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CME Hires Ex-Analyst, Strategist Honoré to Lead Data Product Management
Honoré's hire is part of a broader initiative by the exchange to leverage derived data as a revenue stream.

Wind of Change Disperses Cloud Data Doubts
Banks are warming to the benefits of cloud computing for market and enterprise data storage and resource-intensive calculation and testing requirements. But, as Joanne Faulkner discovers, there are still challenges that must be overcome before cloud can move from being a disruptor to a displacer of traditional data distribution mechanisms.

Bracing for a RegTech Boom
With an unenviable raft of new regulation imminently coming into force, market participants anticipate a flurry of adoption of compliance-related technology, which is expected to prove lucrative for RegTech providers. Joanna Wright and Max Bowie talk to some of the key players about the drivers behind this trend, and RegTech’s potential over the long term.

Counting the Cost of Consolidation Claims
Joanne Faulkner investigates whether the synergy claims associated with M&A activity translate into better deals for data consumers.
Not-So-Secret Agents, Part Two: The Pros and Cons of Using—and Being—External Sales Agents
As data and related technologies become more sophisticated, so too does the process of identifying the correct audience and selling them. And while suppliers across the industry have tightened their belts in recent years as the slow recovery prompted…
Max Bowie: Perfect Pitch: The Rise of Fintech’s Not-So-Secret Agents
Increasingly sophisticated data products need sales experts with a wide range of experience, which sometimes means going "out of house."
Opening Cross: Will 2015 Be a Happy New Year?
As predictable as the inevitable wave of unwanted Christmas gift returns, the New Year has brought a wave of new fees and policies from marketplaces, including a new minimum fee from Nasdaq for exchanges, ATS and broker-run trading platforms that use non…
Not-So-Secret Agents: The Rise of the Third-Party Sales Expert
It’s not uncommon for experienced industry executives to quit their day job and start their own company. However, whereas most startups begin with a product idea that its inventors then have to sell to potential clients, a growing trend among data execs…
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2013 Review: Herd in Review: Necessity Is the Mother of Invention
As we take today to celebrate and surround ourselves with friends and family, it's worth remembering the difference that the actions of other people make--in the data industry as well as in our everyday lives. So in IMD's final 2013 Year in Review…
Opening Cross: The Power of Predictive Analytics to Simplify Content Complexity
Prediction need no longer be viewed as a dark art, as the ability to more accurately predict price activity becomes a reality.
Honoré Founds MarketsTech ‘Disruptive' Advisory Firm
Adam Honoré, former research director at Aite Group and managing director at Nasdaq OMX, has set up MarketsTech LLC, a consultancy that will advise emerging companies on strategies for bringing disruptive products to the capital markets.