Data
Global Prime Partners Rolls Out RSRSCHXchange Research Platform
The deal gives Global Prime Partners and its clients access to more than 130 sources of institutional research.
Henderson Tests Solvency II Templates
UK-based firm listening to customer feedback
Chain Locks in Sohtz as CMO
Sohtz's responsibilities at Chain will include expanding the adoption of the vendor's technologies in broader use cases, including solving business problems for the financial industry.
Infront Adds Freedom Index Data
Infront will roll out the indexes to more than 12,00 clients, free of charge.
Barchart Promotes Haraburda to CEO
In his previous role as managing director of sales and business development, Haraburda also ran the vendor's AgriCharts division.
Markit Hires S&P's Dos Santos as Head of North America Biz Strategy
The pricing veteran will be responsible for Markit's fixed income pricing services business.
iMeta Technologies Joins EDM Council
Client onboarding provider links with ontology and model developer
FactSet Sells Research Arms to Asset International
FactSet will use the $165 million sale to extend its share repurchase program by $165 million.
OpenFin Names Account Director, Europe COO
Harvey and Ruiz have backgrounds in bank technology operations management and fixed income e-trading.
GLEIF CEO Addresses Concern About Muni Bond Registration
Savings and efficiency rather than regulatory mandates will promote identifier adoption, Wolf says
LEI System Ready to Take the Next Step
Direct and ultimate parent information is next for firms getting LEIs
Anadolubank Picks AxiomSL for Netherlands Reporting
Dutch bank will use XBRL solution for submitting reports to central bank
Nasdaq Readies First ‘Lab-Grown’ Analytics
Though still under wraps, the exchange is preparing to launch five data products developed by the recently created innovation lab unit.
Flow Traders Enlists Corvil For Monitoring Datafeeds, Trading Systems ‘Integrity’
The firm is using Corvil's latency monitoring equipment to monitor its datafeed and trading platform infrastructure.
Avelacom Makes Low-Latency Network Play with Addition of CME Group Data
The move is the telecom and low-latency network provider's first move to become an actual provider of market data.
Opening Cross: What Can Financial Information Learn from Formula One?
The intensive data analysis performed during a modern Formula One race has more in common with a trading floor than the "gentlemen racers" of old.
FXecosystem Taps Metamako Switch for Network Monitoring, MiFID 2 Compliance
The switch allows users to tap inbound and outbound message flows to perform various types of monitoring, and to meet regulatory transparency requirements.
Hall of Fame: CBOE's Tom Knorring, ‘The Mathematician’
Tom Knorring, vice president of business development, CBOE
Golden Copy: What We Heard At NAFIS
Robust debate on how to manage and work with data
Activ Plans to Leverage Prime Analytics to Help Fill Gaps in Data Coverage
Demand from Prime Analytics' global client base for niche regional markets will give Activ the impetus to pursue exchange data that would otherwise be uneconomical to carry.
IMD/IRD Awards Winners 2016
Complete list of all 2016 winners, honored on May 18
JPMC's Afshar: Use Data Science for Real Business Problems, Not ‘Fishing Expeditions'
Users seeking to employ data science techniques must be "laser-focused" on the business problems that they need to solve, Afshar told attendees.
NAFIS 2016: Capital One CDO Charts Journey into Big Data
Scott Hallworth describes how good, simplified data models will aid a multitude of analytical tasks.
NAFIS 2016: CDOs Still Struggle for Board Understanding
Chief data officers are now widely accepted in finance and other industries, but CDOs themselves still face the challenge of defining, communicating and enforcing their duties.