Data Management
SimCorp, TechMahindra Collaborate on Contingency Service
The vendors are preparing to pilot a new service that will help asset managers improve their contingency planning by providing critical data points if one of their service providers fails
Xenomorph Integrates Aqumin Data Visualization Technology
Integration of Aqumin's data visualization functionality will allow users to view data in multiple dimensions and gain a deeper, contextual understanding of it
Business Entity Data special report
December 2013 - sponsored by: DTCC, SIX Financial Information, S&P Capital IQ
Thomson Reuters, SGX Ally on Bond Indexes
Thomson Reuters has unveiled a suite of Singapore dollar bond indexes, developed with the Singapore Exchange, to help fund managers, asset owners and custodians benchmark investment performance and to provide increased transparency into local bond…
Ex-DPC President Ruvo Bonds with BondWave
Michael Ruvo, former president of municipal bond data vendor DPC Data, has joined BondWave-a Wheaton, Illinois-based provider of trade support, monitoring, alerting and reporting software for fixed income investors and financial advisors-as president,…
Mizuho Chooses GoldenSource for Data Quality, Regulatory Compliance
Mizuho International will use GoldenSource's enterprise data management platform to help it comply with regulations such as the European Market Infrastructure Regulation by improving data quality and transparency
SIX FinInfo Unveils ‘Ticks by SIX' Historical Data Service
SIX Financial Information, the data vendor business of Swiss exchange operator and clearing organization SIX Group, has launched a new historical data service of trade and quote data back to June 2007 for its universe of global equities, bonds, indices,…
Senior Technologists Discuss the Drive Toward Standardization, Automation
At this year's Waters USA conference at the New York Marriott Marquis in Times Square, a panel of C-level technologists from across the industry discussed their drive toward standardization and automation, while contemplating new cost structures to help…
Senior Technologists Discuss the Drive Toward Standardization, Automation
At this year's Waters USA conference at the New York Marriott Marquis in Times Square, a panel of C-level technologists from across the industry discussed their drive toward standardization and automation, while contemplating new cost structures to help…
Nasdaq's Sears: FinQloud to Expand from Storage into Better Access
Nasdaq FinQloud's Julia Sears foreshadowed an expanded business model at Waters USA.
Tora Trading Taps Activ for Asia-Pac Data
Asia-focused trading platform provider Tora Trading Services has selected US-based low-latency data vendor Activ Financial to deliver market data from Asia-Pacific marketplaces to its customer base of traders at hedge funds, long-only funds and sell-side…
Update: SBI Securities Adopts MarketPrizm Low-Latency Feed As Asia Brokers Face Latency Demands
Japanese online brokerage SBI Securities has gone live with low-latency provide normalized feeds of market data from the Japan Exchange Group's TSE FLEX platform and proprietary trading system SBI Japannext delivered via London-based market data and…
US Exchanges, SEC Mull Anti-Data Glitch Proposals
In the past month, stock and option exchanges have agreed and submitted to the US Securities and Exchange Commission recommendations to strengthen the performance of the US capital markets infrastructure, following several well-publicized data failures…
CME Readies Non-Display Data Fees
CME Group has notified customers of changes to its market data license agreement for 2014, including plans to introduce new fees for certain types of non-display data usage, Inside Market Data has learned.
Data Vet Raw Departs FTSE
Tony Raw has left his role as managing director of index provider FTSE International, Inside Market Data has learned.
IRD's Editor on Data Management Collaboration
Pricing transparency and regulatory compliance efforts share a common thread: the need for collaboration.
Why Collaboration Is Key
Quality data management—taking on challenges as varied as centralizing data, bridging data gaps, regulatory compliance, establishing identifiers and more—all depends on promoting functional collaboration.
Choosing Data Governance Battles
New regulations and pressure to reduce costs are creating greater awareness of the importance of effective data governance. However, careful planning is still needed to win support for projects and to ensure their success, writes Nicholas Hamilton
A Transparent View of Pricing
As transparency becomes a key requirement in the pricing and valuations space, financial firms have many questions for their vendors about input data, market color and pricing methodologies, writes Nicholas Hamilton
ISI-EM Revamps EMIS Data Platform, Launches EMIS Pro
Emerging markets data provider ISI Emerging Markets has launched a version of its Emerging Markets Information Service (EMIS) data platform aimed at professionals in financial firms' front offices and in roles supporting trading, dubbed EMIS Pro, and has…
Cowen Eyes Broader Rollout for Predictive Analytics
New York-based investment bank Cowen Group is preparing to roll out the next phase of its short-term alpha model as a standalone service to a broader base of traders beyond its existing brokerage clients, having already rolled out the model-a score that…
IBOR Breakfast Briefing: Good Governance Essential for Success
Panelists at a breakfast briefing that covered the investment book of record (IBOR), hosted by Waters, debated the key aspects of the technology itself, saying that any IBOR system requires a layer of data governance in order to be successful.
Aquis Exchange Clients Get Data Access via TMX Atrium Network
Newly launched pan-European trading venue Aquis Exchange has joined the network of TMX Atrium, the network provider subsidiary of Canadian exchange group TMX, allowing trading firms to access market data from Aquis and trade on its marketplace.
Evaluated Pricing Head Blance Leaves SIX
Ian Blance has left SIX Financial Information after almost four years as head of its evaluated pricing business, and has returned to independent consulting. Mirko Silvestri fills Blance's former role at SIX.