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Exegy Sues Activ Financial: The Problem with Patents
Max Bowie recalls some hit-and-miss patent cases from the past two decades, and what this one might mean for the future.
Morningstar Moves Tick Data Platform to the Cloud
The vendor is partnering with Sydney-based RoZetta, which has extensive experience in handling tick data in the cloud.
ChartIQ Names Armstrong Chief Revenue Officer
Julie Armstrong takes her record in sales and business development to the Virginia-based vendor.
Northern Trust Promotes Burns to Head Funds Services
Industry veteran appointed to lead custody bank's US funds services business.
OPRA to Issue RFP for New SIP Providers
The authority is seeking proposals from new potential providers, but says the move is not necessarily designed to displace current SIP operator SIAC.
SEC Taps FIF Vet Kimmel to Oversee CAT Implementation
After a decade leading data industry association the Financial Information Forum, Kimmel is well-versed in directing industry-wide initiatives.
Northern Trust Enlists St George to Slay Data Compliance Dragon
Prior to joining Northern Trust, St George has held senior data roles at CME Group, HyperFeed, and FutureSource
Anova Preps Asia Wireless-Hybrid Data Network
Anova will provide circuits connecting financial centers, and will also sell and distribute market data from exchanges within the region.
JP Morgan Expanding Credit Tech Team
The bank is aiming to diversify and grow its credit trading technology team by 15 percent.
Cusip Options Adds North American Futures
Cusip Global Services brings North American exchanges' futures into numbering system.
YCharts Fashions ‘Model Portfolios’ Analysis Feature
The Model Portfolios feature will help buy-side firms dress up their portfolios individually with bespoke accessories that reflect what clients now expect portfolios to include.
Anova Taps Net Vet Hilt for Sales, Marketing
Hilt brings almost 25 years of financial networks industry experience to his role growing Anova's scope and geographical offering.
YCharts Adds TT President to Board to Drive Sales Strategies
Kraines will bring his more than 25 years of experience to help the vendor grow and leverage sales opportunities.
CME Group Adds Two Alt Data Providers to DataMine
Alternative datasets from Orbital Insight and TellusLabs are now accessible via CME's DataMine online platform.
TNS Realigns Product Management, Development Ops Under Telecoms Vet Versen
Versen has spent almost 30 years in product and digital marketing and management roles at network and technology providers, and marketing agencies.
Cboe Bolsters Market Data Sales Team with Two Hires
Cboe hires Richard Barden and Stephen Dorrian to shore up market data sales in London.
Metamako Buys xCelor’s Hardware Ops to Grow Switch Business
Officials say the deal will allow xCelor to focus on its network applications business, while Metamako will take over the provision of underlying switching technology, expanding its own FPGA switch business. Wei-Shen Wong reports.
Former Bats Data Boss to Co-Head New Cboe Markets Division
Harkins' new division unites the exchange group's equities and derivatives markets and supporting business functions.
Morningstar Chronicles AI Quest to Replicate Analyst Ratings
With the fund industry growing at exponential rates, Morningstar turned to disruptive technologies to keep pace and ensure it could deliver sufficient coverage without compromising the processes used by its human analysts. Max Bowie chronicles the five…
YCharts Adds Crypto Data to Analysis Platform
YCharts is the latest vendor to wade into provision of cryptocurrency data, noting the challenges of cryptocurrencies' lack of fundamental data.
Barchart Names former GlobalView, FutureSource Exec Harrison CTO
Harrison has 25 years of experience in technology leadership roles in the market data and startup industries.
RegTech Vendor Ascent Tech Gets $6M Funding, Adds CME Ventures Vet to Board
The vendor will use the funding to improve its RegTech automation engines and hire more staff.
Bitcoin Futures Face Turbulent Times in the Windy City
Bitcoin conquered the world in 2017, but the performance of the futures looks like it will have to wait longer for take-off.
Hard Labor: Dealing With Alternative Data
Everyone’s excited about the potential untapped alpha promised by “alternative data,” yet those who work with it are far from excited about the prospect of evaluating unwieldy and unstructured datasets. Max Bowie looks at the practical challenges of…