Data Management
Cost, Latency, Regulation: IMD's Editor on Hot Topics at IMD Events
Inside Market Data editor Max Bowie reflects on the themes from recent conferences, and predicts that the impact of regulation will be high on the agenda at next week's European Financial Information Summit and other upcoming IMD conferences.
Update: OPRA Data Issue Halts Options Exchanges
The Options Price Reporting Authority was forced to cancel a software upgrade for its feed of consolidated US options quote and trade data on Monday Sept. 16, after the upgrade caused issues with calculation of the national best bid and offer price,…
OTC Markets Grows Disclosures News Service
New York-based over-the-counter equities marketplace OTC Markets is rolling out new features as part of its OTC Disclosure & News Service to make it easier for investors to research privately-held companies whose equity is traded on the exchange's OTCQX,…
EPFR Brings on Badolato in HK
Fund flows data provider EPFR Global has hired Elizabeth Badolato as business development manager in Hong Kong to expand the vendor's presence in Asia, reflecting the growth of its client base in the region, which was previously supported from the vendor…
Ipreo to Market FactSet Data to Corporates
Company data and investor relations service provider Ipreo has struck a deal with FactSet Research Systems to distribute the FactSet workstation and the vendor's FactSet for Microsoft Excel spreadsheet add-in to corporate clients, as part of Ipreo's…
T2S Will Increase Settlement Costs, Push CSD Consolidation, Sibos/SIX Survey Finds
A survey of attendees at Sibos 2013 in Dubai found that participants expect settlement costs to increase, thanks to the Target2-Securities (T2S) project. Bob Almanas of SIX Securities Services discusses the company's preparations for T2S
UTP Participants Propose Adding Odd-Lot Trades to Tape
The Securities and Exchange Commission is inviting comments on proposals by the exchange participants in the UTP (Unlisted Trading Privilege) consolidated tape of quote and trade data in Nasdaq-listed stocks to include odd-lot trades on the UTP last sale…
EPFR Debuts ChartBook Fund Flows Analysis, Commentary
Boston-based fund flows information provider EPFR Global will at the end of this month launch a new weekly commentary service, dubbed ChartBook, which describes market trends and trade ideas based on the vendor's fund flows data, to make it easier for…
Open Platform: The Search for Clarity
In an environment where the only constant is constant change, reliable data becomes more valuable than ever. But with unprecedented volumes of data and unrivalled access to data, finding ways to gain clarity from these data volumes is even more critical,…
Axioma Adds Credit Suisse HOLT Fundamental Data
Risk management and index analytics provider Axioma has integrated fundamental factor data from Credit Suisse's HOLT fundamental analysis, idea generation and benchmarking platform into the Performance Attribution module of Axioma Portfolio Analytics and…
NYSE Tech, First Derivatives Ally for As-a-Service Offerings
NYSE Technologies, the data and technology arm of NYSE Euronext, is working with Northern Ireland-based data management software vendor First Derivatives to develop a suite of historical data-as-a-service solutions, dubbed Tick as a Service, that will…
Misys Enriches Products With Swift Data
The software and services vendor is using additional data from SwiftRef to improve the accuracy and consistency of payments and reduce the need for manual intervention
Estimize Launches ‘Select Consensus' Weighted Estimates
New York-based crowd-sourced estimates data provider Estimize has launched a weighted consensus estimates service, dubbed Select Consensus, which aims to refine the vendor's current consensus estimates by identifying factors that make a contributor's…
NYSE Tech and First Derivatives Offer Tick-as-a-Service
NYSE Technologies, the commercial technology division of NYSE Euronext, will be working with First Derivatives, a provider of software and consulting services based in Northern Ireland, to create a new suite of historical data “as-a-service” solutions.
Chi-X Canada Bows "Retail Professional" Intermediate Data Fee Tier
Alternative trading system Chi-X Canada has introduced a new tier of market data fees for professionals such as investment advisors serving retail investors, developed with the assistance of market data and technology product management and marketing…
ETFGuide Targets Institutional Investors with ETF Research
San Diego, Calif.-based investment research provider ETFGuide is planning to begin distributing its research on exchange-traded funds via trading and brokerage platforms to reach a broader audience of institutional investors and financial advisors beyond…
Deutsche Börse Sets up Vienna Data, Trading Access in Interxion Datacenter
German exchange group Deutsche Börse has expanded its European connectivity network by adding an access point at European datacenter and hosting provider Interxion's datacenter campus in Vienna.
NYSE Tech Gets China Data Nod
The Chinese State Council Information Office has granted NYSE Technologies, the data and technology arm of exchange group NYSE Euronext, approval to distribute market datato market participants in mainland China.
DST Unveils Anova Improvements
Software provider DST Global Solutions has added reporting support and improved the user interface in version 3.0 of its Anova software
Omgeo, DTCC Partner to Create Settlement Instructions Utility
The post-trade services providers have created a product governance committee of market participants to help make the Omgeo Alert database of standing settlement instructions into a global utility
Alexandria Builds Relevancy Indicators into Sentiment Scores
Los Angeles, Calif.-based sentiment analysis provider Alexandria Investment Research and Technology is adding relevancy indicators to its sentiment scores to provide quantitative investors with greater context around its analysis, in response to client…
OPRA Data Issue Halts Options Exchanges
Unidentified system issues at the Options Price Reporting Authority, which creates the OPRA consolidated feed of US options quote and trade data, forced options exchanges to halt trading this afternoon.
Thomson Reuters Adds Country of Risk to DataScope
The data services provider is using an algorithm that considers factors including the domicile of a company and produces data about the top ten countries to which the company is exposed
Omgeo's Freeman on DTCC Partnership
Tony Freeman of post-trade services provider Omgeo speaks at Sibos in Dubai about opening its Alert database to more users