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Thomson, Reuters Merge; Name 'Wenig -3'
New Thomson-Reuters chief executive Tom Glocer set out his priorities for the merged business-a "flawless" integration, globalization, and a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts-following Thomson Corp.'s purchase of Reuters, which closed last…
Report: IT Budgets to Rise in Japan
TOKYO-IT spending in Japan's securities industry is expected to increase in 2008, though the growth rate will be conservative compared to previous years, according to research from Boston-based consulting firm Celent.
Alphacet Integrates OMD Tick Database
Start-up quantitative analysis software vendor Alphacet has integrated OneTick, the real-time tick data management and analytics solution of OneMarketData into its upcoming Alphacet Discovery product, which enables quantitative analysts to create new…
Opra Projections Frustrate Options Players
Data industry participants are calling for more effective quote mitigation strategies, following the Options Price Reporting Authority's latest bandwidth requirements for the Opra feed of US options trade and quote data, which increases capacity…
A Year of Opportunity
After eight weeks as head of Telekurs UK, Martin Cole gives an exclusive interview to IRD, discussing his top priorities this year and the uncertainties in the market
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CMA cashes out to CME Group
In a significant deal for the buy side, CME Group announced late last month that it had acquired Credit Market Analysis (CMA), a London-based technology vendor which provides credit derivatives market data exclusively to asset managers and hedge funds.
Coming around again
The spectre of greater hedge fund oversight by financial regulators has seemed more or less dormant for several months now as Wall Street meltdowns become more and more spectacular. But even though the US Federal Reserve and other government agencies…
CME Group Buys CMA for OTC Data Play
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange last week acquired bond and credit derivatives pricing vendor Credit Market Analysis for an undisclosed sum, in a bid to diversify its data offering and drive business to the CME's other services for over the counter…