJ NY4 or NY5 facilities when the US equities and options…
TPI, Nasdaq Ally for eSpeed Treasury Data, Sales Deal
Tullett Prebon Information (TPI), the data arm of interdealer broker Tullett Prebon, and Nasdaq OMX have struck a partnership for TPI to integrate benchmark US Treasury bond data from Nasdaq’s eSpeed electronic trading platform into its products and…
BATS CIO Explains Datacenter Move
Among the integration questions that needed answering when BATS and Direct Edge agreed to merge regarded that of their respective datacenters. BATS had its exchanges situated at Savvis' NJ2 facility in Weehauken, New Jersey. Direct Edge's were located at…
Morningstar Plots Brilliant Australasia CEO Path
Chicago-based data and investment research provider Morningstar has appointed Heather Brilliant and Mark Roomans-currently global director of equity and corporate credit research, and chief operating officer of Morningstar Europe, respectively-as co…
NYSE Liffe Taps SuperDerivatives Volatility Data for Settlement Pricing
Derivatives pricing, data and risk management software provider SuperDerivatives has begun providing IntercontinentalExchange's London-based NYSE Liffe derivatives market with volatility data to enhance daily settlement price calculations for flexible…
BATS to Transition Primary Exchanges to NY5 Datacenter
BATS has selected Equinix as its primary data center provider for all of the BATS exchange platforms, including the Direct Edge exchanges EDGA and EDGX.
BATS Taps Equinix as Primary Datacenter, Preps 2015 Move for BATS, Direct Edge Platforms
As part of its efforts to integrate the operations of its recent Direct Edge acquisition, US stock and options exchange operator BATS Global Markets will migrate both markets' trading technology to Equinix's new NY5 datacenter next year under a long-term…
Invea Bows FPGA Data, Trading Appliance
Invea-Tech, a provider of hardware acceleration technologies based in Brno in the Czech Republic, has released an FPGA (field-programmable gate array)-based trading system, TradeCope, which combines software management with hardware for handling market…
Alacra Adds CounterpartyLink Access to KYC Tool
Users of Alacra's know-your-customer tool can now access CounterpartyLink's legal entity intelligence, including primary-source documents that can be used to verify entities and changes in directors and legal structures
Fidessa Sets Up SGX Data, Trading Co-Lo
Trading technology and market data provider Fidessa will establish a point of presence at the Singapore Exchange's datacenter to provide the vendor's clients in Southeast Asia with sub-millisecond access to the SGX matching engine and market data.
HSE Rolls Out Trayport GlobalVision For Energy Market Overview, Trading
Slovenian wholesale electricity trading firm Holding Slovenske Elektrarne (HSE) has rolled out Trayport’s GlobalVision Trading Gateway to enable its traders to view over-the-counter energy prices and trade on twenty European markets, power exchanges and…
S&P CapIQ Adds Credit Risk Models to Capital IQ Desktop; XpressFeed Next
Data, research and analytics provider S&P Capital IQ will this week add new credit analysis functionality to its Capital IQ desktop, to support financial institutions’ credit risk monitoring activities.
LME to Expand Direct Datafeed Access
The London Metal Exchange plans to introduce a new policy that will allow clients of its trading members to connect directly to a data-only feed from the exchange’s LMEselect electronic trading platform.
FTSE Urges EOD Index Data Compliance
London Stock Exchange-owned index provider FTSE has asked customers of its end-of-day index data to review their usage to ensure they are properly licensed, as part of continued efforts to promote transparency and compliance across its products and…
UTP Votes to Adopt Nasdaq SIP Recommendations
The UTP Operating Committee, the industry body that oversees the administration of the consolidated feed of quote and trade data on Nasdaq-listed stocks─known as Tape C or the Unlisted Trading Privileges (UTP) Plan─has approved recommendations put…
IBOR I/O
Responsibility for operation of an Investment Book of Record (IBOR) will have to be shared by front and back offices, with both keeping their eye on the data deposited and withdrawn from the system
TraderMade Bows iMaverick Web Charts, Commentary
UK-based foreign exchange charting and analytics display vendor Tradermade has created a lightweight version of its Maverick analytics desktop, dubbed iMaverick, which can be accessed entirely online via its website, in response to tough market…
Exchange Data Revenues Run Gambit of Gains and Losses
Major exchanges reported a mixed bag of fourth-quarter financial results, with some reporting spectacular gains as a result of acquisitions and new initiatives, and others reporting lower revenues from data sales as a result of fewer subscriber numbers.
Chaikin Completes ETF Data Addition to Desktop, iPad App
Philadelphia-based investment analytics provider Chaikin Analytics has completed the rollout of data on more than 1,500 exchange-traded funds onto its desktop display tool and iPad app.
OTC Markets, Nasdaq Ally on Company News Distribution
New York-based over the counter equities exchange OTC Markets Group has struck an agreement with Nasdaq OMX to integrate its OTC Disclosure & News Service with Nasdaq's GlobeNewswire corporate news distribution platform for Nasdaq-listed companies,…
Markit EDM Signs $300bn Asset Manager As First Chinese Client
China Life Asset Management Company, the largest institutional investor in China's capital markets, has become the enterprise data management software vendor's first Chinese client, after it introduced a number of enhancements to meet local requirements
EMIR and Wikis: A Wealth of Data
Reporting requirement aspects of European EMIR regulation are spurring service provider offerings, along with concerns about legal entity identifier issuance. Also, wikis present a data sourcing choice for the industry.
Interactive Data Responds to Asia Demand
The pricing and data services provider rolled out a new version of its Vantage platform responding to Asia-Pacific clients' need for bonds and swaps data from other global regions