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LSE Hits Users with Fee Double-Whammy
The London Stock Exchange has notified customers of a planned 2.5 percent increase in fees for a broad range of its market data services, covering the majority of its redistribution licenses, professional user fees, and non-display and application usage…
The American Financial Technology Awards Nominations Deadline Approaches
The American Financial Technology Awards (AFTAs) submissions deadline is Oct. 25, and that date won't be extended.
The American Financial Technology Awards Nominations Deadline Approaches
The American Financial Technology Awards (AFTAs) submissions deadline is Oct. 25, and that date won't be extended.
SIX Financial Information ‘Sharpens' US Sales with Brinker, Brodhead
SIX Financial Information, the data vendor business of Swiss exchange and clearing parent organization SIX Group, has reorganized its US sales function with the appointments of a new senior sales manager and a new head of solutions sales to replace…
SIX Welcomes New Senior US Sales Execs
Warren Brinker joins as senior sales manager and Keith Brodhead joins as head of solutions sales at SIX Financial Information
IDC's Sargeant Reflects on WFIC Future Industry Trends Panel
Roger Sargeant, managing director for Europe at Interactive Data discusses the future of technology and market data, following a panel discussion at the World Financial Information Conference in Lisbon.
ITG Inks TwoFour Deal
Agency broker ITG has licensed TwoFour FX to help manage its foreign exchange (FX) operations.
Ex-UBS CTO Founds Cloud Startup
Andy Brown, former group chief technology officer at UBS, has left the Swiss bank to set up Street Scale IT Group, a company that will focus on bringing IT economies of scale around datacenters and cloud hosting to regulated industries, starting with…
Rimes Launches Index Data Management Tool
Benchmark and economic data provider Rimes Technologies has begun a soft launch of its Data Governance Service, a new add-on layer to its Benchmark Data Service managed service of cleansed index and economic datasets, which will help clients monitor and…
Buy Side-Backed ATS IEX Taps IPC for Data Distribution, Connectivity
New York-based alternative trading system IEX Group, a buy side-owned dark pool targeting broker-dealers, has selected network and trading turret provider IPC's Connexus financial extranet and Direct Connect Ethernet data network services to support…
Kemp Little Launches Sourcing, Data Consultancy
London-based law firm Kemp Little, whose practice areas include market data contract structuring and negotiation, has launched a consultancy arm headed by two consulting veterans, to expand the firm's range of services beyond legal advice.
BME Expands Online ETF Data
Spanish exchange group Bolsas y Mercados Espanoles has expanded the exchange-traded fund market data on its website, in response to increased demand for ETF data following a 12 percent year-on-year increase in ETF trading volume.
Axioma Launches Multi-Asset Risk Management Platform
Software vendor Axioma has announced the introduction of Axioma Risk, its multi-asset class risk management platform.
Swift VAN Passes ENAT
Swift has announced that its value-added network (VAN) for the Target2-Securities (T2S) project has passed the final milestone in a major test cycle.
SpryWare, Embium Ally for Auto Trading
Chicago-based low-latency ticker plant and feed handler technology vendor SpryWare has partnered with Embium, a provider of automated trading platforms, enabling SpryWare clients to easily connect to platforms that allow them to develop automated trading…
Tom Jordan Discusses WFIC and Lifetime Achievement Award
Tom Jordan, recipient of the 2013 FISD Lifetime Achievement Award discusses his accolade as well as other trends at this year's World Financial Information Conference
Bats Chi-X Europe Rolls Out Trade Reporting Services
European multilateral trading facility (MTF) Bats Chi-X Europe has announced the introduction of BXTR, a suite of trade reporting services for the pan-European trading community.
Instinet Launches ‘Indigo' Trade Analytics Platform
Instinet has added a new web-based trade analytics platform ─ dubbed Indigo ─ to its analytics suite.
GlobalRisk Releases Interest Rate Swap Valuation Module
Chicago-based risk analysis technology provider GlobalRisk has launched a new interest rate swap (IRS) valuation component of its FirmRisk risk management platform, dubbed the GRC SwapEngine, to provide traders, hedge funds, brokerages, futures…
BBH Introduces New Corporate Actions Tool
Part of Brown Brothers Harriman's Infomediary platform, InfoAction will help institutional asset managers streamline their corporate actions workflow applications.
Squawker Signs 70 Firms, Eyes 100 by Year-End
London-based interdealer block trade negotiation platform Squawker has completed its initial rollout across Europe, having signed up 70 investment banks, regional banks, agency brokers, private banks and other sell-side firms in 13 European countries…
Eka Software Gets Boost with Silver Lake Kraftwerk Investment
The Bangalore-based platform provider for commodities trading has received a strategic investment from $20 billion private equity firm Silver Lake Partners, as part of the technology investor's growth capital Kraftwerk fund.
DTCC's Bodson Appointed Omgeo Board Chairman
The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation's president and chief executive officer will align the business strategies of DTCC and Omgeo, following DTCC's 100% acquisition of Omgeo
Evanston Capital Management Jumps Into Gravitas Cloud
Evanston Capital Management (ECM), an Illinois-based fund of funds, has migrated its core servers and applications to the Gravitas Private Cloud, a project completed in less than six months.