Emerging Technologies
Max Bowie: The Next ‘Big’ Thing: Big Service
Data has far-reaching uses beyond the split-second trade, including promoting flow by delivering better service. So, to celebrate data’s role in customer service, please allow Max to uncork a Balthazar of big data.
James Rundle: Fixed Income’s Meteor Moment
With the recent glitches in the fixed-income market that brought about something of a Flash Crash, many now believe that a move toward fully electronic fixed-income trading will solve many of the issues we’ve seen over the past few years. But while the…
November 2014: The Trials of Life
Being a start-up in the capital markets is no easy feat. It's important to innovate without scaring off clients that can free fledgling firms from their investors, Victor says.
BGC Taps Cawley as SEF Chief
The former founder of Javelin turns up at BGC.
60 Seconds with Xignite's Stephane Dubois
Stephane Dubois is CEO and founder of Xignite.
BGC Reaffirms Intent as GFI, CME Stay Silent
Says offer is “very much for real” in analyst call.
Fonetic Taps Maupoey as Head of Compliance Products
Maupoey spent 10 years with Unitronics.
Mark Beeston is New Chair of OpenGamma
Former chief of Icap post-trade business takes over as chairman of open source risk management company
Interactive Data Taps Sowa Labs for Social Media Analytics Feed
Interactive Data has rolled out a social media analytics feed from Stuttgart-based data analytics and consulting services provider Sowa Labs, to allow its clients to better assess financial markets and individual stocks.
Deutsche Bank Appoints Strategic Analytics Chief
Sam Wisnia takes on senior role for FIC.
Wall Street Horizon Ups Buy-Side Focus, Hires Research Director
Woburn, Mass.-based corporate earnings and event data provider Wall Street Horizon is increasing its focus on the buy side after a recent academic study found that the vendor's earnings date revisions data could be used to predict stock movement, and has…
Poor Collaboration Leaves Banks Vulnerable to Cyber Threat
DTCC highlights clear and present cyber danger with whitepapers and joint venture.
Eagle Alpha Swoops on Ex-Twitter Architect
Social media data provider Eagle Alpha recently hired former Twitter architect Evan Weaver as technical advisor to add "significant value to [the vendor's] technical architecture roadmap," officials say.
Eagle Alpha Raises $1.2M to Fund Development, Hires
Startup social media data provider Eagle Alpha has raised $1.2 million in its second round of funding this year, which it will invest in product development and use to recruit more engineers.
Global Switch Taps Custom Connect for Connectivity, Managed Services
Alliance will reduce costs for Global Switch clients while expanding their global reach
Moody's Acquires Pricing, Analytics Vendor Lewtan Tech
Moody's Corporation, the parent company of credit ratings agency Moody's Investors Service and Moody's Analytics, has acquired Waltham, Mass. -based structured finance analytical tools and market data provider Lewtan Technologies for an undisclosed sum.
Survey: Asset Managers Turning to Back Office in Automation Push
To meet various reporting requirements, automation is necessary.
OpenGamma Taps Vets Beeston, Conde for Board
Banking, fintech veterans will help company respond to rapid growth in demand, officials say.
Opening Cross: Raising the ‘Standard’ in Terms of Cooperation
So, the industry may soon have a new standard protocol for market data distribution: and not simply a de facto standard co-opted based on existing uptake, but one specifically designed for market data needs that albeit incorporates the speed and…
FIX Market Data Protocol Spec Nears Completion
FIX Trading Community outlines progress on development of a new, standardized protocol for market data transmission.
Cyber-security: Preparing for Accountability
Investors are a hedge fund's lifeblood, entrusting their most confidential, personal data to the financial advisors who manage their assets.
Drawing Thick Lines
A Rimes Roundtable moderated by Waters this week highlighted the reasons buy sides should consider outsourcing data management as part of broader institutional transformation around the problem. The rub? Keeping everyone in line.
Zacks Estimates Becomes First Premium Dataset on Quandl Financial Search Engine
Toronto-based economic and financial search engine Quandl has added North American earnings estimates data from Chicago-based Zacks Investment Research as the first instance of fee-liable data on its web-based platform for financial, economic and…
Canadian Advisory Firm CFSI Signs MDA, Quartet to Vendor Partner Ecosystem
Canadian business development advisory firm Collaborative Financial Services Inc. (CFSI) has signed deals to represent two Toronto-based companies──startup market structure and transaction cost analysis provider Market Data Authority and managed IT…