Data Management
Panel: Bad Data Exacerbated Sub-Prime Debacle
Inaccurate underlying data and limited historical data for US residential and commercial property is partly to blame for multi-billion-dollar losses at global investment banks with exposure to the US residential mortgage sector, according to an industry…
Amerex Plans Data Expansion with e-Trading Migration
Amerex, the energy broking subsidiary of interdealer broker GFI, is considering ways to package the quote and trade data that will be generated by an expansion of contracts traded on GFI's EnergyMatch electronic commodities trading platform, officials…
NYSE Euronext Preps New Feeds
NYSE Euronext is preparing to launch a common feed architecture for data from all its European markets, using technology from recently acquired subsidiary Wombat Financial Software, and is readying a new, low-latency feed of US data, officials tell…
IMD Reference: Bloomberg Leads But Impact of Downturn Yet to Fully Bite
The merger of Thomson and Reuters puts the combined entity neck and neck with Bloomberg in terms of market share and pure data revenue growth, according to figures from the latest edition of Inside Market Data Reference .
Costs, Cuts Dominate User Projects
The fallout from the credit crisis is prompting an increased focus on cost controls at banks and investment managers, according to a panel of end-user firms at last week's North American Financial Information Summit.
Consumers Seek More Granularity
Information and news providers are increasing the granularity of their information in response to end-user demand for more diverse and independent sources of data to provide ever-slimmer trading advantages, and to compare information and identify…
Options Trading Goes Ballistic
As asset managers and hedge funds continue to grow their appetite for listed equities options, a number of new firms are springing up to handle the special needs associated with institutional orders. DWT editor Rob Daly sits down with Ballista's CEO Rob…
Quick Rolls Out New Icap Data
Japanese financial information vendor Quick, the country's dominant domestic provider, is adding a suite of new currency datasets and services from interdealer broker Icap into its products, officials tell Inside Market Data .
EDM versus MDM
Enterprise data management (EDM) may have been around in the financial industry for several years, but it is not a term often used outside this community. Master data management (MDM) is the commonly used phrase in the rest of the world. So when new…
The Advantages of Consolidation
Access to the right enterprise data is essential, especially in the current environment, says Tony Scianna, EVP, SunGard's Brokerage & Clearance