Data Management
Month in Numbers
"We are watching all of our counterparties incredibly closely at the moment, because we have never had a situation as unique as this that warranted suspending brokers on a regular basis"
Insurance industry IT spending to shift gear
IT spending in the insurance sector will be less hard hit than the banking sector in 2009, but will shift to focus more on risk management and compliance, a Datamonitor report has found.
Vhayu partners with Alphacet for alpha generation
Vhayu Technologies, a provider of enterprise tick data solutions, has partnered with Alphacet, a developer of quantitative tools, to provide users with an integrated tick database and alpha generation platform. This, according to Vhayu, will help firms…
Fear and populism
Plummeting stock prices, rising numbers of house foreclosures and steadily growing unemployment rates have led to loud calls for increased regulation. But countries should avoid knee-jerk reactions to the current financial crisis. By Emily Fraser
Quantifi unveils version 9.1
Quantifi, the New York-based provider of analytics and risk management technology, has released version 9.1. Highlights of the new offering include:
CGI Group, StatPro announce alliance
CGI Group, a Fairfax, VA-based provider of wealth management technology, and StatPro Group, have announced the integration of StatPro Market Data into CGI's StarSource Managed Data prod-uct. StarSource is a component of MSuite, CGI's wealth management…
European Bats ready to fly
Bats Trading, a European multi- lateral trading facility (MTF), has completed its preparations for launch and will be rolling out its trading services this month.
Paineiras Readies Xeno Tick Algo Data
Brazilian hedge fund Paineiras Investimentos is in the process of building statistical quantitative trading strategies into a deployment of Xenomorph's TimeScape data management and analysis platform, before using the system to deploy a broader range of…
Plus Adds Euro Stocks, Targets Latency
UK-based stock exchange Plus Markets Group is set to expand its market data feed with a range of new content next year, including the addition of full coverage of pan-European stocks onto its traditional quote-driven market, and a new board that provides…
Thomson Reuters Adds Icap Tick History
Interdealer broker Icap is making historical tick data for foreign exchange, fixed-income and interest rate products available through Thomson Reuters, in a bid to broaden its client base for the data among algorithmic trading, valuation and compliance…
TheMarkets Rolls Out 'In Brief' Email Alerts
Bank consortium research platform TheMarkets.com will this week unveil a new service that distributes snapshots of research and analyst changes to its buy-side broker research clients via email.
After Shanghai Alliance, HKEx Eyes Shenzen Data Deal
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing is negotiating a deal with the Shenzen Stock Exchange in mainland China that would see the exchanges distribute each other's market data for free, similar to a deal announced last week between HKEx and the Shanghai Stock…
Newcomers Handle China with Care
The growing Chinese market continues to attract interest from international brokers and vendors, but these new participants remain at a disadvantage from the country's competitive and regulatory landscape, and are constrained from fully leveraging the…
YouDevise Hires for Asia Growth
Trade ideas distribution utility YouDevise has added another staff member to its recently opened Hong Kong office, in response to rising volumes of trade ideas over its Trade Idea Monitor system from broker-dealers in Asia Pacific as global investors…
Q3 Turmoil Pushes Electronic Execution
NEW YORK-Many banks have been piling up record losses over the tumultuous third quarter, but it has been a boom for their electronic execution businesses across the spectrum.
Not Waiting Until the Thaw
As the credit freeze continues to affect the globe, some of the hardest-hit markets, such as the multi-asset class over-the-counter (OTC) markets, aren't waiting for credit to be loosened to expand their offerings. DWT reporter Oksana Poltavets sits down…
SGX Prepares Cash Feeds Revamp
The Singapore Exchange plans to roll out a new feed of securities data in the second half of next year that will provide greater scalability and improved data functionalities, as part of an ongoing technology refresh program at SGX.
New RTS Policy Cuts Cost of Bundled Data
Russia's RTS Stock Exchange is revising its data policy to offer access to all of its data for one fixed price, in an attempt to simplify the administrative burden for its clients.
Xinhua News Agency Adds Icap FX Data
Interdealer broker Icap is to expand its presence in China's foreign exchange data market by distributing its broker data via the Xinhua 08 financial information platform of the government's data and information vendor Xinhua News Agency, under the terms…
Sinara Offers Dividend Data Feed
UK-based data technology vendor Sinara Consultants has launched an intra-day feed of company dividend announcements based on the London Stock Exchange's Regulatory News Service.
Tapping Data's Eastern Promise
Many trading firms and vendors alike see the Asia-Pacific markets as a growth region. But to take advantage of that growth, one must understand what each wants from the other-and how to overcome challenges ranging from fragmented markets with regulatory…
BATS Sinks its Fangs into Europe
As competition among exchanges and multilateral trading facilities heats up, BATS Trading is taking on both markets at once, gaining exchange status in the US and approval to launch a multilateral trading facility in Europe. BATS says its model of…