Emerging Technologies
The Waters Weekly Wrap: August 17-21
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.
Assessing SS&C's Insatiable Appetite
Citi fed the beast this week.
GMEX Assembles Independent Index Oversight Committee
The committee is chaired by former CME and Tullett Prebon exec Mark Blundell
Consultancy Delta Capita Taps Tech Vet Covington for Board
The former ITRS CEO and BT exec will help the company grow its IP-based services.
Digital Contact Invests Ahead of Trading.co.uk Launch
Digital Contact's investment in its upcoming platform increases the amount of data it can store and analyze.
iMeta Hires Bands For Data Product and Regulatory Role
Mark Bands, most recently a data management executive at ANZ in Australia, has joined UK service provider
Recognos Financial Taps Cohen to Head AM Services
Brings three decades of data management experience to semantic data analysis vendor.
Mizuho Securities USA Appoints Eric Shenker as Head of US Equity Trading
Subsidiary of Japanese banking group seeks to bolster US equities presence.
Covington Joins Board of Delta Capita
Former ITRS chief joins board as non-executive director.
After 2014 Buyout, KVH Adopts Colt Name
The move unifies the companies' branding under the Colt banner.
Airex Adds CQ Roll Call Regulatory Newswire to Online Content Mart
The deal brings CQ Roll Call's regulatory news to Airex's investor audience, while giving Airex a source of regulatory news.
SS&C Acquires Citi's Alternative Investor Services Unit
Holding company giant buys services arm for $425 million.
Opening Cross: Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Anyone Using Sentiment Analysis!
Understanding sentiment may be the key to beating the markets and HFTs.
Borsa Istanbul, Pakistan's PMEX Sign MoU
Agreement signed to set framework for establishing cooperative relationship between the two exchanges.
CFTC Commissioner Wetjen Resigns
Wetjen's resignation becomes effective August 28.
Bringing Standardization to the Fixed Income ETF Space
BlackRock and several other fixed-income heavyweights are joining forces to provide a new standard to calculate yield, spread and duration for fixed income ETFs.
Startup DragonFish to Spawn Three Sentiment Analysis Tools in Q4
The vendor monitors equities and currency market news to derive sentiment for a stock.
Bringing Standardization to the Fixed Income ETF Space
BlackRock and several other fixed-income heavyweights are joining forces to provide a new standard to calculate yield, spread and duration for fixed income ETFs.
Waters Weekly Wrap: August 10-14
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.
Ballintrae, FISD Hatch BERRD in Asia-Pac
Alliance will bring BERDD access to FISD's Asia membership.
FIS to Buy SunGard For $9.1 Billion
The two companies will have over $9.2 billion in combined annual revenues.
JonesTrading Names Gavin Spencer CEO of UK Affiliate
Spencer previously served as head of trading at Societe Generale, Sanford C. Bernstein and Exane BNP.
FIS to Acquire SunGard
The two companies will have over $9.2 billion in combined annual revenues.
Some Kickball Etiquette From the SEC; Commission Management Goes on Trial
Commissions win this week ...