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ICE Buys S&P Evaluations Biz, CMA to Boost OTC Evaluations
S&P is pulling out of the evaluated pricing business after failing to attract critical mass, officials say.
Numerix Unveils Enterprise Risk Platform Geared Toward XVA Pricing, FRTB Requirements
The New York-based vendor first tackled counterparty credit risk with its Numerix XVA platform, before rolling out Numerix Oneview for enterprise risk management.
Possible Counter-Bid May Put LSE-Deutsche Börse Merger ‘on ICE'
An ICE takeover would end plans to create the world's largest index provider.
Pico Quantitative Trading Buys AlgoSpan to Boost Europe Infrastructure Play
The acquisition will accelerate Pico's expansion plans in Europe, officials say.
TIM Group, OTAS Technologies Create Partnership
TIM Group integrates its broker analytics into OTAS Apps.
Simcorp Taps into Bloomberg's EMSxNET
Buy-side clients will now have access to over 5,000 brokers.
Intercontinental Exchange Mulls Counterbid for London Stock Exchange
NYSE owner confirms possibility of bid to hijack LSE-Deutsche Börse merger, yet to make formal contact with LSE.
ASX Selects Nasdaq to Replace Post-Trade Platforms for Equities, Equity Options
Nasdaq implements Genium Inet to replace ASX equities and equity options clearing platforms.
Eagle Alpha Swoops on Housing, Auto Data as First Proprietary Datasets
Officials say the auto dataset could help identify reliability issues and spot potential impacts on manufacturers' stock prices.
Blockchain, Cybersecurity Top ISITC Member Concerns
Annual survey finds more firms investing or planning to upgrade blockchain and security efforts
Axioma Grows APAC Coverage with Trio of Appointments
Axioma specializes in risk solutions for the buy side.
BME Focuses on Post-Trade Value Chain
Spanish market reform spells change for exchange group
Update: OPRA Message Change Prompts Bandwidth Increases
The expanded header message increases OPRA message sizes by 30 percent overall, participants say.
BISAM Acquires FinAnalytica, Bringing Together Performance, Risk Analytics
FinAnalytica's Cognity risk analytics platform will remain as a standalone offering for the near future.
EBS Brokertec Preps ‘Live Ultra' Streaming FX Feed
EBS hopes the streaming data will reinforce its position as a venue for reference prices in currency markets.
ITG Unveils Pre-Trade TCA App
ITG's new Smart Cost Estimator for Pre-Trade Analysis is one of a number of apps available via the ITG Analytics Incubator.
Japan Exchange Taps Cinnober for Derivatives Clearing
Cinnober to deliver real-time listed derivatives clearing through TRADExpress RealTime Clearing solution to Japan Exchange.
Activ Adds MT Newswires Content as Affordable Alternative News Source
The addition of MT Newswires' news will appeal to Activ clients seeking an alternative news source to accompany Activ's data.
Colt Offers JPX Co-Lo Migration Service
The vendor is one of several providers assisting JPX trading members to migrate to the exchange's new co-location site.
Velocimetrics Taps Machine Learning for Automated Data Quality Analytics
The platform will undertake calculations to define what constitutes "normal" activity, and when abnormal activity impacts market quality.
JPX Readies New Co-Lo, Derivatives Platform
The move to a single co-location site is part of the exchange group's ongoing integration of Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Securities Exchange assets.
Exegy Bows Data Tone-Edge Cache Combo for Mid-Tier Buy-Side Firms
Combining two of its existing solutions will allow the vendor to serve the needs of enterprise applications in remote locations.
Exchanges Continue Data Revenue Rises
Market data revenues at exchanges continue to increase, even when other exchange businesses fare less well.
LSE–Deutsche Börse Merger Deal Would Create ‘World’s Largest Index Provider’
The merged entity would include a combined index business bigger than S&P-DJI or MSCI, analysts say.