Emerging Technologies
Reuters Sweeps Post-Merger Management Roles
NEW YORK-Officials at Thomson Financial and Reuters have named the second tier of executives that will take up management positions within the recently re-branded Thomson Reuters Markets business following the merger of Thomson and Reuters, with Reuters…
Saxo Plans Easy Integration
COPENHAGEN-Danish foreign exchange (FX) firm Saxo Bank expects a relatively simple integration with Switzerland-based Synthesis Bank, which Saxo recently acquired.
Reuters Sweeps Post-Merger Management
Thomson Financial and Reuters have named the second tier of management positions in their combined financial data and news business, to take effect following the merger of Thomson Corp. and Reuters, with Reuters staff securing most key positions.
Moody's Buys BQuotes as Rating Agencies Grow Securities Pricing
In response to growing demand from user firms for transparent pricing information, ratings agencies are expanding their securities pricing services and dedicating more resources to those services.
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Tine Thoresen talks to Bank of Scotland's Ross Gourlay about his new "data lifestyle" within the group
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Levi Hire to Drive SuperD Sales
Derivatives pricing vendor SuperDerivatives last week named Russel Levi, a former senior Bloomberg executive, as senior vice president of global sales and support, to head the vendor's global sales team, which he expects to grow significantly over the…
BGC, Cantor Merger Drives New Data Sets
BGC Partners, the company being created by the pending merger of Cantor Fitzgerald's eSpeed electronic trading subsidiary with its former voice-broking spin-off, is set to release a slew of new market data products as a result of combining data from the…
Markit Preps 'Second-Gen' Boat Data
UK-based data vendor Markit plans to launch new data products over the coming months based on data from pre- and post-trade data publication utility Boat, following Markit's acquisition of Boat from its consortium of nine bank owners last week for an…
Spryware Plans New York Expansion
Chicago-based low-latency data and ticker plant provider Spryware will open a sales and support office in New York at the start of February, to provide local service for the vendor's growing client base in the city.
FISD, SIIA Agree Market Data Certification Funding
Industry association FISD and parent the Software & Information Industry Association have agreed terms to fund a certification program for financial information professionals, officials tell IMD 's sibling publication Inside Reference Data
Kaskad Tech Closes, Founder Clark Joins StreamBase
Boston-based complex event processing software start-up Kaskad Technology has officially closed down, and founder and chief technology officer Colin Clark has joined rival CEP software vendor StreamBase Systems.