Emerging Technologies
Broadridge Bags Thomson Reuters' Perry
Christopher Perry, former global managing director of the risk segment in Thomson Reuters' financial and risk division, is to join financial technology and investor communications service provider Broadridge Financial Solutions next month as president of…
Chief Information Officer Bayer To Depart SEC
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that chief information officer, Thomas Bayer, will step down from his role leading the SEC’s Office of Information Technology (OIT) in October, after joining the agency in 2010.
SunGard MarketMap to Focus on 'Unique Content'
SunGard MarketMap, the market data arm of technology giant SunGard, is embarking on a new initiative to build out unique and proprietary content sets that leverage other areas of SunGard's business, in a bid to better differentiate itself from…
Broadridge Pegs Perry as New President of Global Sales, Marketing and Client Solutions
Broadridge Financial Solutions announced the hiring of Christopher Perry as its new president of global sales, marketing and client solutions.
Montag Becomes Sole COO at Bank of America
Thomas Montag will become the only chief operating officer (COO) at Bank of America after his co-COO, David Darnell, accepted a new title at the tier-one firm.
As Prime Brokers Lack Sufficient Sales Oversight, Clients Step Up
Ultra high-net-worth (UHNW) individuals and family offices are beginning to more closely monitor the fees and servicing agreements attached to products their intermediaries are selling them. The sell side could do them one better, though, and get there…
Russia Depository Fills Information Roles
National Settlement Depository has named Alina Akchurina to run collateral management systems and hired Intesa Bank's Svyatoslav Berezin as information security director
Deutsche Bank Adds Shannon, Marcar to Technology Team
Deutsche Bank announced two senior appointments to its technology and operations team in an effort to bolster the group’s leadership.
Exegy Posts Canadian Data Peaks Portal
St. Louis, Mo.-based hardware ticker plant provider Exegy has launched a Canadian version of its MarketDataPeaks portal of historical peak data volumes, to provide financial firms investing in Canada with intraday market data rates to help inform…
Opening Cross: Sun, Summer, and the Pursuit of the ‘Simple’ Life
The world of market data is encumbered by a multitude of complexities. Not only is the business of data complex, but so is the data itself, and so too are the underlying markets and instruments that require such complex datasets. So key to preventing…
Can Tier-One Sell Sides Adopt a Buy-Side Mentality?
Quite often, obvious technical differences are highlighted between the largest global investment banks and the smaller buy-side shops who are their clients. Does a proclivity for that kind of thinking ultimately hold them back? Tim tries out a football…
GreySpark Study Yields Pre-Trade Risk Best Practices
Recently published research from London-based capital markets consultancy GreySpark Partners has yielded a number of best practices designed to help sell-side firms manage a range of risks associated with their electronic trading activities.
Bowles Joins LSEG Board
Sharon Bowles has been appointed as a non-executive director at the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG). With the new appointment, the LSEG hopes to further its understanding and experience of UK and European politics, economics, and regulations affecting…
Pricing Vet Blance Unveils Voltaire Advisors Valuation Risk Consultancy
Market data and evaluated pricing industry veteran Ian Blance has set up a new London-based company, Voltaire Advisors, to provide consulting services around valuation risk to buy-side clients and the hedge fund administrators, asset servicing firms and…
Thomson Reuters/Aite Survey: Big Data Usage Remains Limited in Capital Markets
Almost 95 percent of financial firms claim to have no experience or knowledge of Big Data, according to a survey of buy-side and sell-side firms by Aite Group on behalf of Thomson Reuters, reflecting relatively slow adoption of Big Data strategies…
JSE Reports Data Revenue Rise
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange has reported first-half data revenues of 95.4 million South African rand, a 16 percent increase over the same period last year, on overall group operating revenue of R869 million, itself a 9 percent increase over the…
Platts Expands Chinese Coal Data Deal
Energy and commodities data provider Platts has added two new price assessments for thermal coal in China as a result of expanding an existing agreement with Chinese commodities data provider Shanxi Fenwei Energy Consulting Company.
Options Turns to Morrow for Account Management
Managed data and trading infrastructure provider Options has appointed Stephen Morrow senior vice president and global head of account management, based in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
IPC Appoints Barua as Chief Executive Officer
On Tuesday IPC, the network and trading turret provider, appointed Neil Barua as its chief executive officer with immediate effect.
TMX Preps US-Canada Microwave Network with Strike Acquisition
TMX Atrium, the network subsidiary of Canadian exchange operator TMX Group, has bought the StrikeNet low-latency microwave network business of Strike Technologies from parent group, New York-based market maker and trading technology provider Global…
Performance Measurement: The Devil’s in the Data
Performance measurement has always been one of the most crucial business processes that all buy-side firms need to manage, irrespective of their investment strategies and the complexity of their operating models. Victor Anderson recently caught up with…
Markit Signs Options to Collaboration Services
Infrastructure-as-a-service provider Options has integrated federation and directory elements of Markit's Collaboration Services──including the Markit Directory "phone book" of validated identity and contact data, and the Federated Chat platform──into…
ITG Appoints Millet to Board of Directors
ITG has appointed Kelley Millet to its board of Directors as the firm builds upon its success in equities and expands into fixed income and other asset classes.
Recognia Hires TD e-Trading Vet Harvie
Ottawa, Canada-based technical analysis software vendor Recognia recently hired Jeff Harvie as vice president of global sales, responsible for growing the vendor's reach worldwide and setting strategy for its sales organization.