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Bowles Joins LSEG Board
Sharon Bowles has been appointed as a non-executive director at the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG). With the new appointment, the LSEG hopes to further its understanding and experience of UK and European politics, economics, and regulations affecting…
SimCorp Adds Data Capabilities in Dimension 5.6
Copenhagen-headquartered vendor SimCorp has announced the latest release of its flagship Dimension platform, which includes data capabilities specifically geared toward asset managers and owners.
Pricing Vet Blance Unveils Voltaire Advisors Valuation Risk Consultancy
Market data and evaluated pricing industry veteran Ian Blance has set up a new London-based company, Voltaire Advisors, to provide consulting services around valuation risk to buy-side clients and the hedge fund administrators, asset servicing firms and…
Thomson Reuters/Aite Survey: Big Data Usage Remains Limited in Capital Markets
Almost 95 percent of financial firms claim to have no experience or knowledge of Big Data, according to a survey of buy-side and sell-side firms by Aite Group on behalf of Thomson Reuters, reflecting relatively slow adoption of Big Data strategies…
JSE Reports Data Revenue Rise
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange has reported first-half data revenues of 95.4 million South African rand, a 16 percent increase over the same period last year, on overall group operating revenue of R869 million, itself a 9 percent increase over the…
Platts Expands Chinese Coal Data Deal
Energy and commodities data provider Platts has added two new price assessments for thermal coal in China as a result of expanding an existing agreement with Chinese commodities data provider Shanxi Fenwei Energy Consulting Company.
Consultancy Quanticks Repositions as Order Book Feed Processor
US-based market data consultancy Quanticks Capital Solutions has suspended its existing market data consulting and custom development business and repositioned itself as a provider of a technology platform for consolidating order book data from US…
Options Turns to Morrow for Account Management
Managed data and trading infrastructure provider Options has appointed Stephen Morrow senior vice president and global head of account management, based in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Aegon AM Unifies Global Data Procurement
Aegon Asset Management, the investment management arm of Netherlands-based multinational life insurance, pensions and asset management company Aegon, is embarking on a project to centralize vendor management, market data and IT procurement across its…
South Korea to Raise Stock Price Movement Limit
With an eye on reviving its economy, South Korea will move the daily price movement limit on stocks from 15 to 30 percent, according to a report from Reuters.
IPC Appoints Barua as Chief Executive Officer
On Tuesday IPC, the network and trading turret provider, appointed Neil Barua as its chief executive officer with immediate effect.
TMX Preps US-Canada Microwave Network with Strike Acquisition
TMX Atrium, the network subsidiary of Canadian exchange operator TMX Group, has bought the StrikeNet low-latency microwave network business of Strike Technologies from parent group, New York-based market maker and trading technology provider Global…
CQG Unveils ‘Stripped' Data, Charting Terminal
Denver, Colo.-based data, trading and analytics software vendor CQG has released a new, low-cost market data workstation, dubbed CQG Select, to provide an alternative to more expensive terminal displays for proprietary trading firms facing cost pressures.
HKEx Bows ASP Partner Program
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing has set up a program to allow application service providers to establish direct links to HKEx's trading and data systems to provide managed connectivity services to clients, which exchange officials say can lower…
Fidessa Signs Five for China Connect
Five brokers have enlisted Fidessa to assist with connectivity for the upcoming Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect program, ahead of its go-live in mid-October.
Buy-Side Technology Awards 2014: Entries Now Open
The 2014 Buy-Side Technology Awards are now open for entries, with a closing date of Friday September 12, 2014.
Traiana Upgrades Matching Engine
Traiana has announced the launch of its new cross-asset matching, allocation and confirmation engine, Harmony Securities.
Options Integrates Markit’s Collaboration Services Network
Cloud provider Options has integrated Markit’s Collaboration Services network, its message-interoperability technology, into its core platform to allow clients to communicate and share information seamlessly with industry peers, regardless of their…
BMO Selects Charles River IMS
BMO Global Asset Management (GAM) has selected Charles River's Investment Management Solution (IMS) for use in its London and Hong Kong operations, the vendor has announced.
Thomson Reuters Launches Buy-Side App on Eikon
In an effort to enable the buy-side community to quickly monitor and review significant activities impacting companies in their portfolios and coverage lists, Thomson Reuters has announced the launch of Watchlist Pulse, an application for its Eikon data…
Markit Signs Options to Collaboration Services
Infrastructure-as-a-service provider Options has integrated federation and directory elements of Markit's Collaboration Services──including the Markit Directory "phone book" of validated identity and contact data, and the Federated Chat platform──into…
Rimes Adds Dow Jones Commodity Index
Benchmark index and economic data provider Rimes Technologies has added Dow Jones' Commodity Index series to its Benchmark Data Service, providing buy-side clients with processed and validated access to the data.
ITG Appoints Millet to Board of Directors
ITG has appointed Kelley Millet to its board of Directors as the firm builds upon its success in equities and expands into fixed income and other asset classes.
One Financial Markets Deploys Tradable Platform
Online broker One Financial Markets has partnered with Tradable and launched a new trading platform to attract new clients.