Data Management
'Death Panels' for Derivatives?
I'm always wary of visiting the doctor because I worry I'll discover that I have something seriously wrong and will have to undergo a lengthy course of treatment that prevents me from getting on with other things. Likewise, Wall Street is no fan of…
Nasdaq OMX Preps New Nordic Feeds
Nasdaq OMX is preparing to roll out a new version of its Genium Consolidated Feed (GCF) later this month, alongside an upcoming new Nordic ITCH feed of unnetted trading data ( IMD , July 6), which will be released to accompany the migration of its equity…
Proquote Woos Buy Side With Nyfix IoI Data
Proquote, the London Stock Exchange's data vendor subsidiary, has integrated indications of interest (IoI) data from the IoInet application of trading technology vendor and market operator Nyfix into its market data desktop display.
BT Readies RadianzNet Replacement
BT is preparing to decommission the legacy RadianzNet network infrastructure it acquired from Reuters in 2005, as it continues migrating customers to the MPLS (Multi-Protocol Label Switching)-based network that supports BT's other global telecom and data…
LSE Begins Talks with Turquoise
LONDON-As DWT went to press on Oct. 2, LSE Group, operator of the London Stock Exchange (LSE), issued a statement that it had entered exclusive talks with pan-European multilateral trading facility (MTF) Turquoise about a possible acquisition of the MTF.
Tradition Adds EOD Energy, Commodities Data to DataScope Distribution Deal
Tradition Data Services, the data sales business of interdealer broker Tradition, is broadening access to price data generated by its broking operations by expanding an existing redistribution partnership with Thomson Reuters, officials tell Inside…
ITG Deploys Aleri in Infrastructure Revamp
Agency brokerage and financial technology provider Investment Technology Group is upgrading its global market data infrastructure, and as part of that venture recently rolled out complex event processing vendor Aleri's Market Liquidity Analysis engine to…
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Semantics Repository Takes Shape
The aim of the EDM Council semantics repository is to set out the terms for securities in such a way that each meaning is represented once, no matter what words different people might use for that concept, says Hypercube's Mike Bennett
Realising data's potential
In uncertain times, the ability to assimilate data in a meaningful way across the enterprise is a key component of effective investment management. But how can you manage and consolidate the huge volume of data that is available, and more importantly,…
Strategy Lab survey: 41% of investment management industry in the red
A recent SimCorp Strategy Lab survey indicates that as much as 41% of the investment management industry is operating with cost rates at or above 99%.
The price of the position
Anyone who thought they could manage their positions based on individual instrument duration, along with instrument market value-to-fund ratios, has recently learned some harsh lessons. Fixed-income fund managers are looking for new levels of effort to…
Different Cities, Same Issues
A theme that crops up again and again, whether you're in Chicago or London, is the issue of how to address rising volumes of market data. While the US options market has been facing this problem for some time-and addressing it with innovations such as…