Data
Opening Cross: Location, Location, Consolidation and Diversification
Today’s data industry certainly isn’t that of 25 years ago, or even a dozen years ago when I started writing about it. A key difference is the change in pace of modern markets, shifting to low-latency trading where location—i.e. proximity of trading…
Quincy Taps O’Sullivan’s USAM for US Sales Push
Oakland, Calif-based low-latency microwave connectivity and market data provider Quincy Data is to use USAM Group—a New York-based outsourced sales agency recently set up by Feargal O’Sullivan, a former sales and solutions executive at NYSE Technologies,…
Sales Agency USAM Hires in NY, Chicago
Hires will allow USAM to offer outsourced sales agents in New York and Chicago to startups
Pinpointing Attributes
Accuracy and timeliness are in increasing demand for both identifiers and pricing
Evaluated, Scrutinized
Risk and Regulation Put Pressure on Pricing Services
Evolving Identification
GLEIF’s Jefferson Braswell speaks with Michael Shashoua about the need to enforce maintenance of legal entity identifiers in the future, and the ongoing transition to the common file format
Perseus Preps Mass-Market Precision Time-Synchronization Service
Data network and trading infrastructure provider Perseus Telecom is creating a lower-level version of its High Precision Time timestamping and clock synchronization service that can be easily ordered and provisioned online for use by a wider audience…
BT Launches Netrix HiTouch Data-Voice Integrated Turret in Asia
Telecommunications and trading turret provider BT has rolled out its BT Netrix HiTouch cloud-integrated touch-screen device──which combines voice and collaboration services with integration of market and risk data and in-house communications──in Asia,…
Pricing Catalysts
Marion Leslie, managing director, pricing and reference services, Thomson Reuters, shares her views on how regulations are likely to affect pricing and operations in 2015
Independence and Ownership
Participants in a London roundtable, hosted by Waters Technology and sponsored by Rimes Technologies, said have seen increased autonomy for data management units, while changes in ownership culture may put vendors on notice. Michael Shashoua reports
WSI to Roll Out Upgraded Xceptor Vendor Data Manager
Next year's upgrade will make it easier and faster for clients to validate and format data.
Quandl Adds ORATS Options Data to Financial Data Search Engine
Toronto-based economic and financial search engine Quandl is adding fee-liable options data from Chicago-based options analytics provider Option Research and Technology Services (ORATS) to its online data portal to support users' equities technical…
Japan, Singapore Exchanges Cooperate on Co-Lo Centers
The agreement between JPX and SGX will boost connectivity in the Asia-Pacific region.
TickSmith Makes Tick Data Analysis Tools Available on Amazon Cloud
The move will make it easier for clients to deploy data analytics in their existing Amazon cloud platforms.
Deutsche Börse Adds Options Liquidity Indicator to Eurex Analytics
Deutsche Börse Market Data + Services, the data arm of German exchange group Deutsche Börse, has introduced a new analytics product for options contracts, dubbed Eurex IOC Liquidity Indicator for Options, to provide trading participants with greater…
Data Boiler Taps Ex-Goldman Exec as CTO
Big Data management and analytics provider Data Boiler Technologies has hired former Goldman Sachs executive Homer Cheng as chief technology officer, based in Irvine, Calif.
Data Boiler Hires CTO
Homer Cheng Joins From Goldman Sachs
Risk Data Aggregation Begins With Division, Executives Say
Panelists Advocate Ownership Interest in Specific Pieces of Information
Burton-Taylor Report: Exchange Data Revenues Grow as Marketplaces Diversify
Higher revenues reflect increased focus on data services and indexes among exchanges, according to the Burton-Taylor report.
The Big Picture Of Solvency II
The European capital adequacy reporting regulation, taking effect in about a year, will require tracking of more data, under new classifications. Financial firms, including those serving the insurance sector that is the focus of the rules, are working…
Nasdaq Makes Perseus Timestamping Available in Carteret Datacenter
Availability of Perseus' timestamping service will give Nasdaq clients access to multiple timing protocols
NYSE Hit by FTP Data Issues
Outage impacted clients of FTP-delivered index and weightings data from NYSE
KVH Expands Japanese Subsea Cable Connectivity
Japanese network and hosting provider KVH has created a new network link that connects local networks in Tokyo and Osaka to the Shima Cable Landing Station, where mainland network providers can connect to undersea fiber network cables.
WSI Names Josling Head of Strategy, Marketing
London-based data management technology vendor Web Services Integration recently appointed Kevin Josling as head of strategy and marketing.