News
ICE Positions as Valuations Vendor with Interactive Data Buy; Data Consumers Concerned by Potential Impact on Competition
User firms remain wary of potential price increases for IDC data under ICE ownership.
Colt PrizmNet Launches in US, Partners with Distributor Exchanges
IEX, Moscow Exchange and Nasdaq have all announced partnerships with the financial extranet.
Silverfinch Adds Fitch Ratings to Solvency II Service
The alliance gives Silverfinch clients access to Fitch ratings for no extra cost.
ESMA Gives Ratings Nod to Poland's INC Ratings
INC's registration brings the total number of ESMA-approved rating agencies to 25.
Colt Pulls Trigger on PrizmNet US Entry
The US expansion positions PrizmNet as a global financial extranet.
Bank Loans Get New Front-End as Markit WSO Releases Credit Manager
Designed in partnership with CVC Credit Partners, the new tool provides investment data and workflow monitoring in a centralized blotter.
Confluence Releases Unity Performance and Analytics Solution Globally, Looks to Expand Market Reach
With the launch, the data-driven solutions provider looks to broaden its range of geographies and investment classes within the institutional portfolio business.
Deutsche Börse Rolls out New Data Fees, Policy Changes
German exchange group Deutsche Börse's Market Data + Services arm has made a number of changes to its Market Data Dissemination Agreement, including clarifying definitions used in the policy, the introduction of new licenses, and sweeping price rise…
Nissan Century Securities Opts for Orc Execution Bricks for Derivatives Trading
Japanese broker implements Execution Bricks for high performance connectivity to JPX.
Thomson Reuters Injects Drug Data into Eikon
The app allows researchers to identify drug pipelines and companies' exposure to particular areas.
UPDATE: Intercontinental Exchange Buys Interactive Data for $5.2 Billion
IDC is ICE's second data vendor acquisition, following last year's purchase of SuperDerivatives.
3di Upgrades Mapping Tool
Service now supports full enterprise data model
Bloomberg TOMS First Solution Certified by IIROC for Reporting Under Rule 2800c
Latest Canadian post-trade regulation is similar to that of Finra’s Trace.
Velocimetrics Debuts FX Price Quality Tool
The new service will monitor the quality of prices flowing over FX dealers' FIX engines.
3Di Bows Upgraded Data Compliance Tool
UK-based market data software vendor and consultancy 3D Innovations (3Di) has unveiled version 3.0 of its Data Compliance and Dependency Manager (DCDM) data compliance tool, featuring improved app integration and reporting capabilities to help buy-side…
Alacra Enhances Compliance Service
Updated suite of web services launched
Fitch Rating Fee Increases Anger Users
Some firms face fee increases of 100 percent as a result of the vendor's new license plans.
Platts Creates Commodities Analytics Arm
The new division will combine tools created in-house with others resulting from acquisitions.
Judge May Force Exchanges to Refund ‘Non-Core’ Data Fees to Subscribers
SIFMA is awaiting a final ruling on whether its eight-year campaign over exchange fees has been successful.
SunGard Dials MarketMap App, Preps ‘Componentized’ Datasets
The app and component-based data model reflect the vendor's vision of a more mobile future for data consumption.
BCCG Readies Solace-Powered Data Platform
The platform will provide data distribution and entitlements functions.
How Does a CISO Sleep at Night?
As one of the major US exchanges, Nasdaq is vulnerable to cyber attacks.
Eze Software Acquires TKS Solutions
TKS Solutions' Penny It Works offers partnership and shareholder reporting capabilities to Eze Software Investment Suite.
West Highland Tool Makes Latency Consistency Info Come ‘ALIVE'
The ALIVE appliance monitors latency consistency to help firms maintain the levels required by trading strategies.