Data Management
Six Telekurs to Help Clients Facilitate Risk Management
Launches Intra-Day Ref Data Delivery Service
ECB Goes Live with Second Generation Data Model
Takes Reference Utility Proposal to Regulators
The Raw Standard Agenda
Commodities is rapidly becoming a major focus area in the data world. Carla Mangado reports on why the lack of a common identifier and sourcing challenges are pushing speciality markets to the forefront of reference data debates
Editor's letter - The blind leading the blind
Recently Buy-Side Technology hosted a derivatives pricing panel discussion in London. Present were three technology vendors - NumeriX, SunGard and Calypso - all of whom have made significant strides in providing their buy-side clients with the…
Markit launches multi-dealer valuations platform
Markit, a financial information services company, has launched Markit Valuations Manager, a multi-bank, cross-asset client valuations platform. According to London-based Markit, the new service provides a secure, standardised view of over-the-counter …
GoldenSource focuses on derivatives for buy-side initiative
GoldenSource, the New York-based provider of enterprise data management (EDM) technology and services, has unveiled GoldenSource for Derivatives, a new service dev-eloped to help buy- and sell-side firms accurately value portfolios and manage the risks…
A product of participation
One of the greatest challenges facing South African financial institutions relates to the cost of their technology, especially when it comes to buying applications from foreign vendors by virtue of the weak rand compared to the dollar and sterling. But…
To build or buy?
Ask most chief information officers whether they build or buy their technology and most would say they do a bit of both, with a heavy emphasis on the build side of the equation. Many firms have large in-house IT staffs - although those head counts are on…
Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks
In today's fast-paced financial markets, one could be forgiven for thinking that speed of raw prices is the be-all-and-end-all of market data. In fact, old-school inputs like financial research and commentary are alive and well, and adapting to the new…
Barchart Readies International Data
Chicago-based data and analytics provider Barchart.com is planning to expand the data and news available via its datafeeds and Web products this year, to grow its business with existing clients, and to appeal to a wider potential user base.
AQ Launches Online Research Procurement Platform
London-based investment research analysis provider AQ Research has unveiled the soft launch of a new online broker research selection and procurement platform, dubbed AQrex (AQ Research Exchange), that will simplify the research procurement and payment…
PGR Preps 'Interactive' Commentary
Mountain View, Calif.-based research provider Primary Global Research is beta testing a new product, dubbed Primary Perspectives World View, that will be part of its Client Portal that provides analysis from the firm's expert network of commentators and…
Economic Woes Drive Sourcing Decisions
While Nordic data managers may have escaped some of the strictest data cost pressures facing other firms, as a result of the region's lower exposure to the US sub-prime meltdown, the ongoing global financial crisis is still forcing banks to take strict…
CMA Splits Out Sovereign CDS Data
CME Group subsidiary Credit Market Analysis has developed DataVision Sovereign, a standalone product of data on credit default swap contracts on sovereign issuers, to meet increased client demand for this data.
Content Quality Remains Key Concern
The quality of data continues to be a major concern for market data users, who are looking for more industry standardization to help define clearer quality benchmarks, as well as simpler and more accommodating licensing policies in light of restrained…
Switching Into High Gear
As liquidity continues to fragment and algorithmic trading grows, crossing networks that once experienced relatively low messaging volumes now boast performance on par with the major exchanges. DWT editor Rob Daly sits down with C. Thomas Richardson,…
Nasdaq Launches ‘Basic' Level 1 Data
Nasdaq OMX will this week launch Nasdaq Basic, a new data product comprising the exchange's top-of-book and last sale data, to provide customers with a lower-cost alternative to Nasdaq Level 1 data provided as part of the Consolidated Tape Association's…
SocGen Aims DART at Bloomberg Spend
Société Générale has expanded a contract with NYSE Technologies to use a service based around the Data Access Reporting Tool (DART) usage monitoring system to cover its Bloomberg terminals and help manage data spend by providing monthly reports on data…
Index Oasis Integrates Xignite Index Data
Index Oasis, a Chicago-based start-up provider of software for index and investment analysis, has rolled out index data in its client platform using a new Web service from on-demand data provider Xignite.