Data
Asset Control Hires SunGard Exec to Manage New Asian Hub
Franck Peltier has been hired by Asset Control to head the "full-service hub" it is creating in Singapore to serve the APAC market
Cloud Computing Remains Tough Sell For Data, Study Finds
A survey of 21 firms conducted by Aite Group found that security and privacy concerns are barriers to more widespread adoption of cloud computing resources for data operations
Bloomberg-Rebranded UBS Indexes Continue Availability on Rimes BDS
Managed benchmark data services provider Rimes Technologies has added Bloomberg index data from Bloomberg to the range of data sources available via its Benchmark Data Service, which provides cloud-based data collection, validation, transformation,…
Boston Consulting Group Hires McGraw-Hill Exec Teschner
The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has hired former McGraw-Hill strategy executive Charles Teschner as head of capital markets for North America, to lead the consultancy's team advising financial institutions in the region.
Tep Joins Element 22 As Partner
Methea Tep, most recently a managed services executive at SmartStream, joins the advisory company as a partner
ITG Launches FX Trading Cost Index App
Broker and research provider ITG has released a tool that provides foreign exchange traders and portfolio managers with liquidity costs for 20 currency pairs.
OTAS Bows Real-Time TCA
London-based analytics provider OTAS Technologies has rolled out a new transaction cost analysis platform that provides traders at buy-side firms with real-time analytics on trade performance in changing market conditions.
GoldenSource Appoints Senior European Sales Manager
Eric Bassot has been given responsibility for sales in Italy, Spain and French-speaking countries
FX ECN Spotex Taps Solace for Data Messaging
Spotex, a foreign exchange trading ECN that launched in June, has confirmed it is using Ottawa-based hardware messaging appliance vendor Solace Systems' routing technologies to provide low-latency messaging for price and trade data between trading…
Linedata Integrates InvestSoft Fixed Income, Derivatives Analytics
Linedata has embedded InvestSoft's BondPro analytics library into its own analytics platform to improve its coverage of esoteric products
Updata Launches ‘Integrate’ Database Tool for Firms to Chart In-House Data
UK-based technical analysis software provider Updata has released a new tool, dubbed Updata Integrate, which maps data from client firms’ in-house databases to the vendor’s Professional analytics workstation, enabling users to display their own data in…
Opening Cross: Looking for Data (and Beer) in All the Right Places
Over the July 4 long weekend, I strolled around the new residential skyscrapers built along the Long Island City waterfront, and the redeveloped Gantry Plaza State Park overlooking the East River and the UN building. A few blocks inland, in a parking lot…
GLEIF Names Wolf As CEO
Stephan Wolf, a Frankfurt-based executive at Interactive Data, will leave that role to succeed interim CEO Gerard Hartsink at the legal entity identifier system infrastructure organization
Hitachi Data Systems, Informatica Ally on Legacy Platform Retirement
Hitachi Data Systems (HDS), the storage, software and services subsidiary of Japanese technology conglomerate Hitachi, is partnering with data integration software provider Informatica to provide a technology platform abstraction and retirement service…
Infrastructure special report
June 2014 Sponsored by Intel
Awards special report
June 2014
The Value Of Sharing
Collaboration and cooperation, along with openness to innovative ways of handling data, are valuable assets that data operations professionals should be willing to use.
Reference Data Technology special report
July 2014 -- sponsored by Eagle Investment Systems and SmartStream
Tick Data Bows Cloud Data Storage, Access
Historical tick-level trade and quote data provider Tick Data has introduced cloud-hosted options to allow firms without large IT and storage infrastructures to access and run analytics on the vendor's full tick history.
Numerix Integrates with Cameron Tec for Structured Product RFQ System
Numerix's calculation engine can now be used to translate a request for quotation from a client and price the relevant product, before the price is converted into a Quote FIX message by Cameron Tec and returned to the client
Wisdom of Crowds
During an Inside Reference Data webcast on June 25, data management experts explored how crowd computing could help financial firms manage new regulatory requirements, by sharing the burden between freelance workers and automation tools, and leaving…
Data Governance As Leverage
Industry executives are looking to move away from their traditional use of data management resources and methods. Michael Shashoua reports that EDM, centralization and shifts in firms’ cultures are all being considered
Kynetix Unveils Trade Exception Software for New LME Clearing House
New software will identifiy exceptions between the trade information held by London Metal Exchange members and the records held by its new clearing house, which will use messaging standards based on the FIX protocol