Alliances, Mergers & Acquisitions
Symphony: Incipient Challenger or Bloomberg Duplicator?
After a worldwide launch that included announcements of content partnerships with three firms, Dan DeFrancesco looks at the future of Symphony and if it's really as different as it is being touted.
Bloomberg Preps Deeper Twitter Data Integration
Bloomberg will add data such as tweet volumes and sentiment corresponding to its market data.
FactSet Begins Carrying Trendrating Momentum Reports
The Trendrating reports will be available to buy-side cleints of FactSet's Research Connect service.
Rimes Adds China Data to BDS Service
The agreement will provie investment managers with access to benchmarks covering the Chinese markets.
UPDATE: Iress Buys Proquote Terminal Biz from LSE
The LSE exits the data terminal business after buying Proquote 12 years ago.
Symphony Partners with Dow Jones, McGraw Hill Financial, Selerity
Messaging platform looks to add content to improve workflow productivity.
IRESS Expands UK Presence With Proquote, Pulse Acquisitions
Acquisitions of Proquote and Pulse Software Systems expands IRESS' presence in the UK capital markets.
Symphony Partners with Dow Jones as Backers Resolve NYDFS Inquiry
Symphony makes the moves on eve of its new platform launch.
SS&C Acquires Primatics Financial, Loan Accounting Platform
$122 million acquisition includes loan accounting platform EVOLV.
Metamako Taps Westcon for Client Delivery Services
Westcon will provide the first line of client delivery services for Metamako clients.
Activ Adds Nasdaq Basic Feed to ActivFeed
The data will give Activ clients an alternative to official US consolidated tape feeds.
ISS Taps RepRisk for ESG Data, Analytics
The partnership will allow ISS clients to access RepRisk's ESG datafeeds and analytics.
McGraw-Hill to Combine S&P CapIQ, SNL Assets, Shuffles Platts, Ratings Execs
The acquisition has also produced a series of changes to the vendor's executive leadership.
Oekom, South Pole Ally for ESG, Carbon Datasets
The two vendors will use each other's data to create more comprehensive ESG and climate-related datasets.
With Bit-isle Buy, Equinix Beefs up Asia Datacenter Footprint
The acquisition will significantly bolster Equinix's local presence in Japan.
Bloomberg, Traiana Announce FX Options Processing Alliance
Bloomberg STP Solutions and Traiana will develop STP infrastructure to streamline the processing of FX options.
Under CSC, Fixnetix Eyes Bigger Client Wins
Officials say clients' reactions to the acquisition have been overwhelmingly positive.
Advent CEO Hess Will Remain at Helm Following SS&C Acquisition
SS&C announced Hess will serve as senior vice president and general manager of SS&C's Advent business unit.
S&P DJI Taps SIX Feed to Monitor Index Licensing Compliance
The SIX data will allow S&P DJI to track usage of its own indexes to create index-linked products.
Chart IQ, Adaptive Ally with OpenFin for HTML5 Trading, Charting Integration
By integrating their wares, the vendors are demonstrating the relevance of HTML5 for capital markets trading applications.
SS&C Picks up Varden Technologies in Latest Acquisition
Communications solution provider follows Advent and Citi Alternative Investor Services acquisitions.
Bloomberg Pumps OTCGH Natural Gas Options Data into Terminal
Combining the OTCGH data with Bloomberg's existing natural gas volatility curves will provide a more accurate market view.
Ipreo Adds Social Alpha's Analytics to Investor Relations Platform
New capabilities helps IROs identify investor sentiment and information on a given stock from the most relevant social media influencers.
Macrobond Adds Fitch CDS Prices to Workstation, Datafeeds
The data will provide Macrobond users with greater transparency into global credit markets, officials say.