Alliances, Mergers & Acquisitions
Forum Hits the Ground Running Following Plus TS Acquisition
The company takes on the exchange hosting business with a new name, but familiar faces.
Forum to Acquire Plus Markets Tech Assets
Company purchases 'exchange-in-a-box' product and staff.
Emerging Markets See Strength in Numbers for Data Distribution
With investor interest in emerging markets still strong, emerging market exchanges are using alliances with their peers and with established exchanges and technology providers, and technology standards to expand their international reach.
Omnesys Acquires Majority Stake in Harsa
Deal allows for end-to-end broker offering.
DST and QED Announce Compliance Alliance
The QED Anova Platform will provide users with flexible performance, aggregation and distribution of data for middle-office compliance purposes.
Markit Rebrands Cadis
With its acquisition of Cadis complete, Markit has rebranded Cadis as Markit Enterprise Data Management.
NYSE to Offer All Market Data On-Demand, Using Xignite Platform
The exchange's market data portfolio will be available via an Xignite-operated on-demand platform
Well-Suited: Steve Ellis Merges Wells Fargo, Wachovia IT
People think of bankers and technologists as being a bit square. Steve Ellis broke the mold, then set the pieces on fire. Wells Fargo took a chance on him, and is now reaping the rewards. By Jake Thomases with photos by Amy Fletcher
Tokyo Stock Exchange Taps Corvil for Data, Trade Latency Monitoring
The exchange will use CorvilNet to monitor latency and performance across its networks and trading systems
FactSet Adds Markit Bank Loan Data
FactSet adds coverage of bank loans with data from Markit to its Fixed Income Portfolio Analysis service.
UPDATE: FTSE’s LCE Risk Buy to Yield New ESG Tools, Data
Acquisition of ESG startup will enable FTSE to add more value to existing ESG offerings, and explore new tools and datasets
Turaz to Merge with Misys
Vista Equity Partners completes acquisition of IT company.
Thomson Reuters Buys Globe and Mail Mutual Fund Data Unit
Lipper clients will benefit from expanded Canadian mutual fund content as the vendor looks to boost coverage in its home market.
S&P Capital IQ 'Extracts' Bond Prices from Xtrakter
S&P Capital IQ integrates Xtrakter's fixed income prices into its valuations web portal and feeds
Knight Adds FCM with Acquisition of Penson Futures
Move reflects shift toward electronically traded futures and industry demand for independent clearing.
RSM Nelson Wheeler, Thomson Reuters Strike Asian Alliance
Thomson Reuters and RSM Nelson Wheeler will provide governance, risk and compliance technology in Southeast Asia.