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RVS Incorporates OTC "Trade Evidence" into Rates Pricing
Benchmark rate pricing software vendor Rate Validation Services has launched a "trade-evidenced data service," dubbed Creator, which provides clients with consensus contributions, adjusted using actual executed trade data.
Compliance Through Crowd Computing -- Webcast
On June 25, Inside Reference Data hosted a webcast about how crowd computing can help financial institutions manage the requirements of new regulations by enabling them to combine automation tools, subject matter experts and online workers
Bannocks Leaves Barclays, Sets Up Consultancy
After holding senior data management roles at Barclays, Nomura and Thomson Reuters, Chris Bannocks has set up a consultancy that provides services for financial institutions and technology vendors
Startup Trendrating Gets $1M Funding Boost
Switzerland-based Trendrating, a provider of price trend and momentum ratings for equities, exchange-traded funds, indexes and currencies, has raised $1 million in seed funding--including an undisclosed sum from the investment fund run by former Thomson…
Bloomberg Names Bigley Global CMO
Bloomberg has promoted Deirdre Bigley to the role of global chief marketing officer, responsible for overseeing international marketing strategy for the vendor's products and services.
SPN Alliance Connects to Volta
The SPN Alliance, a network of telecommunication providers, vendors and carriers, has completed the installation of its dark fiber connectivity into Volta Data Centre's London datacenter on Great Sutton Street to provide its members with improved…
Mergermarket Completes £26M Perfect Info Buy
Financial publisher Mergermarket Group has closed its acquisition of London-based corporate data provider Perfect Information for £26 million from business publisher Centaur Media.
BATS Readies Consolidated BATS-Direct Edge Feed
BATS Global Markets is preparing to release a feed of market data that provides a base of information from all four equities markets run by its BATS and Direct Edge exchanges, following the merger of the two exchange operators at the start of this year.
Fatca: The End of the Beginning
Practitioners have spent many months preparing for key aspects of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act that come into effect this week. But few will be able to breathe a sigh of relief when the US anti-tax evasion measure goes live, as similar…
Quincy Adds ICE Futures, eSpeed Treasuries to QED Microwave Data
Low-latency market data provider Quincy Data has added equity and energy futures data from the IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) and US Treasury bond data from Nasdaq’s eSpeed electronic bond trading platform to its Quincy Extreme Data microwave service, to…
Opening Cross: Forget ‘Keep it Simple, Stupid.’ Think KIDD—’Keep it Diversified, Dummy"
The market data business is increasingly governed by the need to diversify to respond to market and investment trends. Trading firms seeking exposure to new opportunities diversify the datasets they consume in search of the one that will give them an…
VWD Adds Tullett US Bonds Data to Terminal
Frankfurt-based market data vendor VWD has added data on US Treasury bonds from Tullett Prebon Information, the data arm of interdealer broker Tullett Prebon, to its VWD Market Manager real-time data desktop application, in response to increasing demand…
UPDATE: LSE Eyes FTSE-Russell Index Data Combo
The London Stock Exchange plans to consolidate the index calculation and data distribution platforms of its FTSE index subsidiary with those of US-based index provider Russell Indexes—and may migrate the index platforms to proprietary LSE technologies,…
Markit Eyes Federated Chat Integration Capabilities
Markit is building out the integration services component of its Collaboration Services initiative, an open messaging network for financial professionals to communicate and share information across any messaging platform.
EIOPA Seeks Feedback on Plans to Mandate LEI Usage
The Frankfurt-based supervisory authority for the insurance industry is seeking feedback on its plans to make use of legal entity identifiers mandatory in Europe
JSE Begins FISD Certification Rollout to Data Staff
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange had its first market data staff take industry association FISD's Financial Information Associate (FIA) professional certification this month, and plans to make the program a prerequisite for its senior and client-facing…
1010Data Incorporates TransUnion Credit Data
Big Data analytics and database provider 1010Data has added monthly loan-level credit data from credit bureau TransUnion, mapped to pools of mortgage-backed securities and risk-share securities issued by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.'s (Freddie…
Solarflare Bows Data-Ordering Timestamps, Preps Security Adds
Hardware acceleration and data network technology vendor Solarflare has rolled out a timestamping API as part of its technology stack that ensures data is processed in the correct order, and is planning additions to its range of security tools designed…
LSE Lays Out Russell Acquisition Proposal
The London Stock Exchange has agreed to buy US-based index provider and asset manager Russell Investments from the Northwestern Mutual Insurance Company for $2.7 billion, in a move to diversify its revenue streams and expand into the US market.
Data Management Demands of Stress Tests and Standards ─ Webcast
On June 24, Inside Reference Data hosted a webcast about the changes firms must make to comply with the BCBS 239 risk data aggregation and reporting principles, the CCAR and FDSF stress testing programs and the COREP and FINREP reporting frameworks
BvD Grows Global Coverage, Adds Historical Fundamentals
Company information vendor Bureau van Dijk Electronic Publishing (BvD) has broadened the global coverage of its core database of company fundamental data, and is also making historical data on company performance available to users for the first time, as…
Options Expands Belfast Office, Eyes International Growth
Infrastructure-as-a-service provider Options is expanding its office in Belfast, Northern Ireland, with plans to grow its local staff from about a dozen at present to around 30 by next year, in a move mainly designed to boost its Velocity market…
DST Adds IBOR to Anova Products
The data services company added IBOR position collection and visualization capability to its Anova software suite
