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AxiomSL Taps Data, Tech Vet Tierney in Asia
Tierney brings 25 years of experience in the financial technology and data industries to AxiomSL, including senior roles at DTCC, NYSE Technologies, BT Radianz and Omgeo.
Rimes Hires LGIM’s O’Donovan as COO
O'Donovan joins Rimes after a career in data management at the asset management arms of Legal & General, UBS and JP Morgan.
Orbital Insight Raises $50M for Image Analysis Space Race
Orbital Insight will use the new funding to expand its products, partnerships, and sales presence worldwide.
Bats Bows US ETF Feed
Bats has launched a dedicated feed for US-listed ETFs which provides data on individual funds as the exchange looks to strengthen its ETF offerings.
German Data Vendor VWD Promotes Ramabadran to CEO
Before joining VWD as in 2015, Ramabadran held various positions at BlackRock, Prudential and Tudor Investment Corp
Tradeweb’s Bruner Discusses New All-to-All Corporate Bond Trading Platform
Tradeweb enters the all-to-all space, joining companies like MarketAxess, Liquidnet and Trumid.
SIX Merges its Structured Products and Swiss Exchanges
SIX has confirmed that as of May 2, 2017, its Structured Products Exchange will operate as part of the Swiss Exchange.
Options Clearing Corp. Appoints Morrison as Chief Security Officer
Morrison comes from State Street where he served as chief information security officer.
Ex-Reuters Vet Powell Joins Ballintrae Board as Strategic Advisor
Powell will support the Ballintrae board as it prepares to launch a new shared service utility offering in the coming months.
Redline Adds Handler for Quincy QED Feed
The feed handler will allow Redline clients to ingest and normalize data from Quincy's microwave-based feed alongside other data sources.
Visible Alpha Hires Research, Data Vets McNerney, Stemberger
In addition to McNerney and Stemberger, Visible Alpha hired 51 new staff in teh first quarter of 2017 -- a headcount increase of almost 30 percent.
JPMorgan Follows Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley in R3 Consortium Exit
JPMorgan becomes the latest bank to withdraw from the R3 blockchain consortium as the industry body seeks to raise $150 million.
Delta Capita Acquires Technology Provider Appendium
The acquisition is expected to enhance Delta Capita’s Securities Finance Managed Services (SFMS).
Fenics Adds Execs from Rival Brokers
Between them, Fitzpatrick adn Machado have more than 35 years' experience in data, financial technology and trading.
Trading Technologies Goes Big with TT Desktop
TT CEO Rick Lane talks with Waters about the vendor’s new desktop offering, which can accommodate 18 monitors, if not more.
Colt, NovaSparks Ally for FPGA-Normalized Tokyo Feed
NovaSparks has deployed its FPGA technology in the Tokyo Stock Exchange's co-lo facility, "wrapped in" Colt's MarketPrizm API for ease of access.
OCC Sued Over Fintech Firm Bank Charter Plan
The Conference of State Bank Supervisors claim the OCC has gone beyond its legal authority to determine what defines a bank.
MarketAxess Taps MDX Tech for Data Distribution, Axes
MDX's platform will enable MarketAxess clients to access data and submit axes to its Open Trading marketplace via Excel spreadsheets.
OpenMAMA Preps Enhancements to Expand Data Platform ‘Choice’
The recent and future enhancements will make it easier for applications to switch between current middleware solutions and OpenMAMA, as well as between data sources.
ABGSC Deploys Fidessa’s Trading Platform
The broker has implemented Fidessa’s workflow platform to support its services in equities and derivatives.
OneMarketData Launches New Platform for Scalable Analytics
The data vendor will offer the cloud service along with its OneTick solution for event stream processing and tick data management.
OpenDoor Securities Launches All-to-All Platform for US Treasury Market
The new platform will focus on improving liquidity in specific segments of the US Treasury bond market.
YCharts Integrates Morningstar Custodian Data for ‘Portfolio Sync’
Portfoilio Sync allows wealth manager clients to automate the uploading of client portfolio holdings data, enabling them to analyze specific client account information within YCharts' platform.
Plato Aims to Standardize Block Trading Performance with New Utility
The not-for-profit company has collaborated with LiquidMetrix for research on setting the standards to block trading execution performance.