Data Management
S&P Real-Time Debuts FPGA OPRA Feed
The Real-Time Solutions division of S&P Capital IQ (formerly QuantHouse, prior to its acquisition by S&P in 2012) has unveiled QuantFeed FPGA for OPRA, a hardware-accelerated version of its consolidated datafeed that delivers additional processing power…
Charles River to Enter the IBOR Fray
Later this year Charles River is set to unveil a module that will allow its buy-side clients to manage their investment book of record (IBOR) activities. The IBOR functionality will be deployed along with version 9.2 of the Charles River Investment…
Thomson Reuters, Cambridge Associates Aggregate Private Fund Benchmarks
The financial information provider and global investment firm have collaborated on a jointly-developed online platform to provide benchmark pricing on a range of alternative funds.
Thomson Reuters Adds Cambridge Assocs Fund Performance Benchmarks
Thomson Reuters is to begin making private fund performance benchmark data from investment firm Cambridge Associates available via its Eikon data desktop to provide "a next-generation benchmarking system for the [financial] industry," officials say.
Markit Expands European Pricing Data Service
The data services provider has more than doubled the number of European asset-backed securities pricings it offers
SIX Data Supports Hessegim Bond Analytics
Fixed-income software vendor Hessegim is using a web-based application program interface to integrate SIX's reference data into its new bond analytics tool
Analyzing direct and indirect global networks to understand true risk exposure -- special report
What you don’t know can hurt you: Analyzing direct and indirect global networks to understand true risk exposure
Barchart Adds EDI Historical Equities Data to OnDemand Cloud
Chicago-based data and analytics provider Barchart has begun making end-of-day and historical equity price data from reference data provider Exchange Data International available to clients of its Barchart OnDemand cloud data service.
Hessegim Adds SIX Bond, Reference Data
Israeli fixed income analytics software provider Hessegim Software has added global fixed income pricing and reference data from SIX Financial Information to its Prafis analytical tool.
RepRisk Preps ESG Country-Sector Risk Matrixes
Swiss environmental, social and governmental (ESG) risk data provider RepRisk is preparing to add country-sector matrixes to its company database of ESG information, enabling banks, asset managers and pension funds to view the ESG risks relating to…
Morningstar Names Charlson to Head Alternatives Research
Chicago-based data and investment research provider Morningstar has appointed Josh Charlson director of alternative funds research, responsible for the vendor's alternative investment research analyst team and for editing the vendor's Alternative…
Bucharest Stock Exchange Dials up Mobile Data App
The Bucharest Stock Exchange announced it has launched a new mobile app that allows investors to access market data information more efficiently anywhere, anytime via Apple and Android smartphones.
Prague Stock Exchange Preps Dividends Index Data
The Prague Stock Exchange is preparing to launch a new index that reflects the payment of dividends by its individual constituent stocks, in a move to provide investors with a more accurate picture of return levels and to boost the allocation of the…
IRD Awards Vote Closes April 11
April 11 is the last day to vote for Inside Reference Data and Inside Market Data awards. The awards will be presented on May 21.
Style Research Incorporates RavenPack News Indicators
Global investment research and portfolio analysis application provider Style Research has integrated Spanish news analytics provider RavenPack’s Company Sentiment and News Volume Indicators into its web-based Enterprise platform to enable fund of fund…
Growth in Reference Data Spend Continues to Slow
Following double-digit increases between 2006 and 2011, growth of spend on pricing, reference and valuation data slowed to under 8% in 2012 and 2013, according to research by Burton-Taylor International Consulting
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Thomson Reuters Unveils Benchmark Rates Subsidiary
Thomson Reuters will this week unveil a new business, Thomson Reuters Benchmark Services (TRBS), set up as a regulated entity that can provide benchmark rate and index calculation and administration services separately from its parent’s in-house rates…
Interactive Data Adds Bloomberg Open Symbology
The pricing and data services company joins a growing number of providers offering Bloomberg's securities identification system
Fidessa Preps BMV Feed, Further LatAm Growth
Trading technology and market data vendor Fidessa is integrating a new market data feed from the national stock exchange of Mexico, Bolsa Mexicana de Valores (BMV), into its trading platform, as part of ongoing plans to expand its coverage in Latin…
Wake-Up Calls
Data management professionals are being alerted to several new developments in the areas of semantic technology, Unique Trade Identifiers, collaboration, data costs and big data
Work in Progress
Big data has become a familiar topic in the financial information industry, but what success have firms had in implementing technology to derive value from the increasing volumes of structured and unstructured data being generated, asks Nicholas Hamilton
SMA Increases Coverage, Frequency of Sentiment Scores
Social Market Analytics, a Naperville, Illinois-based provider of trading signals based on social media sentiment, is expanding its asset class coverage and increasing the frequency of its intraday sentiment scores, to meet demand for data from traders…
RepRisk Adds Italian-Language ESG Risk Data
Swiss environmental, social and governmental (ESG) risk data provider RepRisk has added Italian-language sources and analysis to its coverage of ESG risks to meet growing demand from Italian customers for information on ESG risk factors related to public…