Data
To Support Data Tech Innovation Surge, Spread a Little API-ness
Financial markets firms are demanding changes to the way they access and analyze financial data, leading to a rise in technology innovation among companies leading the charge to meet this demand and change the status quo, says Andrew Lewkowicz, managing…
FSMLabs Expands Historical Timestamp Data for Compliance, Infrastructure Optimization
Precision time synchronization solution provider FSMLabs has updated the graphical user interface of its TimeKeeper suite of time synchronization products to enable users to view historical timing data over several years.
ISIN Identifier Standard Widened For Regulatory Compliance
The scope of the key securities identifier, the International Securities Identification Number (ISIN), has been widened. The updated standard will improve transparency and efficiency for both regulators and firms, says Dan Kuhnel, chairman of the…
Numbering Agencies Update ISIN Standard
Members of the Association of National Numbering Agencies have broadened the standard to cover more instrument types
Activ Adds EU Alternative Venues to ActivFeed
Market data and ticker plant provider Activ Financial has added new content from four European alternative trading venues to its ActivFeed low-latency consolidated datafeed, in response to customer demand and to provide traders with complete coverage of…
Nationwide Chooses AxiomSL for Reporting
The financial services firm will use the reporting and risk management provider's services to comply with UK regulations
Bangladesh Broker LankaBangla Taps DirectFN for Data-Trading Platform
Dhaka, Bangladesh-based broker LankaBangla Securities has enlisted Dubai-based data provider DirectFN to integrate datafeeds from Bangladesh's Chittagong and Dhaka stock exchanges into a trading platform to enhance the firm's online trading capabilities,…
ICE's SuperDerivatives Buy Welcomed, Though Integration Details Still Unclear
Less than a calendar quarter after selling one data technology business──NYSE Technologies' Wombat platform──to SR Labs (IMD, June 18, 2014), Intercontinental Exchange acquired another in the form of derivatives pricing and risk management vendor…
DataArt Acquires AW Systems
Bespoke software developer DataArt has acquired New York-based web engineering and consulting firm AW Systems to expand its global portfolio of consulting by doubling its consulting and engineering team in New York, and enabling it to serve North…
Equinix Deploys Perseus ‘High Precision Time' Timestamping Service
Datacenter provider Equinix has rolled out New York-based low-latency network provider Perseus Telecom's High Precision Time service──which provides nanosecond-level timestamps, and includes access to a National Institute of Standards and Technology …
Tabb Delivers ‘Clarity’ with Trade Data, Routing, Fill Rate Analytics
Research firm Tabb Group has unveiled a new trade data and routing analysis service, dubbed Clarity, that will help market participants monitor and benchmark the impact on execution price performance of routing strategies for US equities trades that…
CME Lifts LSE's Stuart for Sales
CME Group has hired former London Stock Exchange exec Ross Stuart as senior director of information products management.
EidoSearch Upgrades Predictive Front End
Toronto-based predictive analytics provider EidoSearch has rolled out a new interface that makes it easier for end users to perform analytics on Big Data via a desktop browser or mobile device.
Shenzhen Exchange Taps Kx for Trade Analytics
The Shenzhen Stock Exchange's Laboratory for Financial Innovation-which produces market performance reports on metrics relating to the exchange's operations-is to roll out Palo Alto, Calif.-based tick database provider Kx Systems' database and time…
Dilliger Adds Vendor Comparison Reports to Procurement Platform
Diliger, a London-based market startup data procurement platform, has officially released new functionalities designed to allow end-user firms to more easily compare similar vendor offerings and improve the procurement management cycle.
CFN Buys Microwave Network to Enter Chicago-NY RF Data Fray
Low-latency fiber network provider CFN Services has unveiled an ultra-low-latency microwave connectivity network that transports CME Group market data between Chicago and New York with latency of between 8.4 and 8.7 milliseconds──5.5 milliseconds faster…
CFN Snares Scott for Sales
Low-latency fiber and microwave network provider CFN Services has hired Guy Scott as vice president of global sales for capital markets, responsible for sales activities supporting continued expansion of the vendor's Alpha Platform hosted trading…
Markit Signs Infosel for Collaboration Services
Mexican data vendor Infosel has joined Markit Collaboration Services, the open messaging network initiative from Markit that allows financial professionals to communicate and share information across communication platforms.
Exegy Grows FX Feed Handlers
St. Louis, Mis.-based hardware ticker plant appliance vendor Exegy has expanded its range of foreign exchange feed handlers with support for six new FX datafeeds from brokers and trading platforms.
RavenPack Hatches V.4.0 of News Analytics Service
Spanish news sentiment analysis provider RavenPack has launched a new version of its real-time news analysis service, dubbed RavenPack News Analytics (RPNA) 4.0, which provides a 70 percent increase in coverage of market-moving events compared to…
Aqumin Taps Calgary Scientific for Web-, Mobile-Enabled Analytics
Houston, Texas-based data visualization software vendor Aqumin has enlisted Calgary Scientific, a Canadian provider of web-enablement technologies and medical imaging software, to enable Aqumin to run its data-intensive “cityscape” displays in a browser…
Perseus Begins Global Data Net Expansion
New York-based low-latency network provider Perseus Telecom is expanding its LiquidPath data connectivity service from focusing on providing connectivity between the US and South American markets to primary market centers worldwide, followed by second…
Thomson Reuters Debuts Solvency II Data Service
The data provider is offering the service through its DataScope Select platform, covering four types of data relevant to compliance with the regulation