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Thomson Reuters Bags Sproehnle for Benchmarks
Tobias Sproehnle has joined Thomson Reuters in London as global head of benchmark services to head the vendor's global fixings business, responsible for administering more than 70 global benchmark indexes, including the LBMA Silver Price and the Libor…
UK Announces Four Quantum-Tech Hubs
The UK government has announced that four universities will serve as hubs for research into quantum technology, the results of which could have broad applications for financial-market technology.
McCoubrey Trades TIM for Predictive Retail Analytics
Dianne McCoubrey has left trade ideas platform vendor TIM Group, where she was regional sales director for the Americas, to become executive director of sales at Retalon, a provider of predictive analytics for retail inventory management, merchandising…
Cleartrade Bows Settlement Price Feed for CCPs
Commodity and freight futures market Cleartrade Exchange has begun offering a feed of daily settlement prices to its partner clearinghouses.
SGX Signs TradingScreen to Launch Asian Bond-Trading Platform
To drive this initiative, SGX has formed a new subsidiary, SGX Bond Trading
Pershing Has Eye on Client Onboarding for 2015
Pershing's CIO talks about some of the trends he has his eyes on
Percentile, Torstone Integrate Platforms
Partnership aims to enhance risk management automation.
Tullett Prebon's PVM Buy Will Boost Oil Data
Interdealer broker Tullett Prebon has completed the acquired London-based oil broker PVM Oil Associates and its subsidiaries, in a deal that will allow its Tullett Prebon Information market data arm to expand its suite of energy products, and to extend…
Crowdnetic Launches Crowdfunding Data Service, Inks Digital Look Distribution Deal
Crowdnetic, a provider of data on the crowdfunded securities market has unveiled CWMarketdata, a data download service covering data from more than 4,000 active and closed 506(c) offerings, sourced from a range of crowdfunding platforms via the vendor's…
GFI Introduces MAC Rate Swaps
The IDB joins a growing list of execution venues offering standardized coupons.
Interactive Data 7Ticks Outlines BATS-Direct Edge Connectivity Migration Support
Interactive Data will provide connectivity to matching engines operated by BATS Global Markets and Direct Edge once the merged exchanges migrate their operations to Equinix's NY5 datacenter in Secaucus, NJ in January 2015.
OTAS Rolls Out Analytics Integration Tool
London-based analytics provider OTAS Technologies has rolled out an API and visualisation tool to allow developers to build applications that include OTAS’ intraday analytics and interface.
OTAS Launches Developer Toolkit for Visual Analytics
API and visualization toolkit assists developers in building applications that integrate OTAS analytics and visual elements
BGC Extends Tender Offer for GFI
Interdealer broker adds to deadline as it settles breach of rules with FCA.
Goldman Sachs Invests in Big Data Analytics Start-Up
Goldman becomes the largest strategic investor in Kensho
Data Vets Sigillo, Johnson Establish MDI ‘Data Management-as-a-Service’ Practice
New offering targets boutique firms.
Poland CSD Debuts Short Name Codes
KDPW Begins Issuing FISNs In Line WIth ISINs and CFIs
BSE to Implement Solarflare Technology
OpenOnload and Solarflare Precision Time to be used on BSE.
Wiener Börse to Distribute, License Zagreb Exchange Data
Agreement exposes Zagreb data to a wider international audience via Wiener Börse's "one-stop shop."
Corellasoft Bows Custom Visualization Tools
Corellasoft, a UK-based provider of visual analysis software, has developed a number of bespoke data analysis and visualization applications built on its Corellasoft Visual Edge Platform, including a platform for bond pricing analysis and a dashboard for…
FIX Unites Market Data, High-Performance Working Groups
Standards body FIX Trading Community has combined its Market Data Optimization Working Group (MDOWG)—the group responsible for developing recommendations for enhancing the FIX Protocol trade messaging format to support market data transmission—with its…
Data Vets Sigillo, Johnson Establish MDI ‘Data Management-as-a-Service’ Practice
Market data management veterans Rich Sigillo and Cindy Johnson have set up a new company focused on providing market data expense management and optimization as a managed service for firms that are not large enough to have a dedicated market data…
ETAS Panel: Future Analysis Needs Drive Clean, Fast Data
Panel weighs challenges of managing and analyzing anticipated future data volumes to gain insight.
Eris Puts Futures Trade Data Online
Futures marketplace Eris Exchange recently began making real-time trade data available via a "Trade Recap" page on its website.