Alliances, Mergers & Acquisitions
Domino Data Labs Raises $10.5M to Accelerate Growth
The funding will "throw gas on the fire" of the data science startup's "exploding" demand, officials say.
LumRisk Taps Markit EDM Managed Service to Bolster Risk Analysis, Modeling
Markit says LumRisk's implementation reflects increasing popularity of its cloud-based platform
Cloud Vendor GTT Buys Hibernia Networks for $590M
Hibernia's low-latency undersea cable between the UK and North America will soon be under GTT's ownership.
Virtua IR Clients Get Wall Street Horizon Events Data
Clients of Virtua's analytics platform will have acces to a limited set of Wall Street Horizon's events data, with the option to subscribe to its full dataset.
Wolters Kluwer Brings Regulatory Reporting Expertise to FCA's TechSprint Event
Already underway, the FCA's hackathon-style event will bring together market participants to contribute to new regulatory technologies.
APFIC Keynote: HKEx Looks to Grow Data Offering in China
One of the initiatives is to offer its market data for free or at heavily discounted prices under the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect program.
'Game-Changer' Startups Should Consider M&A to Gain Credibility and ‘Disrupt' From Within
Reluctance by firms to take risks on unknown entities means being acquired is the most viable route for startups to enter the information space and be a "game changer."
Morningstar Makes Indexes Free for Benchmarking
Members of the project's advisory council say indexes are a top-five data cost, yet factors such as switching costs and brand recognition deter them from changing suppliers.
eVestment Builds Private Fund Data Alliance
The alliance will establish standards for reporting private equity fund performance data.
Tullett Prebon Info to Distribute Digital Currency Data from Brave New Coin
The broker's data arm aims to become a hub for data on digital, as well as traditional, currencies.
RSRCHXchange Adds Ned Davis Research
The addition continues RSRCHxchange's ongoing content expansion.
The Roberts Group Buys Priory Solutions to Boost Web Content Usage Tracking Capabilities
The deal will give The Roberts Group the ability to track usage of web-delivered content and apply that to clients' data cost management decisions.
GMEX Group to Divest Technology Business, Spin Off Exchange
Forum Trading Solutions acquires full control of GMEX Technologies and GMEX brand; exchange business to be renamed and spun off into new entity.
Morningstar to Buy Private Equity, M&A Data Vendor PitchBook
Morningstar will add its own research capabilities to PitchBook's data and tools, enabling it to target a new audience among private equity investors.
CJC, TRG Ally For Managed Data Admin Services
The vendors will combine CJC's managed market data services and TRG's market data inventory software to offer a managed market data administration solution for the buy side.
Abide Financial Looking to Scale with ICAP Acquisition
Markets operator adds regulatory reporting specialists to post-trade services
Drillinginfo Buys GlobalView to Expand Energy Data Capabilities
The acquisition will enable Drillinginfo to incorporate third-party content and GlobalView's MarketView platform.
Symphony Orchestrates Partner Expansion
Symphony unveiled the new partners at its Symphony Innovate conference in New York on Oct. 6.
The Roberts Group Enlists USAM to Boost Sales Function
The vendor is pursuing a hybrid approach of expanding in-house sales while enlisting USAM to help it grow outside its core market.
OpenGamma Raises $13.3 Million, Shuffles Execs
Officials say the investment will enable OpenGamma to grow into a "world-class" player in the OTC derivatives analytics
Bloomberg Point/Port Apprehensions Are Not Going Away
Surveys of fixed-income market participants not showing any increased optimism over Bloomberg’s acquisition of Barclays Point risk analytics platform.
Advent Outsourcing Services: A Puzzle Where No Two Pieces Are Alike
Following its purchase last year by SS&C, Advent has jumped into hosted technology and outsourcing services by revamping its limited On Demand offering into a robust set of Advent Outsourcing Services (AOS). While many buy-side shops have moved…
Finland's Kauppalehti Taps Millistream for Print, Online Data
The media publisher will use Millistream's data across the print and online assets of itself and related companies.
Money.Net Integrates Weather, Natural Disaster Data from Riskpulse
Integrating Riskpulse's weather mapping will allow Money.Net customers to predict the impact of weather and natural events on financial markets.