Emerging Technologies
Chi-X Japan Appoints Nagahori as President
Makoto Nagahori will take on the roles of president and chief operating officer at Chi-X Japan, the venue operator has announced.
BI-SAM Appoints Schapiro Global Head of Cloud Solutions
BI-SAM has appointed Jonathan Schapiro global head of cloud solutions as the vendor aims at developing and strengthening its private-cloud offering.
Perseus Nabs Fixnetix's Bertoli for Chief Marketing Role
Low-latency long-haul fiber and microwave network provider Perseus Telecom has hired Karen Bertoli as chief marketing officer, based in the vendor's Miami, Fla office and reporting to chief executive Jock Percy.
Deutsche Börse Takes Minority Stake in Bondcube
Frankfurt-headquartered Deutsche Börse has announced its purchase of a minority stake in electronic bond-trading platform Bondcube.
Altibase Taps Intel for Big Data Analysis Performance Boost
Fort Lee, NJ-based in-memory database provider Altibase has developed a joint solution with Intel that offers greater speed and storage for Big Data analysis by creating a bridge between Altibase's HybridDB database and Intel's Distribution for Apache…
OTC Markets, Nasdaq Ally on Company News Distribution
New York-based over the counter equities exchange OTC Markets Group has struck an agreement with Nasdaq OMX to integrate its OTC Disclosure & News Service with Nasdaq's GlobeNewswire corporate news distribution platform for Nasdaq-listed companies,…
Element 22 Adds Partners
Thomas Bodenski, Edward Hawthorne and Rohit Mahur have joined the advisory company, which runs the Fimod open source model for legal entity identifiers
Custom Connect Adds PoP at IXcellerate Moscow Datacenter
Holland-based Custom Connect, which designs and builds custom fiber and microwave networks, says it has set up a point of presence at datacenter operator IXcellerate's Moscow One facility in response to client demand for connectivity to new markets.
CCL Nabs Aberdeen Compliance Chief for MD Role
Regulatory consultancy CCL has announced that Alan Leale-Green will join the company as its UK managing director.
Confluence Opens Office in Dublin
Confluence, a provider of automated investment data management solutions, has announced its expansion in the global fund industry by opening an office in Ireland.
BI-SAM Appoints Richard Irons Executive Director Europe
Paris-headquartered vendor BI-SAM has appointed Richard Irons to lead the company’s business development and account-management activities in Europe.
Capco Opens Office in Hong Kong
Financial services consultancy Capco has announced the opening of its Hong Kong office, to extend its expertise across the Asia-Pacific region.
Opening Cross: Market Data at the Movies
They say art imitates life. But does the art form of movie-making imitate data?
Burton-Taylor: Risk, Regulations Drive Data Spend
Annual spend on financial market risk-related data peaked at $2.52 billion in 2013, equating to roughly 10 percent the $25.77 billion spent each year on market data worldwide, and is growing by 5.74 percent year-on-year as a result of increased…
Satherlund Hangs her Hat on Hatstand
Martina Satherlund has joined IT consultancy Hatstand as principal market data consultant, serving as a project manager for client engagements, covering market and reference data projects including cost optimization, exchange and vendor audits, desktop…
FIX Eyes ESMA Talks, User Participation in MMT
Trading standards body FIX Trading Community plans to boost sell-side participation in developing the Market Model Typology trade reporting tag standard, and to broaden the coverage of the standard to new areas, after absorbing the effort under its…
New CEO Lane Promises Major Changes at Trading Technologies
Rick Lane left his job as principal architect at Trading Technologies (TT) for Google in 2011. Yesterday, a little more than two years later, he was put in charge of the Chicago-based software vendor, which counts 19 of the world’s top 20 futures brokers…
Morgan Stanley Appoints New Head of Electronic Trading for FX
Morgan Stanley has announced the appointment of Shamyl Malik as its head of electronic trading for foreign exchange (FX) in London.
First Derivatives Opens Singapore Presence
Software vendor and consultant First Derivatives has opened an office in Singapore, with the aim of consolidating its Asia-based activities.
CTO Rick Lane Assumes CEO Role at Trading Technologies
Trading Technologies (TT), a Chicago-based trading software provider, has named CTO Rick Lane as its new CEO, effective immediately. Harris Brumfield, majority owner and CEO for the past 11 years, remains with the company as chairman of the board.
CenturyLink Tech Solutions Changes Bandwidth Buying Process to Cut Connectivity Costs for Clients
Network and datacenter hosting provider CenturyLink Technology Solutions, the subsidiary of internet and telecoms service provider CenturyLink formerly known as Savvis, is rolling out a revised commercial model that offers clients more flexible options…
Tabb Report: Illiquid Bond Pricing is "World's Most Complex Sudoku Puzzle"
The data industry must work harder to improve pricing of illiquid fixed income asset classes by harnessing contextual data to understand instruments, particularly as demand continues to rise for intraday and real-time pricing, according to a report…
Money.net Nabs ex-Bloomberg Commodities Head as CEO
New York-based low-cost financial data display provider Money.net has hired Morgan Downey as chief executive, responsible for all lines of business and functional groups within the company.
GreySpark Partners Targets APAC Region with Sydney Office
Global technology consultancy GreySpark Partners has opened an office in Sydney to expand its operations across the Asia Pacific region and provide consulting services to local institutional investors and banks.