Market Data & Data Analytics
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.
ICE Taps ITRS for Real-Time Monitoring
ITRS will provide real-time monitoring across ICE Data Services' Consolidated Feed.
PacificData Offshoot PD Analytics Bows Japanese Mobile Data App
The new app provides thousands of data points on Japanese listed companies.
Smartkarma Raises Funds to Grow Platform, Data
The funds will be used to add new features to the research marketplace and support further international expansion.
Mifid II Bites into Thomson Reuters Desktop Revenues
Execs blame lower-than-expected revenue increases on uncertainty around the upcoming Mifid II regulation.
OTCGH’s EOX Expands US Implied Volatility Pricing
The expanded pricing service adds implied volatilities for new locations, as well as historical volatility and other datasets.
TMX’s Sinclair to Lead TP Icap’s Data Division as Desmond Departs
Frank Desmond is leaving TP Icap after 12 years, and will be replaced by TMX’s Eric Sinclair.
MT Newswires Expands Canadian News Services
The news agency is expanding its coverage of Canadian venture stocks, listed cannabis companies, and Canadian exchange-traded funds.
Large Firms Select Trax for ARM and APA Services
Pan-European buy- and sell-side clients choose Trax's ARM and APA solutions for Mifid II compliance.
3di Taps Kozar to Head US Business
Kozar brings more than 30 years of data industry experience at some of the biggest names on Wall Street to his new role at 3di.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 93: Recaps of Sibos Toronto, Risk USA & Sifma DC
This week Anthony and James discuss some of the major stories to come out of three major conferences.
Refreshed FIBO Incorporates Semantic Web Standards
EDM Council releases new version of FIBO that takes account of Semantic Web standards.
Citadel Data Chief Departs After Just Three Months
Laszlo Korsos, who left Uber to join Citadel in July, has reportedly left his position as chief data officer at the investment firm.
Thomson Reuters Launches Liquidity Tool
The new tool allows traders to analyze and predict current and future liquidity direction.
TickTrade Taps Data Vet Kennedy for Sales, Marketing
Kennedy joins TickTrade from Collaborative Financial Services Inc., a Toront-based consultancy that he co-founded.
Open Platform: License Inventory Systems - Futuristic Vision or Technological Reality?
The industry is facing a raft of new regulations, all with substantial and stringent data requirements. Tatiana Zheleznyak, a consultant in Deloitte’s Audit & Risk Advisory division outlines how smart license management can support better compliance.
Finbourne Debuts Lusid Platform, Aims to Become Market Utility
UBS Delta, Nomura and RBS vets launch platform that aims to simplify infrastructure concerns for asset managers.
ICE Acquires Global Research Income Platform
Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Research division’s fixed income index platform will become part of Intercontinental Exchange’s ICE Data Services.
JP Morgan Chief Data Scientist Departs for Cerberus AI Role
Afshar, a former academic and Goldman Sachs exec, will be responsible for building a proprietary AI platform and supporting team of data scientists.
Nasdaq Adds Earnings Sentiment Data to Analytics Hub
The new dataset provides signals based on sentiment analysis of statements made during corporate earnings announcements.
BNP, Quincy Tap Enyx FPGA Handlers for Low-Latency Data
In addition to deals to supply its technology to BNP Paribas and Quincy Data, Enyx has annonuced a performance-boosting overhaul of its underlying FPGA platform.
Former Lime, Townsend CEO Wecker Returns to Goldman Sachs as CDO
The data and trading technology management veteran returns to the firm where he spent 11 years earlier in his career.