Data
Revamped Ticker Plant, API, Data Appliances Up Exegy Throughput
St. Louis, Mo.-based hardware ticker plant vendor Exegy has released versions 3.3 of its hardware-accelerated Ticker Plant, Market Data System appliances and Exegy Client API, which will provide customers with expanded order book information on the…
Opening Cross: Getting the Message, Loud and Clear
Who would have thought that in the age of algorithmic trading, where computers trade with other computers, there would be so much interest in chat tools for human traders to communicate, share information and negotiate trades. Nevertheless, with…
Markit Launches Chat Rooms on Collaboration Services
Markit has launched a new software component of its Collaboration Services open messaging initiative that will enable investment banks and other financial institutions to create instant message chat rooms—and to proactively monitor who can access them,…
Thomson Reuters Preps 2015 Fee Hikes
Thomson Reuters is to raise prices for certain data products and services by up to 10 percent, effective Jan. 1, 2015, especially for legacy products and services and for contracts agreed at a discount to the current list price, Inside Market Data has…
Sibos 2014: SmartStream CEO on Reference Data Offerings
Philippe Chamabdal, CEO of SmartStream, speaks about the company's reference data offerings at Sibos 2014 in Boston
Barchart Launches 'EDM' Service, Revamped Content Portal
Chicago-based data vendor Barchart has officially unveiled Barchart EDM──a new integrated solution that combines components of its various content and data delivery mechanisms into a managed service for market data capture, management and distribution─…
Russian Sanctions Create Identifier Issues
Tracking US and EU sanctions of Russian entities extends to around 7,500 subsidiaries and affiliate relationships—and any debt or equities issues from them—leading to more demand to manage identifier data, says a Thomson Reuters regulation specialist
Platts Sweetens Commodities Data, Ups Sugar Content
McGraw-Hill Financial-owned commodities and energy data provider Platts has released a new real-time news, data and benchmark pricing service for global agriculture markets, dubbed Platts Agriculture Alert.
VWD Names Chief Product, Sales Officer; Expands Board
German data vendor VWD has hired Udo Kersting as chief product officer and chief sales officer, and appointed him to the company's board of directors, in a move to boost innovation and product development.
NetDania Preps HTML5 Charts, Mobile Trading App
NetDania, a Danish provider of foreign exchange data display and analytics workstations, is rolling out a new HTML5 charting solution and an upgraded version of its NetDania mobile app in response to customer demand for more functionality, officials say.
Options Expands Into CME, Completes US Co-Lo Map
Infrastructure-as-a-service provider Options (formerly Options IT) said it has expanded into CME Group's co-location facility in Aura, Illinois, completing its coverage of all US exchange co-location facilities.
COOs, CDOs Must Collaborate On Compliance-Driven Changes, Survey Finds
Collaboration at the C-level figures prominently in data and risk management improvement, according to many respondents in a survey co-sponsored by Broadridge Financial Solutions
SGX Unveils Derivatives Index Business to Boost Interest in Traded Contracts
The Singapore Exchange is rolling out the first phase of a new index calculation engine, initially to create indexes of SGX-listed derivatives, which officials say will add value to SGX's Asia-centered offering by expanding its index business while…
Gurle: Goldman Consortium's $66M Symphony Will Make Harmony with Markit Messaging
Symphony, the secure messaging platform being created by the $66 million acquisition of Palo Alto-based software vendor Perzo by 14 major financial firms, will complement──rather than compete with──data vendor Markit's Collaboration Services suite of…
Top Banks, Hedge Funds Buy Perzo Messaging Platform for $66M
A consortium of 14 major financial firms has acquired Palo Alto, Calif.-based messaging platform provider Perzo and renamed it Symphony with a $66 million investment to provide an open-source, secure and compliant messaging platform for financial…
Managing Compliance from a Single Platform
Northern Trust says it has improved post-trade OTC reporting for clients since deploying Sapient's Compliance Management Reporting System
BATS Delays New Feed Launch After SEC Extends Review Period
BATS Global Markets has delayed the launch of its BATS One consolidated feed of data from the four equities markets operated by its BATS and Direct Edge exchange, after the Securities and Exchange Commission extended its 45-day period by a further 45…
Rimes Adds Thomson Reuters Indexes to BDS
Economic and benchmark data provider Rimes Technologies has added support for Thomson Reuters' equity and fixed income indexes to its Rimes Benchmark Data Service to meet demand for diverse index data from buy-side clients.
Xignite Builds Managed Java, .Net APIs
San Mateo, Calif.-based on-demand data provider Xignite has released new software development kits for Java and .Net that will enable clients, prospects and financial technology developers to build applications that leverage Xignite's market and…
Boat Adopts MMT Standards for OTC Trade Reporting
Boat Trade Reporting, which Swedish technology supplier Cinnober Financial Technology acquired earlier this year from Markit, has implemented the full Market Model Typology (MMT) standards for OTC cash equity trade reporting, in an effort to boost data…
S&P Cap IQ, Kuberre Launch Event Fusion Real-Time Alerting
S&P Capital IQ, the data arm of McGraw Hill Financial, and Andover, Mass.-based financial technology provider Kuberre Systems will launch a new cloud-based platform, dubbed Event Fusion, today, Sept. 30, which provides real-time alerts on news and…
Ex-Harco Execs Reunite at Datactics
Datactics, a Belfast, Northern Ireland-based provider of data quality software, has appointed former NYSE Technologies managing director Steve Cowler chief technology officer, replacing Sarah Bearder, who has served as CTO since 1999 and will remain as…
CenturyLink Opens First Mainland China Datacenter
Datacenter, internet and hosting provider CenturyLink has opened a datacenter in Shanghai to provide locally hosted infrastructure for multinational firms doing business in China, and to support "data sovereignty," officials say.
S&P Boss Eccleston Resurfaces as TMX CEO
Canadian exchange group TMX has appointed former S&P and Bloomberg exec Lou Eccleston as chief executive, effective Nov. 3, replacing Thomas Kloet, who announced his retirement earlier this year.