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Opening Cross: Testing Times? Consider Lifelong Data Learning
From the day we are born until the day we die, there are always opportunities to learn something new. Once upon a time, your learning largely ended whenever you left school, and training meant learning how not to get killed or maimed by whatever…
Standard Chartered ‘Embraces’ FISD Data Training
Singapore-based Standard Chartered Bank has adopted industry association FISD’s Financial Information Associate (FIA) certification program as its formal training standard for market data staff in its resourcing operations spread across other parts of…
CUSIP Adds Coverage of Crowdfunding Offerings
The provision of CUSIPs for crowdfunding offerings is part of CUSIP Global Services efforts to cover new asset types and has become necessary because of the liberalization of legislation in the US governing private placements
Screen Bows 2014 InfoMatch, Boosts e-Reconciliation, Index License Management
Dutch market data cost and contract management software vendor Screen InfoMatch has rolled out the 2014 edition of its InfoMatch data inventory and cost management tool, in response to demand for improved license management features from asset managers,…
Crowdsourcing Makes A Giant Leap
The idea of crowdsourcing reference data processing and management work got a big boost this week, with a venture fund and former Thomson Reuters CEO lending their support to provider WorkFusion
LEI Benefits Will Take Longer, Data Provider Exec Says
In Japan, LEI data will eventually work as a common language for counterparty data, according to Denis Sweeney of Interactive Data
Wall Street Network Solutions Adds Cuttone, Callanan to Board
New York-based low-latency infrastructure provider Wall Street Network Solutions has named Donato Cuttone and Annie Callanan to its corporate advisory board.
YCharts Splits Charting Capabilities, Preps Expanded ETF, Mutual Fund Data
Chicago-based fundamental data analysis platform provider YCharts has released enhancements to its charting capabilities, and is planning to add further capabilities and content in the coming weeks and months to broaden its appeal to existing and new…
BEPS Spreads Tax Data Collection Wider
An international policy forum is working on a project to collect and coordinate pricing data from multiple markets, with the intent of clearing up jurisdictional issues
Markit Names Eisen to Lead Collaboration Services
Markit has appointed Andrew Eisen head of Markit Collaboration Services, the vendor's open messaging network initiative that allows financial professionals to communicate and share information across any messaging platform.
ISDA Taps ICE Benchmark Admin to Run ISDAFIX Benchmark
Derivatives industry body the International Swaps and Derivatives Association has appointed ICE Benchmark Administration, the IntercontinentalExchange-owned independent benchmark operator that already acts as the new administrator for the LIBOR benchmark…
SmartTrade Technologies, FXSpotStream Ally for 4XBox
FXSpotStream, a consortium-owned multi-bank foreign exchange price aggregation service, has partnered with trading systems provider SmartTrade Technologies to launch 4XBox, a joint offering that combines SmartTrade's smart order routing, order and risk…
Fitch Ratings Unveils Ratings Navigator
Ratings agency Fitch has launched a new tool, Ratings Navigator, that enables users to visualize the factors impacting its rating of banks and compare them to each bank's business mix, lending type, asset quality, earnings and profitability, capital and…
Xenomorph Adds Validation to TimeScape
The data management services provider now offers a Data Validation Dashboard as part of its TimeScape analytics product
GMEX Index Unit Strikes IRS Data Deal with Tullett Prebon Info
Global Derivatives Indices (GDI), the wholly owned index development and production subsidiary of derivatives exchange operator and consultancy Global Markets Exchange Group International (GMEX) has struck a deal with Tullett Prebon Information (TPI),…
Cordatum Taps Rothery for Partnerships Role
Cordatum Associates, a London-based consultancy providing advisory services around market data sales and procurement to content providers, has enlisted independent consultant Ian Rothery as an associate, responsible for advising clients on how to get the…
Barclays Joins Swift's KYC Data Utility Project
Barclays and 10 other banks are working with Swift to establish a central source of know-your-customer data
Markit Plans Relaunch of Corporate Actions Service
Markit Corporate Actions will move to a web-based platform, offering more data sourcing flexibility and timelier processing
J&J Publishes RFP for UTP Processor
New York-based management and market data consultancy Jordan & Jordan has distributed a request for proposal (RFP) for companies interesting in becoming the SIP processor for the UTP/Tape C consolidated feed of quote and trade data on Nasdaq-listed…
Dash Departs Bloomberg Indexes
Srikant Dash has left his role as global head of indexes at Bloomberg, Inside Market Data has learned.
Data Vet Farrell Joins FX Trading Tech Vendor Integral
Palo Alto, Calif.-based foreign exchange trading technology provider Integral Development has hired Richard Farrell as managing director in charge of new client segments, with responsibility for expanding the vendor's products into new business areas.
Opening Cross: Innovation Isn’t Just About Being Faster; It’s About Being Smarter and Better
The recent furor over high-frequency trading prompted by Michael Lewis’ book Flash Boys has led many to think that the only source of innovation in financial markets is making things faster, so that some kind of banker-sandman phantom can steal Granny’s…
Wall Street Horizon Readies ETF Calendar Feed
Woburn, Mass.-based corporate earnings and event data provider Wall Street Horizon has launched a new ETF Calendar Data Feed to provide institutional traders and market makers with access to announced, projected and historical exchange-traded fund…
WorkFusion Gains Funding
Venture capital firm Mohr Davidow Ventures is leading $15 million in funding for the crowdsourcing data operations company, including investment by former Thomson Reuters CEO Tom Glocer