Emerging Technologies
BCS Global Markets Appoints Wood to Lead Prime Brokerage Sales
Adam Wood will be based in London and will head up BCS Global Markets' prime brokerage sales efforts.
Under CSC, Fixnetix Eyes Bigger Client Wins
Officials say clients' reactions to the acquisition have been overwhelmingly positive.
Opening Cross: Forza Monza! Forza Market Data!
Most pople compare market data to Formula One because of speed. But that's just one similarity between the two.
The Waters Weekly Wrap: August 31-September 4
Each Friday, Waters editors and journalists pull together a quick-hit series of the best analysis pieces, features, and video interviews from across the five brands-just in case you missed them.
Michael Shashoua: Finding Value Through Greater Centralization and Aggregation
New ventures and partnerships show a rising trend toward consolidating data. Michael follows the progress.
Tim Bourgaize Murray: Revisiting Circuit Breakers in the Wake of Black Monday
Tim revisits the prominent role of US exchange circuit breakers.
60 Seconds with Naoshi Matsushita
Naoshi Matsushita discusses NRI SecureTechnologies and his personal interests.
Advent CEO Hess Will Remain at Helm Following SS&C Acquisition
SS&C announced Hess will serve as senior vice president and general manager of SS&C's Advent business unit.
Four Months In, TruMid Discusses Credit Trading Platform
Mike Sobel gives an update on the company's trading platform after four months of activity.
S&P DJI Taps SIX Feed to Monitor Index Licensing Compliance
The SIX data will allow S&P DJI to track usage of its own indexes to create index-linked products.
Chart IQ, Adaptive Ally with OpenFin for HTML5 Trading, Charting Integration
By integrating their wares, the vendors are demonstrating the relevance of HTML5 for capital markets trading applications.
Thomas Kracz Joins Sapient Global Markets
Business technology provider hires new vice president of solutions
SS&C Picks up Varden Technologies in Latest Acquisition
Communications solution provider follows Advent and Citi Alternative Investor Services acquisitions.
Bloomberg Pumps OTCGH Natural Gas Options Data into Terminal
Combining the OTCGH data with Bloomberg's existing natural gas volatility curves will provide a more accurate market view.
Ipreo Adds Social Alpha's Analytics to Investor Relations Platform
New capabilities helps IROs identify investor sentiment and information on a given stock from the most relevant social media influencers.
Macrobond Adds Fitch CDS Prices to Workstation, Datafeeds
The data will provide Macrobond users with greater transparency into global credit markets, officials say.
With OpenFin Partnership, ChartIQ and Adaptive Show Big Banks HTML5's Potential
Adaptive's Reactive Trader and ChartIQ's charting platform have been combined and made available through OpenFin.
Interactive Data Puts Nasdaq Futures Prices on Feed, FutureSource
The data will support risk management for futures traders on the new NFX market.
VWD Taps FactSet, Thomson Vet Gijssel for CEO
Gijssel spent 18 years at FactSet, preceded by eight years at Thomson Financial.
Societe Generale Securities Services Appoints New CEO in Italy
Frederic Barroyer replaces Jeanne Duvoux
The NAV Crash: Mess at BNY Raises New Questions For Big Funds, Custodians Alike
Should crucial calculation errors have the buy side rethinking an entrenched model?
September 2015: Another Unfinished Symphony?
Shake-up could be in store for mesaging
BNY Mellon Coping After NAV Software Glitch Affects Dozens of Funds
Crucial calculation errors began last week.
Tag Team: McNamara and Zerbs Work Towards Common Tech Goals at Scotiabank
The two new heads of Scotiabank talk about the Toronto-based bank's latest projects and how they effectively work together.