Inside Market Data - IMD 1 August 2016
Volume 31, No. 36
Articles in this issue
Markit Bows Infrastructure Bond Index
The new indexes will provide a benchmark for tracking the performance of infrastructure investments, via companies in the energy, telecoms, transportation and utilities sectors.
Bell Direct Rings in Charting Changes with Markit Chartworks
The charting package will allow Bell Direct's clients to utilize technical analysis to support investment analysis and trading decisions.
Excel Add-in MarketXLS ‘Adds in' Barchart Data
Spreadsheet users will be able to access Barchart's US and international equities, futures, indexes and foreign exchange data via the add-in.
RSJ Algo Trading Taps Activ for Managed Tick Data
The firm will use the new Activ-Big Xyt joint offering to test trading models before entering new markets and asset classes.
ICE Benchmark Admin Adds Economist DeAnne Julius to Board
The economic policy veteran will strengthen ICE Benchmark Administration's board of directors.
Cambridge Semantics Taps Data Scientist Keen for Financial Services Push
Keen has spent more than 25 years in data science and analytics technology roles.
Eagle Alpha Unveils Alternative Data ‘Directory,' Eyes Proprietary ‘Crawled' Data
Eagle Alpha aims to provide a marketplace of more than 1,000 alternative datasets within one year.
New Infinancials CEO Grauer Eyes More Synergies, Integration
Infinancials and parent Infront will continue synergy efforts around web-based platforms, new Infinancials CEO says.
Recognia Bows Bull/Bear Summary Score
The score gives online brokers a tool to help investors determine short-, medium-, and long-term bullish or bearish sentiment for stocks.
Colt, Koscom Agree Connectivity Partnership
Koscom will leverage Colt's network and co-location facilities to increase participation from international investors on the Korea Exchange.
West Highland, Ropnoy, Kaimian Ally on ‘Evo-One’ Notification Management Venture
The three vendors are joining forces to address the inefficiencies surrounding the processing and management of vendor data changes and notifications.
Data Revenues Drive Q2 Exchange Growth
Exchange's market data businesses continued to deliver solid revenue increases, in spite of overall exchange revenues.
UPDATE: Fixnetix Adds Sales, Tech Execs
Lopez Lansdowne and Salmon continue the vendor's hiring this year to bolster its sales and technical expertise.
Opening Cross: School’s Out!
Simple ways to keep data professionals happy when they return from vacation to the daily grind... assuming you let them take vacation.
Open Platform: ETF Growth Means New Tools of the Trade
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have been on an evolutionary process since first debuting in the US more than 25 years ago. The ETF market has become wildly popular, but also increasingly complicated, requiring better analytics and tools to navigate its…