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Morningstar Makes Indexes Free for Benchmarking
Members of the project's advisory council say indexes are a top-five data cost, yet factors such as switching costs and brand recognition deter them from changing suppliers.
FCA TechSprint Regulation Development Event to Use JWG's RegDelta Tool
The UK-based think-tank will supply its RegDelta solution to event participants to encourage regulatory technology development.
Fitch Nabs Thomson Reuters' Tinaikar as President, Info Services
Tinaikar has spent a 25-year career in information and technology services, most recently as a managing director at Thomson Reuters.
Nimbrix Launches Blockchain Consortium Aimed at the Buy Side
Consortium including Microsoft, Thomson Reuters and KPMG aims to launch buy-side blockchain platform.
eVestment Builds Private Fund Data Alliance
The alliance will establish standards for reporting private equity fund performance data.
SEC Delays Ruling on Chicago Stock Exchange's Speed Bump
The Commission extends its deadline for a decision to December 21.
SIX Swiss Exchange Details New Dark Pool
The platform runs on Nasdaq technology, as the two exchanges announced the renewal of their partnership.
Perseus Debuts Self-Service Performance, Procurement Portal
The portal will enable clients to do online anything they can do via a salesperson, and to obtain more detailed usage and performance metrics.
Jordan & Jordan Taps Moody's Vet Weinstein for Cost Management
Before joining J&J, Weinstein spent more than two decades at Moody's Investors Service.
Euroclear Names Lieve Mostrey as New CEO
Euroclear chief technology and services officer replaces outgoing Tim Howell on January 1, 2017.
Vela Adds to Global Feed Handler Tally, Ups Asia Markets Coverage
The new feed handlers bring the total number of venues supported by Vela to more than 250.
Nasdaq ‘Innovation Lab' Unveils Suite of Trading Performance Analytics
Nasdaq releases the first three products from its new Innovation Lab, designed to help traders refine their trading strategies by comparing them to the market and their peers.
Kx Sets New Performance Record for STAC-M3 Analytics Benchmarks
Kx's Kdb+ tick database outperformed previous versions, even against a larger dataset.
Morningstar Hires Chief Data Officer
Newly created CDO role expands Morningstar's senior data staff with former Rocaton, IBM exec Rhodes.
Morningstar Names Chief Data, Technology Officers
New appointees bring a wealth of experience in financial modeling and analytics.
UPDATE: Reference, Market Data Issues Delay Euronext Derivatives Trading
Euronext's derivatives markets spent more than two hours offline as a result of market data dissemination and reference data issues.
BCA Research Adds to Equity Trading Strategy Coverage
Equity analysis platform now covers all equity markets in MSCI World Index.
Data Issues Delay Euronext Trading
Euronext's derivatives spent more than two hours offline as a result of market data dissemination and reference data issues.
Industry Seeks Alternative Access to Brazil As CME, BM&F End Data, Order-Routing
Connectivity providers vie to capitalize on demand for access to the Brazilian market after exchanges end historic data-sharing and order-routing arrangement.
YCharts’ New CEO Shuffles Execs, Hones Strategy
New CEO Sean Brown outlines what makes him right to lead YCharts, and what he's done since joining the vendor.
Morningstar Preps Automated License Transparency
The vendor has made changes to its Morningstar Direct platform to help clients ensure they are compliant with data license policies.
Tullett Prebon Info to Distribute Digital Currency Data from Brave New Coin
The broker's data arm aims to become a hub for data on digital, as well as traditional, currencies.
LSE’s Shifting License Models Bear Fruit
Despite declining terminal counts, the LSE's move to enterprise license policies are paying dividends by protecting revenue increases.
Cobalt, SETL Partner for Distributed-Ledger Solution
Fifteen FX institutional participants have agreed to use the integrated service, set to launch in 2017.