Market Data & Data Analytics
CLSA Taps Symphony for Internal Data-Sharing, Client Communications
CLSA represents Symphony's largest rollout in Asia to date for its secure messaging and collaboration platform.
Former PIR Execs Launch Aussie Property Fund Research Business
The Sydney-based company will provide ratings and research for listed and unlisted property funds in Australia.
Power to the People: Will MiFID II Data Disaggregation Deliver on Cost Control Promises?
MiFID II’s data disaggregation requirements aim to reduce data costs by forcing marketplaces to unbundle datasets and sell consumers only the specific data they need. But in reality, this seemingly simple and cost-reducing idea could make buying and…
Firms Drag Heels on MiFID II Research Rulebook Rewrite
MiFID II’s ban on broker-subsidized free research will leave sell-side firms with a multitude of challenges—not least how to price research so as not to lose customers who might direct trading elsewhere, without appearing to incentivize clients to trade…
Ultumus Builds US Base with Redstone
Redstone has spent 40 years in the financial markets, much of that time in data and trading technology-related roles.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 82: An Examination of ESG & What's New With Reg SCI
Anthony and James talk AI and ESG, Reg SCI and the SEC, and Game of Thrones and Dragons.
Thomson Reuters Launches African Elections News App on Eikon
Decision Africa will help clients keep abreast of upcoming elections in Angola, Kenya, Liberia and Mali
Thasos Completes ‘Streams’ Lineup of Mobile Location Data
The vendor sources and aggregates signals from mobile devices to draw conclusions about shopper movements and employee numbers.
Thomson Reuters Upgrades Eikon Research Management Capabilities Ahead of MiFID II
The enhancements will help Eikon users deal with the research requirements of the upcoming MiFID II regulation.
Ex-Soros’ Kerstein, Innovative Network Solutions Ally for Outsourced Data Admin Service
The service will provide a range of market data management and reporting functions on an as-a-service basis.
ESG: Turning Green into Green
ESG is booming, but there's room for further development—Waters speaks to executives from banks, hedge funds, asset managers and vendors to explain how this sector is growing and how AI can speed up its development.
Money.Net Adds Another Bloomberg Exec for Investment Banking Push
Daskalakis' appointment reunites him with former Bloomberg exec and Money.Net CEO Morgan Downey, bolstering the vendor's add-in and API integration offering.
Estimize Adds Crowd-Sourced KPI Estimates Data
The new KPI estimates will complement the crowd-sourced earnings per share and revenue estimates already available on Estimize.
Brown Brothers Harriman Wades into RegTech and Robotics
From RPA to machine learning to regtech, financial institutions are seeing great disruption coming out of the fintech space. BBH’s new fintech czar talks about how the bank is handling the change.
ING, Bloomberg Ally for Emerging FX Indexes
The indexes will help investors increase their exposure to emerging markets currencies, and track them against the US dollar.
Nasdaq Reaps Rewards from Information Investment, Hails Hub Potential
Index business growth contributes to more positive results for Nasdaq’s data business, with its Analytic Hub and buy-side focus singled out as a “long-term” growth opportunity for the division going forward.
Secret Formula: Sequencing the Genome of Data Scientists
Many firms are creating data science teams to gain insights from new sources of unstructured and alternative data. But finding people with the right skillsets within the financial markets ecosystem is proving to be a barrier that slows firms’ ability to…
Bloomberg's Varun Pawar on Winning at the 2017 IMD/IRD Awards
The vendor won the Best Evaluated Prices Service Provider award for its BVAL service.
Big XYT Gives Pan-EU View of Liquidity Data from ‘Cockpit’
The service enables clients to monitor market share and specific liquidity indicators across European trading venues.
FCA Puts Libor on Notice for 2021 Phase-Out
UK regulator puts scandal-hit benchmark on notice as industry examines alternative rates
Euronext, Morningstar launch European Blue-Chip Indexes
Partnership aimed at delivering series of derivatives products based on Morningstar benchmarks bears fruit
NEX Data Expands Forex Benchmark Offering
Vendor launches EBS FX Benchmarks – a series of 30-minute FX snapshots across 15 currency pairs
Thomson Reuters Deepens Redi-Eikon Integration
Buy-side users get access to Eikon’s pre-trade content and functionality through the Redi EMS.
Trading Tech Vendor Horizon Taps Ultumus for ETF Data
Paris-based algorithmic trading platform provider Horizon Software has incorporated data on global exchange-traded funds from specialist data vendor Ultumus into its platform.