Research and commentary
YouDevise Hires for Asia Growth
Trade ideas distribution utility YouDevise has added another staff member to its recently opened Hong Kong office, in response to rising volumes of trade ideas over its Trade Idea Monitor system from broker-dealers in Asia Pacific as global investors…
YouDevise Speeds Up Trade Ideas
Trade ideas distribution utility YouDevise has rolled out changes to its technology in response to demand from sell-side and buy-side firms to be able to speed up distribution and capture of trade ideas, which is being driven by current market volatility…
Proquote Adds Martin Data for Treasury App
The London Stock Exchange's data terminal vendor Proquote has launched a new product targeted at the UK treasury market, dubbed Proquote Treasury, which incorporates specialist content sourced via a recently formed relationship with UK-based Martin…
TheMarkets Expands Direct Broker Feeds
Investment bank consortium-owned research portal TheMarkets.com has begun an initiative to expand the number of independent research providers and brokers providing direct feeds of research data to its portal, as an alternative to third-party research…
TheMarkets.com Steps Up FactSet CallStreet Integration
Investment bank consortium-owned research portal TheMarkets.com last month augmented the corporate events data available on its research platform with the addition of new data from FactSet CallStreet, which provides calendars, audio links and transcripts…
Wachovia Rolls Out TheMarkets' MeritMark Platform
Wachovia Securities recently rolled out TheMarkets.com's MeritMark Web-based broker vote platform to its clients, to automate the collection and distribution of buy-side feedback on sell-side research personnel and services to the broker-dealer, vendor…
Code Red Gives Red Alerts a Facelift
Boston-based software vendor Code Red is beta testing a "soft release" of version 3.3 of its Red Alerts research management software with a group of hedge fund clients, which officials say represents a "significant upgrade" to the system's user interface.
Thomson One Adds IE Telecom Reports
Thomson Financial has added telecom company and industry research reports from Vancouver, BC-based IE Market Research to its Thomson One Investment Banker product, on a pay-per-view basis via its Thomson Research Select platform.
Fitch Revamps Search Engine
Fitch Ratings has rolled out a revamped search engine for accessing the rating agency's archive of research reports online, officials tell Inside Market Data .
Integrity's Investment Research Forecasts
Changes in the way that investors use, receive and pay for research are prompting growing numbers of commentators to express concerns about the outlook for the investment research industry, as buy-side firms focus on generating more research in-house. By…
Re-thinking Research
In a precarious investment environment, the hunt for alpha may force Wall Street to take a leaf out of other research areas. By Kevin E. O'Brien, president and chief executive, Revere Data
Mashing Up Wall Street
Financial firms are finding commercial uses for formerly "social" technologies as cost-effective and direct tools for collaboration and communication. By Penny Herscher, president and chief executive, FirstRain
Research's Technology Revolution
Just as technology improved the management of trade orders between the buy side and sell side, new research tools and protocols are starting to solve communication and management problems between buy-side research consumers and sell-side providers. By…
News Consumers in Search of Better Search
The way that traders obtain news and other information is changing as mainstream news becomes a commodity and end-users seek out niche sources and ways to customize content.
Code Red Preps Jan. Launches
Research management software vendor Code Red is targeting Jan. 1 to roll out both its IdeaNet online broker-client communication platform and version 3.2 of its Red Alerts research management system, which includes built-in integration between standalone…
TheMarkets Upgrades MeritMark
Research portal TheMarkets.com has enhanced its MeritMark research evaluation tool, to support more granular feedback from buy-side firms about the quality of sell-side research staff and services.
Thomson, BQuotes Partner for CDS Data
Thomson Financial’s analysis and commentary subsidiary Thomson IFR Markets has begun providing real-time credit default swap commentary, analysis and forecasts to BestQuotes and BestData—the real-time price discovery and intra-day price services from…
Ipreo Automates Meetings Data
Ipreo, the business created by the merger of Hemscott, i-Deal and MarketPipe, is preparing to launch a new service aimed at automating meeting communications as part of the investment research process between broker dealers and investment managers.
TheMarkets.com Scores a Bullseye
Investment bank consortium-owned research portal TheMarkets.com will this week unveil a new real-time query tool that melds broker research and information gathered from the Internet, dubbed Bullseye.
CSAs Enable Firms to Price Proprietary Research
US investment managers are taking steps toward placing firm values on proprietary research provided via soft-dollar arrangements-increasingly by the use of commission-sharing arrangements (CSAs)-though industry experts say some stumbling blocks to…
CAPIS Deploys Pivot for Trading, Research
Dallas-based agency broker and research provider Capital Institutional Services is deploying technology from trade messaging and collaboration infrastructure provider Pivot, to automate trade order messages and for distribution of investment research.
BlueMatrix Updates Research Tool
BlueMatrix, a New York-based software provider, last week unveiled a new version of its research report authoring application designed to improve speed and performance, which the vendor will roll out to customers in the fourth quarter of this year.
TheMarkets Bolsters Broker Evaluation Application
Investment bank consortium-owned research portal TheMarkets.com is augmenting its MeritMark broker research evaluation tool to give users more granular feedback options, officials tell Inside Market Data .
TheMarkets, InfoNgen Prep Search Tool
Bank consortium-owned research portal TheMarkets.com is incorporating Instant Information's InfoNgen filtering tool to allow clients to perform customized searches of broker research and Internet content, officials tell Inside Market Data .