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Pentagon Snaps Up Vincent Silk
Clare Vincent Silk, an ex-senior member of Investit in London, has joined Pentagon Consulting as head of its advisory business.
Cheyne Capital, Novus Partner to Develop Fixed-Income Analytics Platform
Collaboration driven by demand for greater insight into fixed-income portfolio analytics from both allocators and fund managers.
Finwire Hires Ex-SIX News, Sales Staff
The newswire spotted an opportunity to hire experienced staff from SIX Financial Information after SIX decided to wind down its Nordic-focused offerings.
Former Hyperfeed, ITG IT Exec Straight Joins Rosenthal Collins
Straight has spent 26 years in IT and data roles.
EDI, Investment Tools Launch Dividend Forecast Service
EDI officials say the company had been looking at creating a dividend forecasting service for some time before partnering with Investment Tools.
BCCG, Xinfinit Seek Partner for Wider Distribution of Joint Data Platform
The companies believe an investor would help their combined data platform and front-end product gain traction.
Intercontinental Exchange's Trayport Sale Order Upheld by UK Competition Appeal Tribunal
ICE appeal against CMA order to divest Trayport platform over reduction of market competitiveness rejected by UK court.
Opus Hires D&B, Kroll Vet Kirschbaum to Drive Innovation from Acquisitions
Like new CEO Emanuele Conti, Kirschbaum is also a former executive at Kroll and Dun & Bradstreet.
FactSet Adds Markit Bond, CDS Data
The bond and CDS data is part of an ongoing expansion of the Markit content that FactSet carries on its platform.
Data Quality, Automation Still Lacking, Research Says
Most firms experience significant levels of “broken” data, with this running as high as 20 percent of inbound front-office data, according to research from Adox Research and buy-side technology vendor SimCorp.
Bloomberg Tradebook Changes Best Ex Approach with OPTX
OPTX uses Bloomberg’s data and analytics and partnerships with algo providers to offer optimized execution.
Exegy Adds IEX Level 1 Data
Exegy advances its data vendor aspirations by adding an "essential" component to the creation of a consolidated US National Best Bid and Offer.
Horizon Software Expands Presence in Southeast Asia
Edelweiss Singapore will be using the latest version of Horizon’s high-frequency trading solution.
Euronext Takes $10 Million Stake in Fixed-Income Tech Provider Algomi
Latest investment in London-based vendor follows $2.3 million licensing agreement in November last year to create joint venture to launch new pan-European bond multilateral trading facility.
Ballintrae Hires Mattingley as CEO, Refocuses on Data
Ballintrae has appointed John Mattingley CEO as the consultancy refocuses to concentrate “100 percent” on market data.
Ex-UBS CIO Oliver Bussmann to Head New Blockchain Venture
Bussmann will serve as president of Switzerland-based Crypto Valley Association.
State Street Expands MediaStats Sentiment Platform to Europe, Asia
After launching the MediaStats platform last year, State Street is looking to expand its coverage beyond US equities, to measure the impact of media activity on stock prices of companies listed on European and Asian markets. Joanne Faulkner reports on…
Metamako Ups MetaConnect Switch to 96 Ports to Meet ‘Creative’ Client Connectivity Demands
Metamako doubles MetaConnect capacity to 96 ports while keeping deterministic latency at 6 nanoseconds.
Markit Debuts Wall Street Horizon-Powered Event Data Service
The Hub Horizon event data service is available via the Markit Hub content portal.
S&P, Kensho Ink Development Collaboration Deal
S&P data will underpin Kensho's existing analytics products, as well as future developments.
RSRCHXchange Adds Research Exec, Board Members
The research platform has bolstered its advisory expertise with the appointment of several industry veterans to management and board roles.
GreenKey Appoints Shwayhat as New CEO
Shwayhat has more than 15 years of experience in the industry.
Tradition, Lmrkts Extend Trade Compression into Non-Deliverable Forwards
Inter-dealer broker works with fintech to complete Simm optimization for NDFs with clients.
QuantHouse to Extend Turquoise European Midpoint Matching Services
Market data and services provider to extend Turquoise Plato platform for midpoint matching services throughout Europe.