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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.
Trotter Leaves MSCI for BI-SAM
Paris-headquartered vendor BI-SAM has announced that Jim Trotter will take up the post of managing director, performance and reporting services, at the firm.
Nice Actimize Partners Ullink for Trade Data
Nice Actimize has announced a partnership with Ullink, whereby data from the latter's global routing network will be used to inform market surveillance practices for the vendor's customers.
Squawker Completes European Launch
Pan-European venue Squawker has announced that its initial roll-out across Europe has been completed, with over 70 sell-side firms signed on to the service.
Thomson Reuters Adds TPI Indian Bond Data to Eikon
Thomson Reuters has added real-time data on over-the-counter bond markets in India from Tullett Prebon Information, the data arm of interdealer broker Tullett Prebon, to its Eikon desktop terminal and datafeeds, to provide clients with greater…
Asset Control Names Petti New CEO
Data management platform vendor Asset Control has appointed Richard Petti as London-based chief executive, replacing board member and executive chairman Dean Goodermote, who held the position on an interim basis since former CEO Phil Lynch moved to…
Dow Jones Taps Crowdnetic for Private Issues Data
Dow Jones' MarketWatch finance news portal is to begin carrying crowdfunding data provider Crowdnetic's information about companies publicly raising capital.
ANNA to Create Records with LEI-Instrument Links
The Association of National Numbering Agencies plans to develop new records that include links between legal entity identifiers (LEIs) and the relevant financial instruments and reflect the categories of financial instruments according to ISO…