Inside Market Data - Vol 29 No 12
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Bureau van Dijk Adds to Orbis Company Database
Bureau van Dijk, a Dutch provider of company information, has rolled out an updated version of its Orbis company database, containing broader and new datasets.
IEX Taps Redline Ticker NBBO Feed for Price Matching
Mutual fund-owned alternative trading system IEX Group has confirmed it is using Woburn, Mass.-based low-latency data technology provider Redline Trading Solutions' InRush 3 hardware-accelerated ticker plant to capture US equity market data to support…
InfoReach Adds eSpeed Fixed Income Data
Chicago-based trading technology provider InfoReach has integrated market data from Nasdaq OMX's eSpeed fixed income market into its trading application to support direct execution on eSpeed.
Chaikin Bows Desktop App, ETF Data
Chaikin Analytics has adapted its Chaikin Analytics for iPad app to create a desktop workstation, incorporating its Chaikin Power Gauge alpha model of 20 fundamental and technical factors that provides a bullish or bearish rating, and six pairs of buy…
Aquis Exchange Appoints Graham Dick to Lead Sales
Pan-European equities trading venue Aquis Exchange has hired Graham Dick, co-founder of consolidated tape think-tank The COBA Project, to head its sales team.
Michael Villain Joins NanoSpeed as Head of Business Development
Low-latency FPGA provider NanoSpeed has appointed Michael Villain as global head of business development.
Numerix Catches Carley for EMEA Sales
Derivatives valuation and analytics provider Numerix has hired Tim Carley as EMEA managing director to oversee the vendor's direct sales operations in the region, covering its London, Paris, Frankfurt, Milan, Stockholm and Dubai sales and development…
SeekingAlpha Lists OTC Markets Data, Links
Financial news, analysis and transcript website Seeking Alpha has added marketplace designations for the OTCQX, OTCQB and OTC Pink markets operated by OTC Markets Group to company information on its website, to denote the listing market of each security…
Open Platform: Cash in on Your Cache─Using CPU Cache, Hybrid Models and Vectors to Ditch Database Delays
As data volumes continue to rise, processing this data efficiently requires database developers to employ new methods of storing and processing data, says Steve Graves, chief executive of in-memory database provider McObject
Kaplan Swaps Telx for Equinix
Shawn Kaplan recently joined datacenter and hosting provider Equinix as sales director for the vendor's major accounts team covering financial services, a newly-created role leading a sales team focused on building strategic relationships with Equinix's…
Bloomberg Names Risk and Compliance Exec
Bloomberg is making good on its promise to beef up compliance and data security measures-following the revelation earlier this year that its journalists were able to access some client terminal usage data-by hiring Paul Wood as the vendor's first chief…
OPRA Seeks New SIP Operator, Enlists Jordan & Jordan to Run RFP
The Options Price Reporting Authority has begun a tender process for a technology supplier to manage the SIP (securities information processor) that collects data from US options exchanges, calculates a best bid and offer, and distributes OPRA's…
NYSE Delays Order Imbalance Data Fees─Again
NYSE Technologies has delayed the introduction of new fees for order imbalance data from parent NYSE Euronext's New York Stock Exchange and NYSE MKT marketplaces for a second time.
SFI Adds Killeen as FTE
Jocelyn Killeen has joined Simplified Financial Information-the startup usage monitoring and data capture and replay technology provider set up by industry veteran Emilio Mercado-full-time as lead business analyst, after working with the company on a…
Season's Greetings from Inside Market Data
I remember Christmas as a child, being overpowered by the sights, smells and sounds, from bright tinsel and baubles on the tree to the aroma of sizzling turkey, and carol singers─and of course, a pile of presents beneath the tree.
Edgar Online President: Industry Must Face Fear of Change to Exploit Apps, Mobile in 2014
David Frankel, president of Edgar Online, explains why he believes analytics─increasingly delivered through apps and mobile devices─will be the source of innovation for the financial technology and data industries next year.
Thomson Reuters' Brittan: Analytics Will Be Key to Unlocking Value in 2014
Philip Brittan, chief technology officer and global head of platform for Thomson Reuters' Financial & Risk division, discusses the importance of analytics in delivering competitive edge from commoditized content.
Rimes' Cheng: ‘Clear and Present Danger' of Regulation Will Cause ‘Tipping Point' for Managed Data Services
Steve Cheng, global head of data management solutions at economic and benchmark data and managed service provider Rimes Technologies, warns of the need for firms to investigate and leverage new technologies to address regulatory change.
EidoSearch Predicts Predictive Shift in 2014
With Big Data and predictive analysis becoming more widely adopted and better understood, David Allen, vice president of sales and marketing at predictive analytics provider EidoSearch, explains why 2014 will be the year that traders "figure out how to…
Empirasign: In 2014, Turn Data ‘Cost Centers' into ‘Opportunity Centers'
With budgets still under pressure, Empirasign Strategies founder and president Adam Murphy explains how innovation in 2014 will require the data industry to apply the same changes in attitude that brought about the BYOD movement to "bring your own market…
NFEA Taps Moscow Exchange FX Fixing for Swap Rates
Russia's National Foreign Exchange Association has announced that from Jan. 9, it will begin using the Moscow Exchange's US dollar-ruble price fixing to calculate the NFEA FX swap rate instead of the current Central Bank of Russia rate.
