Data
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
Opening Cross: Teenage Takeover!
I can still recall my first days at then-Risk Waters Group in 2000 as a greenhorn researcher working on Risk magazine and FX Week, trying to quickly learn new industries and lingo, while at the same time trying to hide my inexperience. One of my earliest…
Martone Co-Locates at CenturyLink
Datacenter and hosting provider CenturyLink Technology Solutions has hired Kindra Martone as senior vice president of co-location sales, with responsibility for the vendor's global datacenter co-location strategy and initiatives.
Unexpected Sources Of Value
Value, in relation to data operations and management, can mean more than just the importance of the information. It can also be derived from smart collaboration and cultivation.
EMIR-Go-Round
Last month's second deadline under the European regulation, following a February scramble, found the industry better prepared with better command of data reporting requirements, Joanna Wright reports
Thomson Reuters Maps 12-Month Retirement-Upgrade Schedule
Thomson Reuters has notified customers that it will retire a number of legacy products over the next 12 months, as part of an ongoing program to migrate all customers to its next generation Elektron Real Time datafeed.
ICE to Buy SuperDerivatives for $350 Million
Intercontinental Exchange has announced plans to acquire derivatives pricing and risk management software vendor SuperDerivatives for $350 million in cash to "accelerate the expansion of ICE's comprehensive multi-asset class clearing strategy."
Fenergo Expands to Asia-Pacific
Company appoints Brett Hodge, former head of Asia at Avox, as head of sales for new Sydney office, in response to new regulatory compliance services demands for OTC derivatives
EMIS Bows Industry-Focused Energy Data Product
Emerging markets information provider EMIS (formerly known as ISI Emerging Markets) has launched EMIS Energy, a new product providing industry-specific daily news, research reports, company profiles and financial data, market statistics and M&A data…
Bridging the IT-Business Divide
Hervé Morel-Derocle of Axa Investment Managers tells Michael Shashoua how collaboration between firms’ IT and business units can produce value through better data management
Industry Addresses Solvency II Readiness
For some firms, data management operations necessary for compliance with the regulation will take right up to the January 2016 deadline. Others may need more time, industry sources say
Anova Unveils Sub-185us CME Wireless Net
Chicago-based low-latency connectivity provider Anova Technologies has rolled out a new network connection that offers data latency of sub-185 microseconds between CME Group's co-location datacenter in Aurora, Illinois and the Digital Realty Trust…
Doctoroff to Depart Bloomberg at Year-End
Bloomberg president and chief executive Dan Doctoroff is to leave the data giant at the end of this year, to be replaced by his predecessor, Bloomberg founder Michael Bloomberg, officials announced Sept. 3.
Finwire Sells Stake to PE Firm Pegroco to Fund Expansion Plans
Swedish news provider Finwire has sold a combined 25 percent stake in the company to Swedish private equity firm Pegroco Invest and Finwire chairman Peter Benson for an undisclosed amount, to help the vendor fund an international expansion for its…
Quincy Adds Eurex Futures Data to QED Microwave Data Service
Oakland, Calif.-based low-latency market data vendor Quincy Data has added futures data from Deutsche Borse's Eurex derivatives exchange to its Quincy Extreme Data (QED) service, a normalized feed of market data sourced from exchanges worldwide and…
Morningstar IM Promotes Earnshaw, Hires Fane
Morningstar Investment Management, the consulting arm of Chicago-based investment research and data vendor Morningstar, has appointed Diane Earnshaw head of UK Consulting, and has hired Edward Fane as senior investment consultant and portfolio manager to…
Solvency II LEI Imperative Makes Progress
The regulation's proposed requirement for reporting using legal entity identifiers is nearing the end of its industry comment period, and firms that will be affected are looking at how to comply.