Data Management
HKEx Lifts Suspension Rule for Announcements
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing will this week eliminate the requirement for listed companies to suspend trading in shares when releasing data or announcements that might impact a company's share price, bringing HKEx more in line with other exchanges.
Reuters Lines up DACS Partners
Three trading technology vendors-BNY Convergex subsidiary Eze Castle Software, Charles River Development, and SunGard subsidiary Front Arena-are integrating their software with the OpenDACS API to Reuters' Data Access Control System to help client firms…
BlueSys Expands Emerging Markets Data
Blue Systems, a London-based vendor of trading and data display technologies, is bolstering its coverage of emerging markets price data with end-of-day prices from 55 exchanges globally, sourced from Chicago-based data vendor World'Vest Base.
BNP Private Bank Deploys Traderforce
BNP Paribas has deployed a market data platform from Paris-based data and trading technology vendor Traderforce to support its private banking operations in the US and the Middle East.
Citi Readies FX-Specific Front End
The bank's new graphical user interface (GUI) will run in parallel with Citi Treasury Interactive and includes stack pricing, decimal pricing and algorithmic execution capabilities.
FISD Surveys Exchanges on 'Internal' Data
The Business Issues Policy and Procedures Standards working group of data industry association the FISD sent a survey to 41 exchanges last Wednesday, requesting they clarify their policies for "internal" data usage by data vendors and consumer firms,…
MSCI Bows Asia Hedge Fund Index
Index provider MSCI Barra will this month launch an investable index to capture the composition of the hedge fund universe in the Asia-Pacific region, in partnership with Paris-based Natixis Alternative Investments.
Thomson One Adds IE Telecom Reports
Thomson Financial has added telecom company and industry research reports from Vancouver, BC-based IE Market Research to its Thomson One Investment Banker product, on a pay-per-view basis via its Thomson Research Select platform.
Nasdaq Launches Replay Tool
Nasdaq last week launched a data analysis tool that enables trading firms to download and replay market data to analyze price movements around market events.
Tullett Preps LatAm Data
Tullett Prebon Information, the data arm of interdealer broker Tullett Prebon, is preparing to launch a data product in the second quarter of this year that will provide information on the Latin American capital markets for both local and US firms…
Governing the Future
Firms are increasingly focusing on data governance. Carla Mangado discusses the reasons behind this upsurge in interest
US Speeding Up Basel II Implementation
Adam Honore, Colorado-based senior analyst at Aite Group, tells Carla Mangado that while Basel II has been welcomed in the US, many firms are still failing to comply
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