Alliances, Mergers & Acquisitions
UPDATE: LSE Eyes FTSE-Russell Index Data Combo
The London Stock Exchange plans to consolidate the index calculation and data distribution platforms of its FTSE index subsidiary with those of US-based index provider Russell Indexes—and may migrate the index platforms to proprietary LSE technologies,…
LSE Lays Out Russell Acquisition Proposal
The London Stock Exchange has agreed to buy US-based index provider and asset manager Russell Investments from the Northwestern Mutual Insurance Company for $2.7 billion, in a move to diversify its revenue streams and expand into the US market.
Broadridge and Doxim Partner on CRM
Lake Success, New York-based Broadridge Financial Solutions and Ontario-based Doxim have partnered to deliver the Smart Statement solution to help clients make the move from their current statement design to enhanced, Client Relationship Management 2…
KVH Taps MarketPrizm for Asia Co-Lo, Global Network Access
Japanese network and datacenter provider KVH will begin making access to Colt Telecom-owned market data and trading infrastructure vendor MarketPrizm's PrizmNet financial extranet available via its datacenters from July.
Ullink Buys Two Brands from NYSE Technologies
Ullink, a Paris-based provider of trading solutions and connectivity, has entered into an agreement to acquire trading technology NYFix and market access provider Metabit from NYSE Technologies. The transaction, which is subject to regulatory approval,…
BBH to Support Lord Abbett's Ucits Platform
Brown Brothers Harriman will now provide full service support, including passive currency administration, for Lord Abbett's newly-launched, Irish-based Ucits platform.
SR Labs Buys Wombat Platform from NYSE Tech
New York-based low-latency feed handler and market data platform vendor SR Labs has acquired the Wombat Financial Software platform and associated technologies for an undisclosed sum from NYSE Technologies, the data and technology arm of the New York…
Norexeco Exchange Taps Deutsche Börse Platform
Norwegian renewables exchange Norexeco ASA has signed a deal to roll out Deutsche Börse's M7 trading platform for its new forestry and paper industry derivative exchange, which officials say will facilitate "fully transparent" price information and fair…
CQG Adds DJ Calendar Live
Data, analytics and trading platform provider CQG last month incorporated Dow Jones Calendar Live to its Integrated Client flagship data and trading platform, to support real-time trading decisions and longer-term strategy planning based on events and…
Interactive Data Adds Nasdaq Indexes to BondEdge
Interactive Data's BondEdge Solutions cross-asset portfolio management and risk analytics division has added Nasdaq OMX's Global Index Family to its BondEdge portfolio management platform to enable institutional investors and wealth and asset managers to…
Bloomberg Plugs Fitch Ratings Data into Indexes, Professional Terminal
Bloomberg has incorporated credit ratings from credit ratings and research provider Fitch Ratings into the calculation of a selection of its Global Bond Indexes, to provide a measure of the indexes' credit quality for global institutional investors and…
Options Adds Velocimetrics Latency, Performance Monitoring
Infrastructure-as-a-service provider Options has integrated Velocimetrics' monitoring and performance analysis technology with its Velocity low-latency market data and connectivity product.
Empirasign Adds Informa GM News Commentary to Dealer Runs
New York-based fixed income dealer offering data provider Empirasign Strategies has incorporated two news feeds from Informa Global Markets into its online portal that provides prices and trade color parsed from emails between dealers and counterparties,…
REDI Buys, Integrates BAML's InstaQuote EMS
Execution management system (EMS) provider REDI Global Technologies has completed its year-long acquisition of BofA Merill Lynch's multi-asset InstaQuote platform, clients, and personnel.
Euronext, SunGard Ally for Volatility Data Service
European exchange group Euronext has partnered with SunGard to create a new Equity and Index Volatility Data service to provide customers with volatility data covering equity and indexes globally, including the CAC 40, DAX30, S&P 500 and FTSE 100.
Morningstar Research, Ratings Live on Bloomberg
Chicago-based data and investment research provider Morningstar has made its proprietary equity research and stock and credit ratings available via Bloomberg's Professional terminals, to provide institutional investors with actionable insight on stocks…
S&P Cap IQ Joins Markit Collaboration Services Network
McGraw Hill Financial-owned S&P Capital IQ has become the latest vendor to join Markit Collaboration Services, the open messaging network initiative that allows financial professionals to communicate and share information across communication platforms.
Celoxica, Born Tech Offer Low-Latency CME Data
UK-based low-latency market data vendor Celoxica and US high-speed trading network supplier Born Technology have partnered to provide institutional traders with fast access to market data from CME Group.
Marex Spectron, Updata Partner on OTC Options Data
Commodities broker Marex Spectron is making pricing and charts for over-the-the-counter European commodity options available via UK-based technical analysis software vendor Updata’s Professional analytics workstation to enable mutual clients to perform…
Markit to Increase Focus on Tax Services with CTI Acquisition
Markit's Michelle Trogni says the acquisition of the tax compliance software and services vendor will help her company to make tax "one of the cornerstones of the types of managed services that we offer"
Markit Nabs Compliance-Solutions Provider CTI
Markit announced that it is acquiring software provider Compliance Technologies International (CTI) in order to strengthen its compliance and risk suite of products.
Blackstone Invests in Cloud Theory
The private equity firm has made a strategic investment in client relationship management solutions provider Cloud Theory.
Enyx, Options Ally for FPGA-Accelerated US Equities Data Distribution
Paris-based hardware-accelerated data capture and network technology vendor Enyx is enabling clients of infrastructure-as-a-service provider Options (formerly Options IT) to access its managed NXFeed ultra-low-latency market data distribution system via…
CFH Clearing, NetDania Partner on NetStation Data-Trading Platform
London-based prime brokerage firm CFH Clearing and NetDania Markets, the subsidiary of Danish foreign exchange data display and technology provider NetDania, have launched a new data and trading platform, dubbed NetStation, aimed at retail brokers.