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Bloomberg PolarLake CEO: Markit Deal Proves Our Independence
John Randles, chief executive officer of Bloomberg PolarLake, says a deal to distribute data from Markit proves his company is an independent entity that is open to working with third-party data vendors
Bloomberg, Markit Agree Distribution Deal For EDM Businesses
An agreement between data vendors Bloomberg and Markit will see them distribute one another's reference and pricing data via their respective enterprise data management (EDM) businesses, Bloomberg PolarLake and Markit EDM
Investment Book of Record special report
November 2013 - sponsored by: Bloomberg, DST, Eagle Investment Systems, SimCorp, SunGard
Industry Welcomes Markit Chat, Says More Participants Needed
Markit Collaboration Services, the new open messaging network initiative that allows financial professionals to communicate and share information across any communication platform, garnered a positive response from attendees at FISD's World Financial…
The Business of Upsetting Apple Carts
What's the first thing that springs to mind when you think of Bloomberg? For New Yorkers, it'll probably be the outgoing mayor, Michael Bloomberg. Ask Joe Public, and it'll be the news channel. Ask someone involved with IT budget control? Expensive, most…
Bloomberg and BGC Launch SEFs
Bloomberg and BGC Partners have officially launched their swap execution facilities (SEFs).
Bloomberg Bows ‘First Word FX' News
Bloomberg has rolled out a new dedicated foreign exchange news service, dubbed First Word Foreign Exchange, that provides concise 24-hour economic, geopolitical and currency-specific news, including daily event previews and exclusive market summaries,…
Tradition Taps Bloomberg Price Fixings for Volatis Trading Platform
Interdealer broker Tradition is to use daily price fixing observations from Bloomberg's independent valuation services for derivatives and structured notes, to provide prices that more accurately reflect realized volatility to Volatis, the broker's newly…
Bloomberg Supplies Fixings Valuation for Tradition's Volatis
Volatis, the interdealer broker's newly-launched hybrid platform for negotiation and trading of realized volatility futures, will use daily fixing observations from Bloomberg.
Burton-Taylor: Mixed EMEA Data Spend Growth as Bloomberg Closes Gap on Thomson Reuters
Total spend on market data in EMEA reached $9.84 billion (€7.48 billion) in 2012, approximately 38.6 percent of global spend, with the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Scandinavia accounting for two-thirds of demand, according to a new report on EMEA…
Bloomberg Integrates LCH.Clearnet's Swaps Margin Calculator
Bloomberg's Professional Service can now directly access LCH's SwapClear Margin Approximation Risk Tool (SMART) to determine capital funding requirements for swaps.
Burning Issues: Could an Instant Message Be Worth a Thousand Bloomberg Terminals?
Max Bowie takes a well earned vacation this week, leaving Faye Kilburn to discuss Markit's Open Federated Chat, a potential alternative to Bloomberg's Instant messenger
Bloomberg Wins CFTC Green Light for SEF Operation
Bloomberg has announced that the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has given it temporary registration approval for the operation of a swap execution facility (SEF).
Waters Rankings 2013: Best Sell-Side OMS Provider — Bloomberg
The extent to which a company dominates the market in which it operates can be seen in the way its name becomes a proxy for all offerings in that particular segment. Hoover, Coke, Tannoy, and iPod are all examples of this phenomenon. So too is Bloomberg,…
Waters Rankings 2013: Best Portfolio Management System Provider — Bloomberg
If buy-side firms had to select two applications that were critical to managing their day-to-day trading operations, their order management system would be one, and their portfolio management system would be the other. It is hardly surprising, therefore,…
Mixed Start for SEF Registrations
Although the US Commodity Trading Futures Commission (CFTC) has finalized its rules regarding the operation of swap execution facilities (SEFs) and registration has been open for weeks, not all institutions have filed applications with the regulator as…
Bloomberg Bows Range of OTC Indexes
The data giant unveils a play for OTC index business, leveraging its existing index and analytics tools, and market penetration.
Broadridge Backs Bloomberg Tradebook
The investor communications provider is now helping Bloomberg's agency brokerage begin self-clearing U.S. equities with its hosted business process outsourcing (BPO) solutions.