Data Management
CMC Deploys StreamBase for Pricing
UK-based derivatives market maker CMC Markets is developing a pricing system based on technology from complex event processing software vendor StreamBase, which will be used to price all of the derivatives that it trades.
Gross Point Blank
Earlier this year, Thomas Gross left his role as head of securities operations at Credit Suisse to become chief executive of SIX Telekurs, replacing interim chief Jörg Buser. Inside Market Data speaks to Gross about the challenges and opportunities that…
SSE Infonet Readies XBRL Fund Data
SSE Infonet, the market data vendor subsidiary of the Shanghai Stock Exchange, will next year begin distributing data on Chinese open-ended funds in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) format, to enable investors to more easily consume and…
UBS Streamlines Market Data Team
UBS has axed or reassigned roles for a number of long-serving market data executives as part of a broader move to streamline its market data sourcing, administration and technical operations, sources say.
Exchange Glitches Fuel Data Debate
Two European exchange glitches last week intensified the debate over whether market participants should use consolidated feeds of European equity data, including data from multilateral trading facilities, as opposed to relying on data from primary…
Thomson Reuters Boosts FX Commentary
Thomson Reuters has hired six foreign exchange industry veterans to bolster its market commentary and analysis, as well as to support a new service, dubbed Dealing Room, which aims to provide FX traders with a steady stream of news and trade ideas.
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Opinion
Icap FIXes on Thomson Reuters
Interdealer broker Icap has launched a new service, Icap FIX, which will deliver end-of-day and intra-day snapshot prices for a range of OTC-traded instruments via Thomson Reuters' Datascope data products and 3000 Xtra desktop data display.
Asia Braces Itself for Algorithmic Data Explosion
Panelists at last week's conference urged attendees to prepare for increases in speed and volume expected to result from growing use of algorithmic trading strategies already commonplace in the US and Europe. Although high-frequency trading levels are…
Exchanges Put Asia at Center of Plans for Change
Global exchanges are looking to enter Asia-Pacific markets, either through direct presences or via alliances with local venues, while regional exchanges are simplifying and changing the way they provide data to market participants that have become used…
Investors De-Risk as Reliable Credit Data Proves Challenging
The global credit markets are the most challenging asset classes for sourcing reliable data, compared to other over-the-counter asset classes, as a dearth of liquidity continues and money managers-perhaps as a result-seek out simpler and less risky…
Vendors: Flexibility Key in Maturing Asia
Data providers continue to view Asia as a major growth market, but are being forced to take more flexible approaches when selling to markets in the region, to respond to changes in client demand and to take account of its unique differences and the after…
LSE Enlists QuantHouse as Co-Lo Data Partner
The London Stock Exchange will this week begin providing firms that co-locate their trading technology at the exchange's datacenter with access to direct feeds of market data from external exchanges and multilateral trading facilities, sourced via a…
Eurex Introduces Latency League Tables
European derivatives exchange Eurex has begun providing latency statistics to its member trading firms, to give them more transparency into data distribution latency from the exchange, and to offer a better insight into how each firm is performing…
Even the Recovery is 'Made in China'
Before IMD boards that long flight to Hong Kong for this week's Asia-Pacific Financial Information Conference, allow us to share a few snippets about the region that so much of the market data industry is targeting as a growth market, and which is…
Morningstar Shining in the East
Chicago-based investment research provider Morningstar has been on expansion drive, with the purchases of Hemscott and Tenfore in the past two years. But the vendor has also been growing its business in Asia-Pacific, most recently by upping its stake in…
Tradition Adds Yen Products to DataScope
Interdealer broker Tradition has expanded the range of content that it distributes via Thomson Reuters' DataScope product, by adding prices for Japanese yen-denominated financial products brokered by its Japanese subsidiary Meitan Tradition, officials…
Wind Info Wraps Global Macro Data
Chinese data vendor Wind Information is making the final additions to the global macroeconomic data module of its Wind Economic Database, launched last year, to complement the database's existing modules for Chinese macroeconomic data and Chinese…
Will China Go with the Flow?
With under-utilized capital delivering minimal returns in a depressed financial market, emerging economies such as China could see an even greater inflow of funds, prompting demand for data and tools that track these capital flows. By Simon Ringrose and…