Data Management
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Research Roundup
Anna Prepares Implementation Plan
To Take on Registration Authority Role for Short Names and IGI
Identity Crisis
During the summer, the identifier debate, fueled by the financial crisis, has climbed the agenda. Implementation of the alternative instrument identifier could represent a turning point in the derivatives world. But the industry has not yet reached the…
The Utility Track
As regulatory debates focus on systemic risk, market participants are finding new ways to ensure data becomes part of the legislative agenda. Initiatives in both Europe and the US are focused on building new data infrastructures to mitigate risk and…
Data du Jour
Interdealer brokers with data sales units have traditionally focused on the real-time space, but following the credit crunch the demand for end-of-day and intra-day offerings has rocketed. Tine Thoresen explores the opportunities for interdealer brokers…
Quantifi unveils Version 9.2
Quantifi, the London-based provider of analytics and risk management products to the global credit markets, has released Version 9.2 (V9.2) of its pricing, hedging and risk analysis software. New features in Quantifi V9.2 include:
Month in Numbers
"The broker-dealer community is looking at ways to offer models and features less reliant on historical data - models that utilise decision-making and are more intelligent regarding current and predictive market conditions"
Open source
Betsy Anderson, Ignis Asset Management's head of centralised dealing, has, since she joined the Glasgow-based fund manager a decade ago, built up an enviable dealing operation that owes much of its development to its underlying technology and her…
Research management solutions: bringing the benefits of automation to the front office
It wasn't long ago that the quality and reliability of an asset manager's research was contingent to a large degree on its sell-side relationships. But the traditional buy side-sell side interaction has changed in recent years on both sides of the…
Deutsche Börse Hit by Index Glitch
German exchange group Deutsche Börse experienced an 18-minute outage for some of its benchmark DAX indexes last week, as a result of technical problems with its index data distribution systems.
GFI, Quick Expand Japanese Data Deal
Interdealer broker GFI is increasing its penetration of the Japanese market with an extended currency data redistribution deal with local information vendor Quick Corporation, officials tell sibling publication FX Week .
Firms Disband BIR Research Consortium
Best Independent Research has been dissolved by the five independent research firms that made up the consortium, following the end of the Global Research Analyst Settlement in July, officials tell Inside Market Data .
Markit Expands ETF Data Products
UK-based data vendor Markit is enhancing its products that cater to firms trading exchange-traded funds, including a module to analyze ETF trading volumes and identify leading market makers for each fund, and an enhanced global feed of ETF data that…
Thomson Reuters Expands Emerging Markets Coverage
Thomson Reuters has added more content from emerging markets in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America to its data display and datafeed products, to satisfy growing demand for emerging markets data, officials say.
Tear Down the Silos
The evolution of IT in the banking industry is driven by the constant pressures of financial innovation and regulatory compliance. In combination with IT vendors plying their wares, this has led to the widely recognized problem of information silos,…
LSE Preps Market Depth on DDM Plus
The London Stock Exchange Group will roll out full-depth Level 2 order book data via its DDM Plus feed of Italian market data later this year, following a decision in May to extend the life of the feed at least until the second half of 2010, officials…