Data Management
Nasdaq Makes Data Available via Web
Nasdaq last month began providing direct access to a number of its market data and analytical products via its Web site, eliminating the need for consumers of the data to develop specific feed handlers to receive the data.
Asia Data in Demand to Support Algorithmic Trading Needs
The recent proximity hosting arrangement between the Singapore Exchange and BT Radianz to provide low-latency access to SGX market data highlighted the growing popularity of algorithmic trading across Asia and interest in the region’s markets from…
Interactive, Tullett Expand OTC Data
Interactive Data Corp. is rolling more data from interdealer broker Tullett Prebon onto its PlusFeed consolidated feed, covering new geographies and asset classes, expanding a longstanding deal between the vendor and Tullett Prebon Information, the…
Thomson Drops Dow Jones for Own News
Thomson Financial has ended a deal to distribute Dow Jones news as the default service within Thomson products, replacing it with its proprietary Thomson Financial News.
Citi Poised for ATD Acquisition
NEW YORK—Global banking giant Citi is in advanced negotiations to purchase Mount Pleasant, S.C.-based electronic brokerage firm Automated Trading Desk (ATD), according to media reports.
The Buy-side Backlog
Automation
Data Dilemma Still Dire
REFERENCE DATA
CMA: Tackling transparency
CMA is one of a number of technology vendors that provides financial institutions with pricing and evaluations data, although the firm is quick to point out that what makes it unique in this space is that it focuses exclusively on the buy side. By Victor…
Spotlight on Rinando Soto
Stewart Eisenhart speaks with Eze Castle Integration’s Rinando Soto about the changes he’s experienced resulting from his recent move from the prime brokerage industry to the buy-side technology vendor community, which services ostensibly the same market…
Month in Numbers
'There would not be an instance where two different hedge fund clients were on the same hardware platform. Data lapses cannot happen, not even accidentally'
Content Is King... Isn't It?
SIA shows… sorry, SIFMA shows… are like Christmas for market data professionals. The Hilton gets lit up like a Christmas tree and festooned with all kinds of flashy goodies. You play with your new toy for a while but then lose interest when you see that…
Fitch Readies Market-Implied Ratings
Fitch Ratings is preparing to roll out a new set of credit rating indicators to complement its traditional research-based ratings by providing alternative, market-based indicators of a company's creditworthiness.
SGX Offers Proximity Hosting as New Feed Raises Interest
The Singapore Exchange (SGX) last week announced a proximity hosting service to give clients low-latency access to the exchange's data, under an agreement with network provider BT Radianz that will allow trading firms to locate high-frequency trading…