Market Data & Data Analytics
Pendo Hires Former Bloomberg Sales Exec Schulze for BizDev
Schulze has a decade of sales experience, including stints at Bloomberg and Institutional Investor
CNNMoney Switzerland Taps SIX for Financial Data
Financial TV channel CNNMoney Switzerland will carry financial content supplied by SIX Financial Information when it launches next year.
Thomson Reuters Adds ESG Features to Eikon
ESG Peer View allows users to conduct industry and regional peer group analysis across ESG data metrics.
FTSE Russell Bows Taps Climate, ESG Data Models for New Indexes
The FTSE Global Climate Index Series and FTSE ESG Index Series will support investors who want to incorporate ESG factors into passive investment strategies.
AxiomSL Teams Up with GridCon for German Regulatory Reporting
AxiomSL aims to expand reach in the region via GridCon partnership.
NEX Data Bows US Treasury Benchmarks
New benchmarks provide price information for US government bonds.
APFIC 2017: Cloud’s Data Potential Increases as Industry Evolves
Cloud offers benefits for data suppliers seeking more distribution channels, as well as advantages around usage monitoring and control, panelists said.
State Street Adds Colt's Achkar to Digital Transformation Team
State Street has hired former Colt executive Ralph Achkar as managing director, digital solutions business partner.
APFIC 2017: Testing, Testing… Firms Employ Trial and Error, AI to Identify Data Value for Analytics
Refining and cleaning data may be time-consuming, but is essential to helping financial institutions perform better analysis on data, panelists in Hong Kong said. Wei-Shen Wong reports.
Stoxx Hires Former MSCI, FTSE Exec Chau for Asia Pacific
Chau brings more than 15 years' experience of indexes, exchange-traded funds and structured products to his new role, including stints at two major rival index providers.
Intrinio Taps Quodd for Nasdaq Data
The combination of Quodd's APIs and datafeed technology with Intrinio's interface and SDKs make it easier for individual and enterprise users to access Nasdaq Basic data.
Visible Alpha Bolsters Research Platform with Alpha Exchange Buy
Startup research aggregation platform Visible Alpha adds deep forecast data via Alpha Exchange acquisition.
Barchart Enhances Free API Offering
The vendor is looking to take advantage of the gap left by Yahoo Finance, which has discontinued its API service.
Industry Tight-Lipped on CAT Status as Deadline Hits
Participants refuse to say whether reporting will begin as scheduled after a last-ditch delay effort was rejected by the SEC.
Vela Introduces SI Data Hub
Technology provider expands Mifid II offering with launch of systematic internalizer data hub.
State Street Takes Aim at ESG Analytics with New Platform
The platform builds on its partnership with TruValue and Arabesque to provide access to ESG data and analytics.
House Approves Market Data Protection Act
Market Data Protection Act will increase security requirements for market data held by the SEC and FINRA, lawmakers say.
FTSE Bolsters ESG Capabilities with Senior Hires
FTSE Russell hires two “ESG specialists’” in Rory Sullivan and Aled Jones.
TRG Hires Two in Sales, Customer Service
Data cost management software vendor TRG (formerly The Roberts Group) has hired two new sales and customer services executives to support its ongoing organic and strategic growth.
IHS Markit Launches SI Registry
Systematic internalizer registry aims to help firms with trade reporting obligations under Mifid II.
FCA Likely to Review Consolidated Data in 2018
It is looking increasingly likely that no consolidated tape provider will be authorized by the time Mifid II comes into force Jan. 3; regulators call lack of authorized CTP an “ongoing issue.”
Industry Heavyweights Unveil Startup ‘Data Wrangler’ Crux, Raise $10M Funding
Championing the rise of ‘informatics,’ new startup Crux aims to take tedious data processing off firms’ plates, freeing them up to focus on adding value. Max Bowie reports on this small company with some big names at the helm.
LSE and APIR Team Up to Issue LEIs in Australia and SE Asia
The London Stock Exchange Group is working with APRI Systems to issue and maintain Legal Entity Identifiers in Australia and southeast Asia.
DataStax Drives Asset Control’s Cloud-Based Reference Data Platform
Asset Control has picked Santa Clara, Calif.-based DataStax to power development of new data management services.