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LSE Looks to Improve Liquidity in SETSqx
The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has announced changes to SETSqx, a trading service for securities outside the FTSE 350 Index, in order to improve customer experience and boost liquidity.
SmartStream Hires Nicholas as APAC Director of Professional Services
Transaction lifecycle management provider SmartStream Technologies has appointed Richard Nicholas as its new director of professional services for the Asia Pacific region.
DataArt Updates Front-End App for Automated AIFMD Filing
Software vendor DataArt has updated its front-end applications for global fund managers for compliance with the latest requirements introduced by Europe's Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD).
GFI Board Acknowledges BGC Proposal
The board of interdealer broker GFI Group has voted to open its books to suitor BGC Partners, after the brokerage firm made an unsolicited offer to acquire it last week.
Calpers Moves to Axe Hedge Funds
The California Public Employees Retirement Scheme (Calpers) has announced that it is eliminating its involvement with hedge funds, a move it says it designed to reduce complexity in its financial operations.
NBAD Hires Yuen as Asia Chief
The National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) has selected Susan Yuen to be its Asia CEO.
ITRS Opens Singapore Office
ITRS Group, a London-based provider of real-time systems monitoring and management technology, announced it has opened an office in Singapore in response to increased customer demand in the region.
Infront Expands Credit Content to Boost Cross-Asset Ambitions
Norwegian data vendor Infront has added corporate bond data and analytics to its Infront Plus market data terminal, in response to increased demand for these instruments following the 2008 financial crisis.
Celoxica Gets £1.5M Funding to Grow Global Presence, Segments
Celoxica, a London-based provider of FPGA-accelerated low-latency data, trading and risk technologies, has raised £1.5 million in funding from Beringea Growth Finance, a private equity firm specializing in asset-based and working capital finance.
FT Taps Morningstar for Print Price Data
The Financial Times has enlisted the UK arm of Chicago-based data and investment research provider Morningstar to supply the price data in the back pages of its daily Companies & Markets section, as part of a new look for the newspaper, starting today,…
European Solvency II Data Template Proposed
UK, Germany and France asset management industry groups collaborate on tripartite data exchange template
Markit, Pirum Pair on Securities Finance Data
The financial information provider and securities finance post-trade processing vendor are partnering to provider mutual customers more timely and transparent data sets.
Activ Adds Victor Volatilities for Real-Time Risk Analytics
Market data and ticker plant vendor Activ Financial is planning to distribute real-time volatilities on US options from Englewood, New Jersey-based analytics provider Victor Technologies over its market data aggregation and distribution platform, as an…
Markit, Pirum Ink Securities Finance Data Delivery Partnership
Market data provider Markit has expanded the breadth of its securities finance data via a partnership with Pirum, a provider of post-trade securities finance automation tools, which enables mutual clients to access Pirum's end-of-day and intraday trade…
TMX Bows Short Sale Data Report
TMX Datalinx, the market data division of Canadian exchange group TMX, has begun publishing a daily Short Sale Summary that provides a consolidated summary of short selling activity for each security in the S&P/TSX Composite Index trading on the Toronto…
Asic Grants First Depository License to DTCC
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (Asic) has granted an Australian derivative trade repository license to the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation's (DTCC) Singaporean facility.
EGX Extends Nasdaq Tech Contract
The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) has prolonged its technology partnership with Nasdaq OMX, with the US exchange operator supporting the Cairo-based bourse's trading platform through to 2020.
BATS Chi-X Europe Inks Partnership with BX Swiss
BATS Chi-X Europe and BX Swiss have announced a partnership, which will see the two exchange operators cross-list exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and cooperate on reporting.
Victory Networks Bows US Feed Handlers
Chicago-based low-latency data and trading infrastructure provider Victory Networks is taking the wraps off a set of low-latency feed handlers for the US equities, futures and equity options markets, dubbed SpeedEdge, which the vendor says will offer an…
Opening Cross: Data Is as Much About Getting Together as Getting It Together!
This week, all eyes will be on London and Inside Market Data’s European Financial Information Summit, which promises its usual array of lively panel discussions and roundtable debates. These events—which IMD holds in key market centers worldwide…
Euronext Ups ’15 Data, Non-Display Fees
European exchange group Euronext has notified customers of changes to its market data licensing agreement, dubbed the Euronext Market Data Dissemination Agreement, including new fees for use and redistribution of real-time and delayed data from its…
TeraExchange Launches USD-Bitcoin Price Index
Registered swap execution facility TeraExchange has created a new spot bitcoin price index, dubbed the Tera Bitcoin Price Index, as part of the launch of a new regulated platform for bitcoin derivatives trading to meet demand from global merchants,…
Canadian LOU Chooses GMEI Utility
CDS Clearing and Depository Services will use DTCC and Swift's Global Markets Entity Identifier utility for legal entity identifier registration
SEC Continues Data Focus with Risk Analytics Office
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced the formation of a new office within the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (Dera), which will develop data-driven tools to support regulatory activities.