Emerging Technologies
ITRS, 29West Ally for Messaging Monitoring
UK-based real-time systems monitoring software vendor ITRS and messaging technology provider 29West-recently acquired by Calif.-based integration software vendor Informatica-are developing an adapter that will enable clients to monitor the performance of…
LSE Chief Urges Review of Data Regs
The European Commission should address the costs and inefficiencies associated with a fragmented European trading and market data landscape as part of its review this year of the current Markets in Financial Instruments Directive regulation, London Stock…
MDSL Grows 'Expert' Services
Market data usage monitoring and contract reconciliation software vendor MDSL has expanded the range of services provided by its MDX (Market Data Expert) outsourced management service, where MDSL's in-house consultants use the vendor's market data…
STAC to Expand Benchmarking Tools
The Securities Technology Analysis Center is modifying the test environment it uses to benchmark the performance of feed handlers, to enable clients to choose off-the-shelf latency measurement and time synchronization devices from multiple vendors for…
Icap Adds Japanese Data to TR Deal
Icap has extended its redistribution agreement with Thomson Reuters to allow clients to distribute market data from Totan Icap-a joint venture data provider formed by Icap and Japanese broker Totan Capital Markets-within their firms via Thomson Reuters'…
Russell Vet Forms Index-ETF Startup
Two index industry veterans are setting up a new index venture that will create new types of indexes and exchange-traded funds, Inside Market Data has learned.
Panopticon Taps Progress, Sybase for Data Connectivity
Stockholm-based data visualization software vendor Panopticon has partnered with Sybase and Progress Software to broaden the range of real-time and historical data that it can display, and has developed an updated software development kit (SDK) that…
Gmarkets Taps Hestiun for Growth
Canadian data vendor Gmarkets is planning a major global expansion with new offices and additional content, as a result of receiving a funding injection of an undisclosed amount from private equity firm Hestiun Capital, officials say.
Telekurs Buys CSV for Evaluated Pricing Growth
As Inside Market Data went to press, SIX Telekurs acquired the assets of CSV (Complex Security Valuations), a Ridgefield, Conn.-based specialist provider of evaluated prices for illiquid securities and complex derivative instruments, for an undisclosed…
Thomson Reuters Readies ‘Re-Platformed' Services
Thomson Reuters is changing its service model to support new products and services being rolled out over the coming weeks and months, and to respond to evolving client needs resulting from changes in the financial markets since the credit crunch and…
Report Compares Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters FI News
A comparative analysis of fixed income news coverage from Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters conducted by Burton-Taylor International Consulting reveals that while the two vendors deliver roughly the same number of fixed income news items per day, they differ…
Credit Data Vendors Focus on Liquidity Metrics
Liquidity analytics are becoming increasingly important to the process of risk management and for understanding price formation in the credit markets, according to credit data providers with liquidity management tools.
CarryQuote Boosts Asia-Pac Presence
Zug, Switzerland-based desktop and mobile data vendor CarryQuote has expanded its Hong Kong office with new hires to help support and grow its footprint in the region.
YCharts Investment to Fund Tech Hires
Chicago-based fundamental data analysis provider YCharts is planning to beef up its technology group to accelerate development of its Web-based fundamental analysis platform, using funds acquired via a recent Series A financing round.
Pulling together
Wall Street’s bulge-bracket brokers have in recent months encroached on their smaller counterparts by poaching their hedge fund clients. But as Anthony Malakian reports, this isn’t necessarily a bad development as brokers look to work together to support…
FactSet Integrates Dow Jones IB Content
FactSet Research Systems is gearing up to unveil a new version of its market data display platform that integrates Dow Jones' Investment Banker news and content, to give mutual clients more in-depth data and allow them to access the Investment Banker…