Emerging Technologies
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.
SimCorp Taps Olivarius as Head of Marketing
SimCorp has announced the appointment of Jens Olivarius as its new head of group marketing and communications.
Bravura Solutions Promotes McCann to CIO
Bravura Solutions, software provider for the wealth management, life insurance and transfer agency industries, has appointed Terry McCann chief information officer as the firm sees its managed services offering increasing across the Asia-Pacific (APAC)…
Opening Cross: Enterprise Messaging to Enterprise Management—It’s About Broadening Appeal
Pity my colleagues in London: Last Tuesday, workmen severed an ISDN cable in the street outside our office, cutting off all internet, phone, email and server access. Then on Wednesday, an explosion at an adjacent power sub-station forced a building…
Dow Jones Rebrands, Reorgs ‘Institutional’ Biz
Following a review of its Institutional Business strategy after the departure of former chief executive Lex Fenwick, Dow Jones has rebranded the division “Professional Information Business,” and has combined its previously-separate Consumer and…
Thomson Reuters Draws Drew for Platform Services
Thomson Reuters has hired Jeff Drew as enterprise proposition manager, responsible for strategy for its platform transactions business, supporting the Thomson Reuters Enterprise Platform and Elektron Managed Services propositions.
Infront, Infinancials Consolidate on FactSet Equities Data
Norwegian market data vendor Infront and French fundamental data and analytics vendor Infinancials, in which Infront holds a majority ownership stake, have extended an existing agreement with data vendor FactSet Research Systems to expand both vendors'…
ICE Purchases Automated Trading Patents
The IntercontinentalExchange Group (ICE) has announced the acquisition of several patents related to electronic trading strategies, in an implicit bid to protect clients from predatory patent buyers.
Thomson Reuters Adds Platts Data to DataScope
Thomson Reuters has added commodities market data from McGraw-Hill Financial-owned commodities and energy data provider Platts to its DataScope Select product to provide clients with increased transparency to support valuations, risk management and…
GoldenSource Hires Hulse For EMEA Role
Stephen Hulse, a financial technology sales executive who has worked for NYSE Technologies and Thomson Financial, joins the EDM provider in London
Jefferies Joins Markit Collaboration Services Messaging Network
Investment bank Jefferies has joined Markit Collaboration Services, the open messaging network initiative developed by data vendor Markit that allows financial professionals to communicate and share information across communication platforms.
DTCC Promotes Senior Staff to Repository Leadership Roles
The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has announced that Ian McLelland and Chris Childs will head up its European trade repository (DDRL Europe) and DTCC Deriv/Serv, respectively.
OTCGH's EOX Market Data Group Hires for ‘Rainey' Day
Over-the-counter energy and commodities broker consortium OTC Global Holdings (OTCGH) has hired Catherine Rainey as director of its technology and data subsidiary EOX Holdings' market data group.
Update: Cape City Command Calls on Quinn, Barker
Wilmington, NC-based Cape City Command, a provider of appliances that analyze trading session latency and enable trading applications to route to the fastest sessions in real time, has bolstered its sales and development functions with the hires of Terry…