Inside Market Data - IMD 18 April 2016
Vol 31, No. 21
Articles in this issue
NAFIS 2016 Update: The Countdown Begins!
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IPC Relaunches, Focuses on Data Services
IPC's new focus reflects that data services account for 25 percent of the vendor's revenues.
OneMarketData Bows Strategy Back-Testing Platform
The new service combines OneMarketData's OneTick analytics platform with its cloud-based tick history.
Smartkarma Launches Investment Research ‘Collaboration Marketplace'
The startup believes its volumes of contributors and consumers are now sufficient to move from beta to live production.
NovaSparks Adds CBOE As First FPGA Direct Options Feed
NovaSparks has designed its own FPGAs to cope with the high-volume, bursty nature of equity options feeds.
Platts Pitches NGL Curves for Risk, Procurement Management
When paired with Platts Bentek's forecasts, the new forward curves will give a complete short- and long-term view of NGL price expectations.
BME, BSO Ally on Lower Latency
The agreement will reduce latency for BSO clients accessing BME's markets via the exchange's Visual Trader workstation.
Perseus Grows Asia Sales, Support
New hires Chan and Ng both have years of experience in the trading technology vendor and banking sectors, respectively.
Corvil Launches MiFID 2-Compliant Latency Monitoring Tool
The vendor has adapted its existing latency management tools to cover the time-synchronization requirements of Europe's MiFID 2 rules.
FXone Taps Beeks Cloud for NY-Tokyo Connectivity
The FX trading technology vendor is using Beeks' cloud capabilities to enter the Japanese market, where Beeks has had a presence since last year.
Icap Buys Out Hedge Fund Analytics Provider ENSO
The acquisition follows two prior investments in ENSO by Icap since 2013.
IPC Suffers eSpeed Connectivity Outage
Nasdaq says IPC's service at eSpeed's primary datacenter was impacted by a power issue.
Interactive Data Adds European, Asian Bonds to Liquidity Indicators
The indicators will help users estimate the volume of liquidity to support a trade, and to estimate how long they should hold a position.
SIX Nets Crabb to Claw in New P&RD Sales
A former associate publisher of Incisive Media's Credit magazine, Crabb has spent a decade in sales of fixed income pricing, ratings and analysis solutions.
ValuEngine Bows Chinese-Language Reports
The analysis provider has begun providing its stock reports and newsletters in Chinese, in part via an agreement with online broker SogoTrade.
Perseus Pushes Global ‘Spend Mobility’ Program
The program allows firms to reassign connectivity spend without penalty as they switch strategies between geographical markets.
Symphony Preps Apps, Life Beyond Chat
The messaging startup has laid out its roadmap for forays into the mobile and content-sharing spaces.
Opening Cross: Don’t Forget the Fundamentals
As we chase outright speed, we mustn't lose sight of the underlying data about a company that makes that speed so important.