Data
Kx Launches Developer Site, Offers Free Software Access
Tick database and time-series analytics provider Kx Systems has unveiled a developer community website to support developers using the vendor's Kdb+ database.
Grappling With Quality
Avox's general manager Mark Davies explores why poor data quality is still an issue for firms when trying to understand their counterparty exposure, and outlines three steps they can take to improve the situation
UPDATE: Canadian Data Vets Found CFSI Advisory, Development Firm; Win Activ Canadian Distribution Deal
Toronto-based startup Collaborative Financial Services Inc, a provider of services that include business development consulting for companies seeking to enter the Canadian market, and an ecosystem of integrated partner products and development…
Bank of the West Hires Goldberg
David Goldberg, a veteran of data management roles at Santander USA, BNY Mellon and JPMorgan Chase, has relocated to San Francisco from New York, to become chief data governance officer at the firm
EBS Rolls out White-Labeled NetDania App
EBS, the foreign exchange brokerage platform of interdealer broker Icap, is rolling out a white-labeled version of Danish foreign exchange data display and trading technology provider NetDania's FX and stocks mobile app.
S&P Cap IQ Adds TMX Data Connectivity
S&P Capital IQ's Real-Time Solutions division (formerly QuantHouse) has begun making market data from Canada's TMX Group available via its QuantFeed low-latency consolidated datafeed and its QuantLink trading infrastructure.
SAP Connects Apps to Interactive Data
Interactive Data's users can now plug their applications straight into the data provider's database
Russia's NSD Uses GoldenSource Software for New Utility
GoldenSource's enterprise data management software is being used to automate the capture, standardization and validation of data in the National Settlement Depository's newly launched Center of Corporate Information
Xenomorph Integrates with R Language for Additional Analytics
Users of the R statistical language will now be able to use rich, validated data from Xenomorph's TimeScape product and Xenomorph's clients will be able to do additional analysis in the R environment
IDC Releases TREP Feed Handler Upgrade
Interactive Data has released an upgraded version of its feed handler for the Thomson Reuters Enterprise Platform (TREP) that includes new symbology remapping functionality to allow customers to more seamlessly bring its Consolidated Feed of equities,…
When is a Data Utility Not Really a Data Utility?
As previously noted in this space, ‘utility’ is quickly establishing itself as the industry buzzword of 2014. However, there is still confusion about the use of the term
1010data Unveils v.7 of Big Data Analytics Platform
New York-based Big Data analytics and database provider 1010data will this week launch version seven of its cloud-based analytics platform, which includes advanced data visualization functionality, the ability to create in-database applications, and a…
Activ Financial Readies Lynx ATS and CX2 Feed Handlers
Market data and ticker plant provider Activ Financial is building out new feed handlers for Lynx ATS, Omega ATS's new Canadian alternative trading system, and CX2, Chi-X Canada's second ATS, to provide domestic and US customers with complete coverage of…
Updata Integrates Historical Data from GFD
UK-based technical analysis software vendor Updata has integrated San Juan Capistrano Calif.-based data provider Global Financial Data's database of historical financial and economic data into its Professional analytics suite to enable users to visualize…
ICE Splits NYSE Liffe, Euronext Feeds
NYSE Euronext has introduced a new commercial model for real-time data from its Liffe derivatives market that will see London-listed derivatives unbundled from continental European derivatives, as a result of ongoing plans to spin off Euronext's European…
Crowd Computing: a New Approach to Data Management—Webcast
On March 27, representatives from data vendor companies and experts in the area of crowd computing took part in a webinar to discuss how this new working method - which combines automation tools, freelance workers and captive staff - can benefit the…
Waters: Excel Here to Stay...For Now
Advancements in cloud-based technologies, data warehousing, storing, reporting, and data analysis are all helping asset management firms lessen their dependencies on Microsoft Excel but spreadsheets will continue to be widely used at asset management…
egID Readies Datacenter for Egyptian Exchange Move
Egyptian information provider and software developer Egypt for Information Dissemination (egID), a joint venture between the Egyptian Exchange and Nasdaq OMX, is expanding its datacenter in New Cairo to accommodate the Egyptian Exchange (EGX), which…
Deutsche Börse Launches Eurex Full Order Book Feed
Deutsche Börse Market Data + Services, the IT arm of Deutsche Börse, has launched a new information product dubbed Eurex Order by Order that provides the entire order book of benchmark futures from its Eurex derivatives exchange.
Consolidated Audit Trail Given New Momentum
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has introduced a new set of deadlines and steps toward implementation of a consolidated audit trail (CAT)¬-which is designed to capture trades, quotes, cancellations and other information across US-listed…
Dow Jones Rolls Out Customer-Driven Factivia Upgrade
Newswire Dow Jones has made a number of changes to streamline the search functionality and newsletter capabilities of its Factiva business information and research tool, based on customer feedback over the past year.
ISITC's Zoller on Conference Highlights
Jeff Zoller, chair of ISITC, talks about the new middle office group announced at the organization's 20th annual conference in Boston on March 24, as well as other issues on the agenda
Consolidated Audit Trail Gets New Push
Bidding to become the processor of consolidated audit trail has just closed, leading into a process of choices and approvals by the SEC and self-regulatory organizations likely to last into 2015 and beyond
CFTC Opens Discussions on Standard Structure for Global UTI
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission has begun speaking to other regulators about the possibility of creating a standard structure for a global unique transaction identifier