Inside Market Data - Vol 29 No 14
Articles in this issue
Numerix Pricing, Risk Tools Now Available in Matlab
Derivatives pricing and risk analysis software vendor Numerix has integrated its CrossAsset Integration Layer with MathWorks' Matlab technical modeling and calculation platform, enabling Matlab clients to price any derivative within the platform, using…
SMA Launches Social Media Analytics for Active Traders
Social Market Analytics, a Naperville, Illinois-based provider of trading signals based on social media sentiment, has released three new products aimed at active traders, in addition to its existing SmartStation workstation product for institutional…
CEO Fenwick Departs Dow Jones
News Corporation yesterday announced the departure of Dow Jones chief executive Lex Fenwick after less than two years in the role, saying that the vendor would review the institutional strategy that Fenwick implemented, including the DJX news and data…
Kensho Unveils Warren, a Natural-Language Query ‘Virtual Research Assistant'
Cloud-based analytics provider Kensho has enlisted asset managers and research teams to test Warren, a "virtual market research assistant" developed for the financial markets that understands and responds to queries asked using natural language.
xCelor Debuts Single-Digit Nanosecond Data Switches
Chicago-based low-latency switching and data technology vendor xCelor has begun rolling out its family of xPort Layer 1 network switches, which replicate data from feeds without performing other processing tasks, to minimize port-to-port latency to…
Poseidon Aims to Make Waves with China/Japan Reports, Mulls Quant Research
Hong Kong-based research provider Poseidon Research plans to release two off-the-shelf reports covering political risk in China and Japan in the coming weeks, and is also considering adding quantitative analysis to its existing qualitative content set to…
Savvis to Maintain Financial Focus, Post-Name Change
Officials at network and hosting provider Savvis say the vendor remains committed to its capital markets cloud and co-location customers, after retiring the Savvis brand and changing its name to CenturyLink Technology Solutions (CTS) in a bid to…
Morningstar Puts CMBS Ratings on Bloomberg Terminals
Chicago-based data and investment research provider Morningstar's credit ratings arm has begun providing commercial mortgage-backed securities ratings via Bloomberg's Professional terminal, to meet growing investor demand for broader distribution of its…
Equinix Readies Sixth London Datacenter
Datacenter provider Equinix plans to build a new datacenter, dubbed LD6, at its Slough datacenter campus outside central London, to meet demand for rackspace from financial services customers.
Fannie Mae Catches Khatri
Market data industry veteran Arun Khatri has joined mortgage underwriter Fannie Mae in Herndon, VA as technology sourcing specialist, managing data services required by the agency's trading floor and to support its mortgage origination activities.
SuperDerivatives Lays out DGX 2014 Roadmap
Over-the-counter pricing and risk management software vendor SuperDerivatives is building out content and functionality on its DGX market data terminal, following the completion of the first-phase rollout of "must-have" data and functionality components…
S&P CapIQ Expands Asia Market Connectivity
S&P Capital IQ plans to extend its low-latency network to new liquidity centers in the Asia-Pacific region over the coming months, including Korea, India and Thailand, in an effort to meet growing customer demand for real-time exchange data.
Eley Pivots to GoldenSource
John Eley, former chief executive of energy and commodities instant messaging, trading and liquidity aggregation software Pivot Inc., which was acquired by CME Group in July 2012 (IMD, July 31, 2012; Aug. 5, 2012), has joined enterprise data management…
Startup Fund Linkul Value Taps YCharts
Startup asset manager Linkul Value Management has signed up to use Chicago-based YCharts’ online fundamental data analysis platform for historical analysis and running reports to create pitch books to attract investors.
CBOE Eyes 12-Month Latency Cuts
The Chicago Board Options Exchange is in the middle of an ongoing project to reduce data and transaction latency across its trading systems to less than 100 microseconds, building on existing latency reductions achieved as a result of moving its primary…
Infinancials Develops Broker Tool to ID Stocks with Similar Fundamentals
French fundamental data and analytics provider Infinancials has developed a new web application, called Equity Trade Advisor, that online brokers can integrate with their online trading platforms to provide active traders with investment ideas based on…
TMX Atrium Mulls Asia FX Expansion, Eyes Canada, SEFs
TMX Atrium, the network provider subsidiary of Canadian exchange group TMX, is considering expanding its current foreign exchange market coverage beyond Europe and the US to Asia, to meet growing demand from customers for FX market data and connectivity…
