Data Management
Jefferies Selects Bloomberg Vault for Information Management
Investment bank Jefferies has selected Bloomberg Vault to handle its enterprise information management requirements, ahead of incoming regulatory obligations regarding record keeping and data retrieval.
GMEX Launches Trade Reporting Service, Mulls Data, Analytics
GMEX Technologies, the wholly-owned technology subsidiary of Global Markets Exchange Group, the derivatives exchange operator and consultancy established by former Chi-X Europe co-founder and chief operating officer Hirander Misra and industry veteran VJ…
IBOR Breakfast Briefing: People and Patronage Part of the Puzzle
Panelists at Waters' recent breakfast briefing on the investment book of record (IBOR), discussed practical methods of implementing an IBOR system at a buy-side firm, saying that while technology is important, the key to a successful project is often the…
Charles River Adds ‘The Yield Book' to IMS
Charles River has added real-time mortgage analytics from The Yield Book into its investment management solution, Charles River IMS, in an effort to grow its fixed income decision-making capabilities.
Markit Lands BBVA Asset Management for EDM
BBVA Asset Management has selected Markit's enterprise data management (EDM) platform in an effort to cut costs by streamlining its operations, while minimizing operational risk, according to Daniel Simpson, managing director and head of enterprise…
IBOR Breakfast Briefing: Buy versus Build Debate Rages On
Panelists at a breakfast briefing on the investment book of record (IBOR), hosted by Waters, typified the continuing debate over how an IBOR system should be delivered at investment firms, with some praising the vendor route, and others claiming that the…
SBI Securities Adopts MarketPrizm Low-Latency Feed
London-based market data and trading infrastructure services provider MarketPrizm will provide normalized feeds of market data from the Japan Exchange Group's TSE FLEX platform and from private trading system SBI Japannext to SBI Securities, Japan's…
eVestment Adds HFR Hedge Fund Data
Atlanta, GA-based investment analytics software vendor eVestment is integrating alternative investment data and indexes from Hedge Fund Research-a Chicago-based provider of hedge fund industry databases, reports and indexes-into its suite of analytics…
Morningstar Unveils UK Passive Funds Analyst Ratings
Chicago-based data and investment research provider Morningstar's UK subsidiary has launched a proprietary set of analyst ratings for passive funds, initially covering 25 of the most popular index funds in the UK.
BBVA Chooses Markit EDM For Spanish, Mexican Data Hubs
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Asset Management will use the locally installed version of the Markit Enterprise Data Management platform to create data management hubs in Spain and Mexico
IBOR Breakfast Briefing: Projects Should Make a Firm Feel ‘Small’
Jon Rushman, professor of practice in the finance group at Warwick University Business School, said in his keynote address to an investment book of record (IBOR) breakfast briefing hosted by Waters, that the central idea behind an IBOR is making a…
The Perils of Data Outsourcing
Dublin-based consultant Michael McMorrow finds lessons for the financial industry in a consumer purchase data security scandal close to home
Aite Report: Alternative Data, Visualization, Historical Analysis Top Buy-Side Wish List
Hedge funds and asset managers are integrating middle-office datasets into their front-office portfolio management workflows to support investment decisions, and are seeking more interactive ways to view and manipulate data, according to a report…
Considering Trends and Milestones
High-net-worth investors' data management needs and less reliance on multiple tactical data solutions could shape data management plans in the new year
BATS Chi-X Touts 2014 Data Price Cap, BXTR Reporting as Basis for EU Tape
BATS Chi-X Europe has pledged not to increase market data fees in 2014 for its US and European subscribers, following several well-publicized fee increases at regional exchanges, including the London Stock Exchange, which notified clients in October of a…
Data Governance Webcast: Accepting Accountability
If last year’s industry buzzwords were “big” and “data,” this year is all about data governance — the variables that all financial services firms need to develop and implement in order to improve the accuracy, transparency and accountability around their…
FX Bridge Preps Options Volatility Commentary
Foreign exchange spot and options trading platform provider FX Bridge Technologies is rolling out two new subscription-based FX volatility measures designed to help traders and investors identify trading opportunities in FX options and less common…
Evaluation Stand-Outs
Regulatory demands push evaluated pricing providers to reveal more details of how they produce the data they have on offer. Max Bowie hears how end-users of data are collaborating closer with the providers as a result
Nordea Markets Adopts Millistream’s HTML5 Graphs
Nordea Markets, the international operations arm of Nordic-based Nordea Bank, has adopted Millistream's new HTML5 graphs for the presentation of market data on its web and mobile pages.
Bloomberg Feeds European Asset Swap Spreads Into New Benchmark
Bloomberg Index has launched a benchmark that provides market-driven measurement of credit risk and funding rates of high-quality European banks
Platforms and Analytics to Address the Big Data Challenge -- Webcast
WatersTechnology gathered leading industry experts for a webcast on November 21, 2013 to discuss how financial trading firms are not only dealing with mounting data volumes, greater data varieties, and increased data velocity, but how they are deriving…
LSE to Consolidate Data, FTSE Contracts
The London Stock Exchange Group is embarking on a project to simplify contracts within its Information Services division, which will see customers’ existing real-time market data contracts combined with licensing agreements from index provider subsidiary…
EOX Readies Near-Real-Time OTCGH Data
EOX, the technology and data division of energy and commodities broker consortium OTC Global Holdings, is planning to make the entire universe of over-the-counter data from its parent company’s 16 brokerages available in near-real time to support risk…
Tabb Builds Practice to Map DnA (Data and Analytics)
Research firm Tabb Group has set up a Data and Analytics practice to advise financial firms on opportunities to leverage emerging data management and analysis technologies and processes across their business.