Market Data & Data Analytics
New Constructs Revises Mutual Fund, ETF Rankings
New Constructs, a Nashville, Tenn.-based provider of independent research and stock recommendations based on analysis of footnotes in financial statements, has revamped the way it rates mutual funds and exchange-traded funds to deliver more value to…
Scivantage Integrates TickSmith Tick Data
Online brokerage technology provider Scivantage has incorporated Montreal-based startup tick data provider TickSmith Corp.'s historical intraday and end-of-day tick data into its Scivantage Investor brokerage platform to provide its clients with…
Xenomorph Readies Marketplace of Third-Party Data Services
UK-based data management and analytics software provider Xenomorph is rolling out a portal of APIs and connectivity tools that will enable data consumers to access Web Services-based data sources for use in their internal applications or the vendor's…
Confluence Promotes, Hires Former SunGard Execs
Pittsburgh-based fund data management software provider Confluence has promoted Todd Moyer to executive vice president of global business development, responsible for driving the vendor's global growth efforts, and reporting to chief executive Mark Evans.
Nordea Markets Uses Caplin for E-Distribution
Scandinavian bank Nordea Markets has selected Liberator, the web streaming server from UK-based Caplin Systems, to deliver trade messages and market data to its new single-dealer platform offering.
SIX Provides Global Data to Mexico's Infosel
Mexican data vendor Infosel has enlisted the US arm of Swiss data provider SIX Financial Information as a content partner to provide the Mexico City-based vendor with global market data to serve its clients at asset managers, pension funds and broker…
YCharts Splits Charting Capabilities, Preps Expanded ETF, Mutual Fund Data
Chicago-based fundamental data analysis platform provider YCharts has released enhancements to its charting capabilities, and is planning to add further capabilities and content in the coming weeks and months to broaden its appeal to existing and new…
GMEX Index Unit Strikes IRS Data Deal with Tullett Prebon Info
Global Derivatives Indices (GDI), the wholly owned index development and production subsidiary of derivatives exchange operator and consultancy Global Markets Exchange Group International (GMEX) has struck a deal with Tullett Prebon Information (TPI),…
Wall Street Horizon Readies ETF Calendar Feed
Woburn, Mass.-based corporate earnings and event data provider Wall Street Horizon has launched a new ETF Calendar Data Feed to provide institutional traders and market makers with access to announced, projected and historical exchange-traded fund…
Barclays Live Now Available on the iPad
Barclays has launched the Barclays Live app for iPad devices, which provides institutional clients with access to the firm’s research, data and analytics in a personalized manner.
Twitter Buys Tweet Data Distributor Gnip to Grow Social Data Biz
Social media microblogging site Twitter has acquired Boulder, Colo.-based social media aggregator Gnip for an undisclosed sum.
OTCGH Unveils Refined Products Forwards Data
Energy and commodities interdealer broker OTC Global Holdings has launched a new market data service, leveraging its presence in the over the counter refined products market to provide forward curves for refined products, aimed at commodities traders and…
KKR Sells Ipreo to Blackstone, Goldman
Investment and advisory firm Blackstone and Goldman Sachs' Merchant Banking Division have bought market intelligence and workflow solutions provider Ipreo from private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, in a deal that media reports value at $975…
Bloomberg Integrates SIX Market Data
Bloomberg is integrating SIX Financial Information's MDFselect real-time data feed to its Bloomberg Platform managed market data distribution service.
Bellin Adds VWD Data to Treasury Platform
Ettenheim, Germany-based treasury management software provider Bellin has partnered with Frankfurt-based market data vendor VWD to offer its clients an “all-inclusive” package of foreign exchange and interest rate data from VWD.
S&P Cap IQ Boosts Content Acquisition, Partners Unit
McGraw-Hill Financial's S&P Capital IQ division has made three senior hires to its Content Acquisition and Strategic Alliances (CASA) unit, to strengthen the team as the vendor prepares to expand its function to include oversight of content acquisition…
Perfect Info Bows Filings Expert, Puts Emphasis on Simplified Search
UK-based Perfect Information, a provider of company and financial data, has released a new web-based interface dubbed Filings Expert that makes it easier for analysts, lawyers, and mergers and acquisitions or equity and debt capital markets professionals…
Rimes Promotes Larzillière to President, France
Benchmark and economic data provider Rimes Technologies has appointed Renaud Larzillière the new president of its Paris office.
SIX Redesigns iD Terminal
SIX Financial Information has released version 8.8 of its Java-based Telekurs iD market data display, in an effort to make the terminal easier and more intuitive to navigate for end-users.
Updata Integrates Historical Data from GFD
UK-based technical analysis software vendor Updata has integrated San Juan Capistrano Calif.-based data provider Global Financial Data's database of historical financial and economic data into its Professional analytics suite to enable users to visualize…
egID Readies Datacenter for Egyptian Exchange Move
Egyptian information provider and software developer Egypt for Information Dissemination (egID), a joint venture between the Egyptian Exchange and Nasdaq OMX, is expanding its datacenter in New Cairo to accommodate the Egyptian Exchange (EGX), which…
Deutsche Börse Launches Eurex Full Order Book Feed
Deutsche Börse Market Data + Services, the IT arm of Deutsche Börse, has launched a new information product dubbed Eurex Order by Order that provides the entire order book of benchmark futures from its Eurex derivatives exchange.
Dow Jones Rolls Out Customer-Driven Factivia Upgrade
Newswire Dow Jones has made a number of changes to streamline the search functionality and newsletter capabilities of its Factiva business information and research tool, based on customer feedback over the past year.
Estimize Unveils Crowd-Sourced M&A Prediction Platform, Raises $1.2M Expansion Funding
New York-based startup crowd-sourced estimates provider Estimize will roll out a new platform today, Wednesday, March 26, dubbed Mergerize, which aggregates crowd-sourced predictions of potential mergers and acquisition activity so traders, M&A bankers…