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Ruvo Quits Muni Data Vendor DPC
Roseland, NJ-based municipal bond data and disclosures provider DPC Data announced Wednesday, Nov 13 that Michael Ruvo has resigned his position as president, to take on an undisclosed "leadership opportunity with another company."
SuperDerivatives Taps JP Morgan Oil Exec
Derivatives pricing, data and risk management software vendor SuperDerivatives has hired David Taban to head the firm's commodities and energy division.
Algomi Names Murray Head of European Sales
London-based fixed income technology provider Algomi has appointed Neil Murray head of European sales tasked with helping the vendor extend its client base.
Fixnetix Begins Asia-Pac Push with Equinix Global Partnership Deal
UK-based low-latency data and trading infrastructure provider Fixnetix and datacenter provider Equinix have signed a global partnership agreement to "promote and extend" the availability of Fixnetix's datafeeds within Equinix's global financial services…
ETRE Taps SunGard to Power REIT Data-Trading Platform
Startup real estate investment trust trading platform provider ETRE Financial is using a suite of data and tools from financial IT giant SunGard to power its data and trading services, including SunGard's MarketMap datafeed, the SunGard Global Network…
Kheradpir Bolts Barclays for Juniper; Barclays CCO Sants Steps Down
Shaygan Kheradpir is leaving Barclays, where he served as the bank's chief operations officer and chief technology officer, to take over as the CEO of Juniper Networks.
NorthPoint’s Upgraded Portfolio Management System Targets Price Master, Reporting
Software and services provider NorthPoint Financial has released version 2.0 of its NorthPoint Enhanced Portfolio Management (EPM) System.
New Kurdistan Exchange Gets Help from Nasdaq
The Erbil Stock Exchange (ESX), located in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region of Iraq, will be powered by Nasdaq OMX’s X-stream trading technology. X-stream will provide ESX with a solution to trade equities and debt instruments, and position ESX to…
Edgar Online Eyes ‘Rebirth' of Data Biz with Mashery APIs
Filings and company data provider Edgar Online is seeking to open up its content to a new audience of end-users and application developers, by enlisting integration software vendor Mashery to build custom APIs (application program interfaces) around its…
Apcon Releases TS-Associates Compatible Time-Stamping Blade
Portland, Oregon-based network monitoring switch technology provider Apcon's Intellaflex 36-port, 1/10-gigabit time stamping aggregator blade is now compatible with UK-based latency monitoring technology provider TS-Associates' Precision Instrumentation…
Nittan Capital Opts for GFI's Fenics Pro
Tokyo-headquartered interdealer broker Nittan Capital has deployed London-based interdealer broker GFI's Fenics Professional pricing and risk management system for foreign exchange options in its Singapore and Hong Kong operations to improve workflow…
RavenPack Crows About Expanded Coverage
Spanish news sentiment analysis provider RavenPack has added more than 22,000 new sources of news and opinion from the online editions of newspapers, journals and trade magazines, as well as specialist financial news sites and blogs to its RavenPack News…
Obama Chooses Massad for CFTC Chairmanship
The president today will nominate assistant treasury secretary Timothy Massad for the role soon to be vacated by incumbent Gary Gensler.
Nittan Capital Chooses Fenics for FX Options Risk and Pricing
Nittan Capital, an Asia-Pac interdealer broker specializing in derivatives, has deployed Fenics Professional, a pricing and risk management system for FX options, in its Singapore and Hong Kong offices.
American Financial Technology Awards 2013: All the Finalists
The following firms, projects, teams and individuals have made the shortlists of the 16 categories that make up this year's American Financial Technology Awards (AFTAs) 2013. The awards are scheduled to take place on the evening of December 9 in New York…
New Equities ATS to use Verdande for Surveillance
IEX, a US equities alternative trading system (ATS) launched on Oct. 25, is using the VTEdge case-based reasoning (CBR) platform from Norway-based Verdande Technology for operational surveillance of trading activity.
Interactive Data Dials PrimeTerminal Mobile App for Apple, Android
Interactive Data’s Managed Solutions division has developed a mobile application to accompany its PrimeTerminal data workstation, to enable customers to access the platform via Apple or Android smartphones and tablet devices while away from their desks.
Nasdaq Goes to SPA for MFQS Makeover
Nasdaq OMX's Mutual Fund Quotation Service (MFQS), a pricing system that collects and disseminates daily price, dividends and capital distributions data for mutual funds, money market funds, unit investment trusts and annuities, is now pricing structured…
OneChicago Names Barazi to Parse CFTC, SEC Rules
Last week, all-electronic security futures exchange OneChicago introduced Waseem Barazi as its chief regulatory officer. Barazi spoke with Sell-Side Technology about the appointment.
Wolverine Introduces Hedge Agent Applet for Executed Options
The new tool, provided through its Wolverine Execution Services (WEX) arm will allow clients on the firm's trading platform to save resources by automatically calculating hedge quantities based on current delta, and immediately sending out a…
AlgoSpan Lands in Lunda Datacenter
Ultra-low-latency trading infrastructure and market data connectivity provider AlgoSpan has set up a point of presence in Nasdaq OMX's datacenter in Lunda, just outside Stockholm.
SuperDerivatives Bolsters SDX, DGX Data Coverage with Credit Options
Derivatives pricing, data and risk management software vendor SuperDerivatives has added volatility surfaces for a range of credit indexes to its SDX multi-asset pricing platform for pricing structured products and its DGX market data terminal.
APFIC Panelists: Big Data Presents Big Challenges in Asia
Big Data remains a big challenge for financial firms to derive value from around the world, but may prove an even bigger challenge in Asia-Pacific as a result of local idiosyncrasies that could make it harder to take advantage of Big Data analysis,…
APFIC Keynote: Regulations Require Standards Collaboration
The financial industry must collaborate on standards and standardized processes if it is to successfully manage the challenges and costs of compliance with the data aspects of the current flood of new regulations─and get ahead of future rules─said Nick…