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NY Fed: Capital Markets Must Be More Wary of Data Cyber Threats
Capital markets firms must take more steps to protect sensitive information and market data from cyber-terrorists intent on stealing and reselling valuable data, including carefully guarding their internal data architectures and external providers,…
Portware to Offer S3's Counterparty Intel Analytics Platform to Clients
S3 announced its Basel III analytics solution, Blacklight, will be available for all Portware clients.
CounterpartyLink Chooses Datactics For Data Matching
The data quality and matching software provider Datactics will supply its FlowDesigner matching and research product to the legal entity data source
Liquid Introduces Beta Mobile Application
OEMS provider Liquid Holdings has begun rolling out the beta version of LiquidMobile to select platform users.
Bitcoin Exchange Netagio Launches API
UK Bitcoin exchange Netagio has announced the launch of its own application programming interface (API) to give its users faster electronic market connectivity and allow them to fully automate their trading strategy on the exchange.
Neonet Connects to Turquoise Block Discovery
Agency broker Neonet will provide access to Turquoise’s dark block trading service, Turquoise Block Discovery, from its go-live date on October 20.
RepRisk Rolls Out Country-Sector Risk Matrix
Zurich-based environmental, social and governance (ESG) risk data provider RepRisk has rolled out a new matrix that tracks ESG risk by combining country- and sector-level analysis in response to increased customer demand for more granular data, officials…
Recognia Unveils Options Analytics
Ottawa-based technical analysis software vendor Recognia has unveiled a technical analysis tool for options trading, dubbed Options Ideas, to help brokers educate equities trading clients on options strategies.
ICE Completes SuperDerivatives Acquisition
The IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) Group has completed its acquisition of SuperDerivatives, in an all-cash deal worth $350 million.
Schroders Selects ClusterSeven for Spreadsheet Management
Schroders has chosen ClusterSeven's Enterprise Spreadsheet Management (ESM) platform, the vendor has announced.
Bloomberg to Carry U.Michigan Consumer Data from 2015
Bloomberg will begin distributing consumer sentiment index data created by the University of Michigan from January 2015, in a non-exclusive partnership that runs until 2019, with provisions to extend the deal longer.
Nice, Truphone Partner for Call Recording Solution
Tel Aviv-based Nice Systems and Truphone have announced a partnership to provide a solution that complies with mobile record-keeping regulations.
C-level Panel Talks Information Security at BST North American Summit
The evolution of information security was discussed at a C-level roundtable at this year's Buy-Side Technology North American Summit in New York.
NYSE Regulation Taps Cinnober for Market Surveillance
NYSE Group has selected Cinnober for the development and implementation of its surveillance system.
Neuberger Berman's Ganim: CISOs Have Their Work Cut Out
Bob Ganim, chief information security officer (CISO) at Neuberger Berman, a $250 billion New York-based asset manager, delivered the keynote address at this year's Buy-Side Technology North American Summit, held today at the Marriott Marquis in Times…
Société Générale Names Jacquemin CEO of German Unit
Pascal Jacquemin, an executive at Société Générale Securities Services who has worked at the firm since 1998, takes over as chief executive of SGSS Deutschland
IHS Adds SIX FI Equities Pricing
Market and economic information provider IHS has added global daily and historical equities pricing data from SIX Financial Information to its market intelligence, economic forecasting and research services.
Kx Debuts Newer, Faster Kdb+ Tick Database
Tick database provider Kx Systems has released version 3.2 of its Kdb+ database application that leverages improvements in commodity hardware processing to deliver greater speed and processing power, shortening the time taken to run queries on data,…
Pictet Extends Wolters Kluwer Usage
Swiss wealth management firm Pictet has selected Wolters Kluwer's Financial Risk Management product for use at its head offices in Geneva, allowing the organization to perform complex calculations at top level as well as local.
Software AG Upgrades Apama Streaming Analytics
Software AG has announced a significant upgrade to its Apama Streaming Analytics platform, including new high-bandwidth channels, universal messaging integration and horizontal development compatibility with other Software products.
S&P Capital IQ and Kuberre Partner for Real-Time News Aggregation Tool
S&P Capital IQ and Kuberre Systems, a US-based data management and analytics vendor, have launched a new trading tool, Event Fusion, that alerts traders, market-makers and portfolio managers about relevant investment news in real time.
BGC Partners Taps Hirschhorn as CIO
Brokerage BGC Partners announced Eric Hirschhorn will take over as the firm's chief information officer immediately.
StatPro Updates Revolution
Data and portfolio analytics provider StatPro has rolled out the October release of its Revolution platform with a range of improved features, including more accurate and flexible securities classification and grouping capabilities that allow users to…
Hillier-Brook Launches MCO Europe as McObject Tech Distributor
Data industry veteran Ian Hillier-Brook has established a new company, MCO Europe, to act as the exclusive European distributor for Issaquah, Wash.-based in-memory database provider McObject's eXtremeDB Financial Edition data management technology for…