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From Opening Weekend to Market Open: Turning Movies into Market Data
A movie’s opening weekend is a reliable indicator of how it will perform over the length of its release. But what date a studio picks for the opening weekend—and whether that date changes before release—can also impact its revenues, and its parent studio…
Trax Gets FCA ARM Nod, Awaits Test Details
MarketAxess’ Trax unit has received FCA approval to test transaction reporting capabilities under MiFID II, but is waiting for details of what the tests will involve.
Broadridge, Banco Santander, and Partners Complete Proxy Voting Blockchain Pilot
The pilot aims to increase transparency in the proxy voting process by tracking vote progress.
West Highland Bows V2 of Monitoring Dashboard
The new version of West Highland's Dashboard features an improved design and tools for monitoring exchange outages and for identifying the impact of price changes.
ICE Adds Reference Data on ICE Contracts to Apex Platform
The new reference data encompasses all ICE's listed financial, index, single-stock, oil and power, agricultural, currency and metals contracts, among others.
SIX Launches Tax Compliance Data Service for CRS/AEoI
Officials say SIX's solution will ease firms' compliance burden and provide a single source of audit-ready tax data.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia Deploys QxBranch's Quantum Computing Simulator
CBA's CIO: "By developing a simulated quantum computing environment this allows us to assess the feasibility and performance of applications well before the first silicon-based quantum computer is finished.”
Dow Jones’ ‘DNA’ Test
The platform will provide analysts and developers with more flexible access to Dow Jones content, officials say.
Axioma Taps Woida for Indexing Initiative
Former BlackRock investment strategist Christopher Woida will be managing director of Axioma's indexing group.
Neptune Integrates into FlexTrade’s EMS
The integration is expected to assist investors with liquidity, price discovery and execution strategies, within existing workflows.
IEX Doubles Predictive Power of IEX Signal
Latest enhancement increases tool’s ability to predict price changes in market to approximately 26 percent.
iMeta Taps JWG for Regulation Rule Sets
By integrating JWG's RegDelta platform, iMeta will be able to offer more details and interpretations of regulations to support client compliance and risk functions.
SGX Debuts Smart Beta Index
The new index will appeal to investors seeking alternative index strategies, SGX officials say.
TRG Nabs Former State Street, Fidelity Exec Wadleigh
Wadleigh brings almost two decades of experience withing consumer firms to TRG.
CJC Hires Industry Vets Clark, Cartledge, Humby
The trio will lead a new division at CJC focusing on regulation relating to banks' contributed price data.
State Street: Industry More Open to ESG Factors, But Challenges Remain
State Street research indicates that lack of transparent, standardized and quality data is the biggest obstacle to broad integration of ESG factors. Joanne Faulkner analyses the results.
BMLL Preps New Model for Exchange Data Analytics
A majority of fund managers believe artificial intelligence and machine learning will impact the way funds are managed in the future. Joanne Faulkner reports on one startup looking to capitalize on this shift.
VidaCaixa Taps SimCorp for Data Management, Compliance, Risk Management
The Spanish firm is rolling out SimCorp Dimension to cover a range of functions, after signing up to use the platform in December.
Xceptor Hires Former AIM, Interactive Data Sales Exec Sablone
The data management sales veteran's hire follows Xceptor's establishment of a New York office in March.
T. Rowe Price Expands Technology Development with New York Hub
Asset manager opens Technology Development Center in New York that will focus on machine learning and analytics.
Jupiter AM Goes Live on Milestone pControl Oversight for Fund Data Automation
Jupiter Asset Management implements oversight solution to automate collection of fund valuation data, daily NAV prices verification.
Quoniam Asset Management Taps Axioma Risk to Replace Barclays Point
German investment manager to use Axioma Risk across quantitative investment strategies in place of incumbent solution.
CME’s Menacho Joins ChartIQ Advisory Board
Officials say Menacho's experience will be "invaluable" as the vendor seeks to broaden its client base.
DTCC Taps OCC’s McClain to Run Equity Clearing Business
Former COO at Options Clearing Corp. joins DTCC to head up equity clearing business.