Emerging Technologies
Standard Chartered Hires Nelson in Hong Kong
Barnaby Nelson, previously an executive at BNP Paribas who worked on messaging standards issues, has joined Standard Chartered in a managing director role
Estimize Unveils Crowd-Sourced M&A Prediction Platform, Raises $1.2M Expansion Funding
New York-based startup crowd-sourced estimates provider Estimize will roll out a new platform today, Wednesday, March 26, dubbed Mergerize, which aggregates crowd-sourced predictions of potential mergers and acquisition activity so traders, M&A bankers…
ISITC Honors Shay for Standards Work
Jamie Shay, a former head of standards at Swift, and 40-year veteran of the industry, received the organization's Standard of Excellence Award
Swann Glides into Xtrakter Data Role
European fixed-income trade matching and regulatory reporting service provider Xtrakter has appointed Kevin Swann as head of data, responsible for the development and commercial direction of the company's data products.
HTML5 Developers in Demand; Charting Gains Greater Attention
As Wall Street firms increasingly are turning to HTML5 as the preferred programming language for trading applications and mobile, trading firms are now finding themselves competing with Silicon Valley for development talent.
The Rise and Rise of HTML5
Thanks to enhanced browser functionality and an explosion of open-source tools, HTML5 is supplanting Microsoft Silverlight and Adobe Flash as the go-to language for trading application development and mobile functionality. While roadblocks still exist,…
Rimes Adds Nasdaq Global Index Family to Data Service
Benchmark and economic data provider Rimes Technologies is now publishing Nasdaq OMX's global index family on its Benchmark Data Service, to provide joint asset manager and custodian clients with access to Nasdaq's alternative benchmarks for tracking…
Solace Signs Clarke… Again
Crispin Clarke has rejoined hardware messaging platform provider Solace Systems in Toronto as senior vice president of its global accounts team, responsible for ensuring the vendor's internal resources—from sales and support to professional services,…
Nasdaq OMX Launches Global Market Services Business
The Nasdaq OMX Group has announced the formation of a new entity, Global Market Services, to combine its US and European transactions, clearing and settlement businesses.
OTAS Hires Lieder as Head of US Sales
London-based analytics provider OTAS Technologies has hired Nick Lieder as head of its US sales, based in New York.
FIX Preps ITCH Data Protocol Integration
Standards association FIX Trading Community is working to incorporate elements of Nasdaq OMX’s ITCH data protocol into the FIX Protocol, to create an industry data standard that combines the efficiency of binary ITCH messages with the flexibility and…
The Opaqueness of IBOR
Anthony says that asset managers have to be wary of vendors pitching an IBOR solution. There are legitimate choices out there, but even though the term is old, the field of third-party providers is rapidly growing, and there may be imposters.
FactSet Wraps Revere Schema Integration
FactSet Research Systems has completed the integration of data from San Francisco-based research and industry classification provider Revere Data, after acquiring the vendor six months ago for an undisclosed sum, and is now conducting research to…
Bloomberg, Markit Seal PMI Data Distribution Deal
Bloomberg has announced that it will begin distributing Markit's Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) surveys via the Bloomberg Professional terminal service from Mar. 24, to provide subscribers with real-time access to Markit's PMI indicators of business…
Stoxx Names Former Banker Andreetto Sales Head
European index provider Stoxx has hired Matteo Andreetto as global head of sales, based in London, with responsibility for the strategic positioning of the vendor's indexes, and for leading sales activities with sell-side and buy-side clients.
Equinix Appoints Li China MD
Datacenter provider Equinix has appointed Sainti Li as its managing director for China, responsible for expanding the company's business in the region.
White Leaves Avox for Fenergo
After eight years as head of UK sales at Avox, Oliver White has joined Fenergo
Liquidnet Acquires Vega-Chi Bond-Trading Platform
Institutional trading network Liquidnet has announced it will enter the fixed-income market after its acquisition of UK bond-trading platform Vega-Chi.
Bloomberg Launches Software Provider Partner Program
Bloomberg's Enterprise Solutions and Trading Solutions business units have established a formal partnership program to enable third-party financial software providers to connect to Bloomberg applications and market data to provide its customers with…
Von Rahden to Head Up SmartStream's Frankfurt Operation
London-based SmartStream Technologies has appointed Marcus von Rahden to manage the increased demand in Germany for the vendor’s back-office processing solutions and data management services.
Dickey to Direct OPRA
Market data industry veteran Steve Dickey has been appointed director of the Options Price Reporting Authority, which manages the OPRA consolidated feed of US exchange-traded options quote and trade data.
Deutsche Börse Replaces Steinicke with Freis in Compliance Top Spot
James H Freis Jr will become the new chief compliance officer at Deutsche Börse, replacing Michael Steinicke in the role, effective from April 1, 2014.