Research and commentary
Smartkarma Opens NY Office for US Push
The office and hire of industry veteran Warren Yeh will boost takeup of Smartkarma's Asia-focused research in North America.
Scout Finance Bows Fundamental Research App for Buy Side, Investors
The app will allow users to search, view, cache and share research and company documents.
UPDATE: Interactive Brokers Taps Airex to Grow Trader Data Portal
Interactive Brokers will link its own content portal to that of Airex, exponentially increasing the data it can offer to clients.
Max Bowie: A Facelift for Fundamentals?
Max says firms are seeking a new edge by turning to older and slower datasets, delivered in new ways.
Alacra Claims 50 Clients in Five Months for On-Demand Research
Users include a range of buy-side firms leveraging the service to supplement existing research operations.
Enso Launches ‘Color Portal' Tailored Broker Commentary Service
New York-based Enso Financial Management, a provider of data-driven investment and operational insights for hedge funds, has launched a new tool, dubbed Enso Color Portal, which allows hedge fund managers to receive rates and commentary from brokers,…
Agencia Estado Adds Content, Capabilities to Broadcast+ Terminal
Brazilian data vendor Agencia Estado has added new content and functionality to its Broadcast+ data and news terminal that the vendor soft launched last year, leveraging a completely redesigned underlying technology architecture.
InfoNgen Aims Tags at Broker Research
Web-based content aggregator InfoNgen is launching a campaign to encourage sell-side research providers to adopt its Intelligent Research Tags, developed for tagging news content with metadata about stories and the companies and subjects mentioned, to…
RMS Vendors Integrate FirstRain Content
Web research and search technology provider FirstRain is making its company research, competitor ecosystem analysis and management turnover reports available as an XML datafeed or embedded widgets within the platforms of research management platform…
Capital IQ Expands Key Developments Feed After SystematIQ Study
Standard & Poor's Capital IQ division has increased the number of categories in its Key Developments feed of news and corporate events, and will continue to refine the tagging process used by the feed, following a study conducted by recently launched…
AQ Launches Online Research Procurement Platform
London-based investment research analysis provider AQ Research has unveiled the soft launch of a new online broker research selection and procurement platform, dubbed AQrex (AQ Research Exchange), that will simplify the research procurement and payment…
PGR Preps 'Interactive' Commentary
Mountain View, Calif.-based research provider Primary Global Research is beta testing a new product, dubbed Primary Perspectives World View, that will be part of its Client Portal that provides analysis from the firm's expert network of commentators and…
Breakingviews to Widen Distribution
Financial commentary and news analysis provider Breakingviews.com plans to broaden the distribution of its content, including expanding its coverage and commercial relationships in Asia, in a bid to establish itself as a global content provider.
WSOD Upgrades, Integrates Broker Voting Module
Boulder, Colo.-based research platform provider Wall Street on Demand has upgraded the broker voting module of its research software suite to provide more granular reporting of broker performance and an integrated link between events being tracked and…
Code Red Unveils IdeaNet
Boston-based research management software vendor Code Red has signed up the first buy-side participants to its IdeaNet online platform for the distribution of research and trade ideas between sell-side broker-dealers and buy-side clients, which went live…
TraderPlanet to Track Sentiment
TraderPlanet.com, a social networking portal that provides commentary, price data and news for active traders, will this week unveil a new feature, dubbed TraderPlanet Index, that tracks market sentiment based on input from participating traders.
YouDevise Improves TIM Analysis
YouDevise, a provider of technology for distributing trade ideas between dealers and buy-side clients, has added new features to its Trade Idea Monitor platform to perform more detailed sentiment analysis and more flexible reporting, officials tell…
Integrity Preps New Client Portal
New York-based alternative research provider Integrity Research will later this month unveil a new client portal for accessing information on specialist research providers directly from its database.
ZepInvest Preps Commentary Portal
Online financial content aggregator ZepInvest will this week unveil a Web portal that provides access to premium, subscription-based financial news and commentary in one place for a fraction of the cost of subscribing to all the sources separately.
TheMarkets Rolls Out 'In Brief' Email Alerts
Bank consortium research platform TheMarkets.com will this week unveil a new service that distributes snapshots of research and analyst changes to its buy-side broker research clients via email.