Alliances, Mergers & Acquisitions
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.
LSE's Russell Buy to Boost International Index Appeal; Analysts Wary of Data Cost Impact
The London Stock Exchange's proposed acquisition of US-based index provider and asset manager Russell Investments from the Northwestern Mutual Insurance Company will allow the exchange to diversify its revenue streams and expand its outreach into the US…
LSE Confirms Russell Acquisition Talks
The London Stock Exchange confirmed reports today, Tuesday, May 20, that it has entered into exclusive talks with the Northwestern Mutual Insurance Company to buy US-based index provider and asset manager Russell Investments.
S&P Cap IQ Adds VC Experts, Santander to Research
McGraw Hill Financial-owned S&P Capital IQ has made research and analysis provider VC Experts' strategic analysis of private market investment data and regulatory filings for private market financings, as well as Latin American research from Banco…
Bloomberg Adds Full-Depth Direct Edge Data
Bloomberg has begun making full-depth Level 2 market data from BATS Global Markets' Direct Edge exchange available via its Bloomberg Professional terminal and B-Pipe datafeed to existing subscribers to Direct Edge's Level 1 data.
Broker OTCGH, Updata Ally for OTC Data
UK-based technical analysis software vendor Updata has signed a deal with over-the-counter (OTC) energy and commodities broker consortium OTC Global Holdings (OTCGH) to make real-time data, historical pricing curves and OTC options prices available on…
CFH Group to Acquire Half of Boston Technologies
CFH Group, the holding firm for a number of trading technology companies, has announced that it will buy a 50-percent stake in foreign exchange (FX) specialist Boston Technologies, pending final due diligence.