IDC's Doe: Internalization, Collaboration, Electronification to Drive Innovation in 2014
With new regulations and more liquidity pools requiring increased data processing and storage, Emmanuel Doe, president of Interactive Data's Trading Solutions group, outlines how the industry can turn challenges into opportunities to leverage new…
Nasdaq Delays New Feeds Test
Nasdaq OMX has delayed the start of testing for enhanced versions of its US equity datafeeds covering its Nasdaq Stock Market, BX and PSX marketplaces until the end of January.
Borsa Istanbul Takes Nasdaq Data, Trading Platforms
Nasdaq OMX will supply Turkish exchange Borsa Istanbul with technology and advisory services─including the provision of a new market data distribution system─under the terms of a deal that will also see Nasdaq take a five percent stake in the exchange,…
1010 Says 10-4 to Fannie Loan Data
Big Data analytics and database provider 1010Data has aggregated Fannie Mae loan-level credit performance data for fixed-rate single family mortgages purchased by Fannie Mae over the past 13 years into two tables as an ongoing time-series dataset that…
Interactive Data Bows Web Data Usage Analytics Toolkit
Interactive Data is launching a new suite of web analytics tools designed to help financial and media organizations roll out tailor-made investment products and tools by tracking and analyzing how users navigate their websites, and leverage "crowd data"…
OptionsCity CTO: Harnessing Big Data for Value-Add Analytics is Key in 2014
Victor Glava, chief technology officer of options trading platform provider OptionsCity, discusses the commoditization of traditional datasets and delivery mechanisms, and describes where firms will need to add value in 2014.
Markit's McPherson Returns to NewOak
Neil McPherson, former managing director and global head of structured finance at Markit, has rejoined New York-based risk advisory and asset management firm NewOak--where he previously served as a managing director between October 2008 and April 2009-…
YCharts Revamps Screener, Charting; Preps New Content, Research
Fundamental data analysis provider YCharts has enhanced its stock screener tool to allow users of its YCharts Pro Platinum professional-grade analysis platform to create custom combinations of screening criteria based on the 4,000 financial factors…
TMX Atrium Connects to IXcellerate Moscow Datacenter
TMX Atrium, the network provider subsidiary of Canadian exchange group TMX, has expanded its connectivity network to Moscow with a new low-latency access to Russian datacenter provider IXcellerate's Moscow One datacenter.
Rutschmann Named Infront COO
Norwegian data vendor Infront has appointed Urs Rutschmann as chief operating officer, responsible for managing all the vendor's operational activities, including strategy, sales, marketing, product development and client services.
S&P Cap IQ Expands Asia Connectivity via HKEx Orion
S&P Capital IQ is making its QuantFeed and QuantLink low-latency datafeed and network available via Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing's Orion technology platform, in a move to meet increasing demand for connectivity and high-speed data in Asia.
Post-Merger, Inet BFA Lays Out Integration, Execs
Inet BFA, the South African data provider formed by last year's acquisition of I-Net Bridge by McGregor BFA from Times Media Group, has finalized its combined management team and is laying out plans to integrate the two vendors' datasets and delivery…
Spread Connects NYSE Mahwah Datacenter to Chicago
Ridgeland, MS-based low-latency fiber network operator Spread Networks has set up a point of presence for its wavelength data network between New York and Chicago at NYSE Euronext's datacenter at Mahwah, NJ, creating roundtrip latency of around 14…
Exegy Readies Software-Based Trading Application Platform
St. Louis, Mo.-based hardware ticker plant vendor Exegy is preparing to launch a lightweight version of its ticker plant, dubbed Trading Application Platform (TAP), that will enable users to quickly deploy data and trading applications in globally…
IDC Adds BCG FX, IRS Rates to OTC Data
Interactive Data will this week make pricing data for foreign exchange and interest rate contracts from interdealer broker BGC Partners available via its Consolidated Feed of data from more than 450 exchanges and over-the-counter sources worldwide, as…
IPC: Firms Eye Managed Data Services in ’14
Firms will continue to increase investment in new managed services offerings for market data in 2014 to increase competitive advantage, trading efficiency and productivity, according to a survey from network and trading turret provider IPC.
ORATS Adds Quarterly Analysis to TOES, Readies Enhanced Dividend Forecasts
Chicago-based options analytics provider Option Research and Technology Services has rolled out new quarterly analysis as part of its TOES (Tested Option Environment Strategies) service, to enable users to back-test US equity option strategies over…
WSE Bows Short, Leveraged Index Data
The Warsaw Stock Exchange has begun distributing data on two new indexes based on the exchange’s WIG30 blue-chip benchmark.
Industry Optimistic for Innovation in 2014
At the start of the New Year, it’s customary to say goodbye to the past year and look ahead to the opportunities and challenges of the next. In keeping with this theme, Inside Market Data asks vendors what they expect to drive or hinder innovation in the…