Data
Xenomorph Increasing Reach and Capabilities With New Funding
Announces new funding from HSBC to support global scope for TimeScape EDM+ product
Eagle Alpha Unveils Alternative Data ‘Directory,' Eyes Proprietary ‘Crawled' Data
Eagle Alpha aims to provide a marketplace of more than 1,000 alternative datasets within one year.
Cambridge Semantics Taps Data Scientist Keen for Financial Services Push
Keen has spent more than 25 years in data science and analytics technology roles.
ICE Benchmark Admin Adds Economist DeAnne Julius to Board
The economic policy veteran will strengthen ICE Benchmark Administration's board of directors.
Banks Build MiFID II Specs, Start Search for Vendors
Collaboration for front-office compliance completes identification of types of interactions
RSJ Algo Trading Taps Activ for Managed Tick Data
The firm will use the new Activ-Big Xyt joint offering to test trading models before entering new markets and asset classes.
Deloitte Adds Lamar To Regulatory Strategy Arm
Former New York Fed official joins consultancy as senior advisor
DueDil Adds CSV Uploads Feature
Firms can append fresher data to existing lists
Excel Add-in MarketXLS ‘Adds in' Barchart Data
Spreadsheet users will be able to access Barchart's US and international equities, futures, indexes and foreign exchange data via the add-in.
Bell Direct Rings in Charting Changes with Markit Chartworks
The charting package will allow Bell Direct's clients to utilize technical analysis to support investment analysis and trading decisions.
Markit Bows Infrastructure Bond Index
The new indexes will provide a benchmark for tracking the performance of infrastructure investments, via companies in the energy, telecoms, transportation and utilities sectors.
UnaVista Offers LEI Allocation Service
London Stock Exchange platform partners with other market infrastructure providers for regulatory compliance
FCA Sets Sights on Regtech
UK regulator's Project Innovate looks at regulatory reporting, KYC
It's Not Perfect, But It's Proof
Proofs of concept still rule when it comes to vendor selection
Opening Cross: My Campaign for Data Democracy Will ‘Trump’ Donald and Hillary
With US political conventions in full swing, Max outlines his manifesto for data democracy.
RavenPack Adds Sentiment Analysis on Alliance News as Brexit Raises Focus on UK
Alliance News' content will help RavenPack meet demand for UK-specific news following the "Brexit" vote, officials say.
Digital Contact Eyes Broker Clients for Custom News Feeds
The vendor's product will make it possible for retail brokers to create customized news feed for clients, based on their own data.
Smartkarma Uses Funding to Grow Content, Staff
The vendor will invest some of last month's $4.7 million funding in expanding the content it provides to contributors, and in building out its international sales operations.
ESMA Fines Fitch for Ratings Rules Breaches
Over an 18-month period, ESMA found nine instances where Fitch analysts shared information with Fitch's parent company, in breach of ESMA rules.
LPL Financial Rolls Out Money.Net into ‘Affinity' Vendor Program
Inclusion in LPL's Affinity vendor program exposes Money.Net to more than 14,000 LPL advisors, as part of a suite of affordable technology solutions.
GLEIF CEO: LEI Registrations Will Hit Target By 2020
MiFIR compliance will spur continued growth of registrations
TMX Taps Ex-ICE, NYSE Tech Exec Rajarathinam as CIO
In a career spanning almost 20 years, Rajarathinam has worked at exchanges, banks and technology vendors.
Oekom Nabs Durha for London Office
The new London office will provide better local support for clients, and follows the opening of a New York office last month.
Thomson Reuters, Imperial College Ally for FinTech, Data Research
The vendor's content in partnership with the university's research prowess will create an environment where other market participants will also want to contribute thir expertise, officials say.