Alliances, Mergers & Acquisitions
Pricing Partners and Reuters pricing alliance
Pricing Partners, the Paris-based independent valuation specialist in OTC derivatives and structured product industries, has announced that its Price-it Excel '09 version can be connected to Reuters 3000 Xtra market data by virtue of a set of Excel…
DTCC, Markit agree further integration
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) and Markit are collaborating to automate syndicated loan reconciliation for institutional investors and other buy-side firms by creating a link between DTCC's Loan/SERV Reconciliation Service and Markit…
Credit Suisse and Paladyne enter prime alliance
Credit Suisse and San Francisco-based Paladyne Systems, have launched an enhanced suite of Paladyne products available as part of Credit Suisse's Advanced Prime solution launched in 2006. Paladyne's multi-prime, front-to-back-office technology platform…
Advent expands Geneva hosting partnership with Paladyne
Advent Software and Paladyne systems have expanded their partnership under which Paladyne hosts Advent's Geneva investment accounting platform.
Kx and First Derivatives sign OEM agreement
Kx Systems, a provider of database and time-series analysis technology, has signed an OEM (original equipment manufacturer) agreement with First Derivatives (FDP), a provider of products and services to the capital market technology sector.
MarketAxess integrates Markit's CDS quotes to e-trading platform
MarketAxess and Markit have agreed an alliance to integrate Markit Quotes into the MarketAxess client-to-multi-dealer trading platform. Markit Quotes is a real-time quote parsing service that extracts indicative over-the-counter prices from electronic…
Merged Thomson Reuters Breaks Cover
One of last year's big talking points-the takeover of Reuters by Thomson Corp.-came to fruition this year, creating a combined data vendor larger than rival Bloomberg and with a diverse set of products and services beyond just financial markets, such as…