Data
Custom Connect Beams up Bevaart to CTO Role
Netherlands-based Custom Connect, a provider of carrier-neutral fiber and microwave connectivity services has appointed Rutger Bevaart as its new chief technology officer and lead architect, and has incorporated Bevaart's company, Xconnect24, a provider…
Collibra Offers Data Stewardship Automation
The data management automation provider has added a suite to its data governance platform that will automate data stewardship processes
TOM MTF Bows Data on New Dutch Index
The TOM (The Order Machine) multilateral trading facility has launches a new total return index, the NL20 Index, which reflects performance of the 20 largest listed Dutch companies, designed to deliver "transparency, predictability, efficiency,…
Deutsche Börse MD+S Tools Up with Davis
Deutsche Börse's Market Data + Services division has appointed Caroline Davis as its new head of tools, a business line that offers on-demand access to cloud-hosted software applications for algorithm testing, regulatory reporting and other functions.
Shouldering Fatca Responsibility
The industry has the pieces necessary for effective systems and operations to comply with the US foreign tax withholding rules, but must figure out how to put them all together as the July 1 deadline nears
Opening Cross: Everything Comes at a Cost, Even Cloud
Any discussion of return on investment relies on the ability to measure two things: the return generated, and the amount spent to achieve it. In the world of market data, the question is, “How much money can I make as a result of buying and using dataset…
Nasdaq Guts FinQloud, Amazon Web Services Gets Clients
Nasdaq OMX is scrapping parts of its FinQloud financial services-dedicated cloud computing service, handing off some components to partner Amazon Web Services—which provides the underlying cloud infrastructure—and ending support for other key aspects of…
Stress Tests, Data Aggregation Get Bigger Parts in Risk Management
Risk data aggregation efforts are pulling in more sources of data and more functions and tasks, such as stress testing. Michael Shashoua reports
Industry Split on Impact of ESMA Data Plan
Industry participants and experts seem divided over the likely outcome of European regulator the European Securities and Markets Association’s consultation process as well as over the impact of the provisions on end-users and data providers, after ESMA…
In the CDO's Chair
Strapline: Interview With
DataContent Bows SmartSuite Market Data Governance, Cost Analysis Service
UK- and Hong Kong-based data consultancy DataContent has created a data governance service, dubbed SmartSuite, that puts in place a series of processes for data consumers to establish relationships between datasets and their parent sources, and to…
Fatca: Crunch Time -- Webcast
On May 28, Inside Reference Data hosted a webcast about US Fatca tax withholding regulation, in which four experts in the field discussed industry readiness for an impending July 1 deadline
Nasdaq Reports eSpeed Data Outage
One day after reporting the successful completion of migrating its eSpeed electronic treasuries market to the Nasdaq OMX datacenter in Carteret, NJ, Nasdaq experienced an interruption in eSpeed data this morning, May 29.
Empirasign Bows MyData Excel Integration Web Service
Empirasign Strategies, a New York-based provider of fixed income dealer offerings and trade color, has rolled out Empirasign MyData, which allows users to upload a list of bond tickers to Empirasign's website and have the vendor return updated prices for…
Swift Opens Mexico City Office, Adds Executives
Ruben Galindo, previously of HSBC, and Ricardo Vigueras, previously of Banamex, have joined the messaging cooperative in its efforts to respond to increased demand in Latin America
SIX Financial Info Pushes FISD FIA Certification
The US arm of Swiss data vendor SIX Financial Information has begun mandating that its client-facing staff achieve industry association FISD's Financial Information Associate (FIA) professional certification, to demonstrate the expertise of its employees.
Thomson Reuters To Monitor Fatca Grandfathered Instruments
The data provider will alert users if an instrument loses its exemption from tax withholding under Fatca as a result of one of six possible types of material modifications
Nasdaq Completes eSpeed Datacenter Migration
Nasdaq OMX's eSpeed US treasuries trading platform has completed its migration to Nasdaq's datacenter in Carteret, NJ, resulting in a 100 microsecond improvement in market data distribution, and a 25 percent improvement in roundtrip order-entry response…
4th Story Combines Market, Fundamental Analytics, Boosts Analyst Automation
San Francisco-based data and trading software developer 4th Story has unveiled a new tool for analysts and portfolio managers that runs analytics on a combination of traditional price data and fundamental information, and which also automates time…
SMA Eyes Front-Office Traders, PMs with Social Indicators Excel Add-in
Social Market Analytics, a Naperville, Illinois-based provider of trading signals derived from analysis of social media sentiment, is rolling out a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet add-in to make its proprietary S-Factor sentiment scores more accessible by…
Former ISE Exec Soule Boards Redline
Jeff Soule, former head of market data at the International Securities Exchange, has joined Woburn, Mass.-based low-latency feed handler provider Redline Trading Solutions as vice president of business development, responsible for bringing new data…
FXStreet's FXBeat Newswire Now a Premium Subscription Service
Foreign exchange news, commentary and data provider FXStreet has upgraded its FXBeat news and commentary feed to a premium service for traders and for brokers to integrate into their own trading platforms.
Volta, Venus Offer Co-Lo with AWS
Datacenter provider Volta Data Centres and fiber network vendor Venus Business Communications have partnered to offer enhanced hybrid co-location solutions via Amazon Web Services at Volta's Great Sutton Street datacenter in London, in a move to provide…