Data
Standard Chartered Hires Nelson in Hong Kong
Barnaby Nelson, previously an executive at BNP Paribas who worked on messaging standards issues, has joined Standard Chartered in a managing director role
O'Malia Outlines How CFTC Can Tackle its Data Difficulties
Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Scott O'Malia says regulator must improve swaps data quality, and develop automated surveillance and risk analytics tools
Estimize Unveils Crowd-Sourced M&A Prediction Platform, Raises $1.2M Expansion Funding
New York-based startup crowd-sourced estimates provider Estimize will roll out a new platform today, Wednesday, March 26, dubbed Mergerize, which aggregates crowd-sourced predictions of potential mergers and acquisition activity so traders, M&A bankers…
CenturyLink Plans 180,000 Square Foot Expansion
Network and datacenter hosting provider CenturyLink Technology Solutions, the subsidiary of internet and telecoms service provider CenturyLink formerly known as Savvis, has announced plans to add 180,000 square feet of datacenter space in response to…
ISITC Honors Shay for Standards Work
Jamie Shay, a former head of standards at Swift, and 40-year veteran of the industry, received the organization's Standard of Excellence Award
Swann Glides into Xtrakter Data Role
European fixed-income trade matching and regulatory reporting service provider Xtrakter has appointed Kevin Swann as head of data, responsible for the development and commercial direction of the company's data products.
Rimes Adds Nasdaq Global Index Family to Data Service
Benchmark and economic data provider Rimes Technologies is now publishing Nasdaq OMX's global index family on its Benchmark Data Service, to provide joint asset manager and custodian clients with access to Nasdaq's alternative benchmarks for tracking…
Perseus Launches Hybrid Transatlantic NJ-Frankfurt Route
New York-based fiber and microwave network provider Perseus Telecom has established a new hybrid transatlantic route between Secaucus, NJ and Frankfurt─which combines fiber and wireless hops─to meet demand from US and German-based market makers and…
Interactive Data Links With Microsoft
The data services provider will deliver its data through Office 365 and Excel. Interactive Data also plans to further distribute its data through Microsoft's software-as-a-service partners
Solace Signs Clarke… Again
Crispin Clarke has rejoined hardware messaging platform provider Solace Systems in Toronto as senior vice president of its global accounts team, responsible for ensuring the vendor's internal resources—from sales and support to professional services,…
Updata Drills IIR Energy for Analytic Tools
UK-based technical analysis software vendor Updata has partnered with Houston, Texas-based supply-side energy market data provider IIR Energy to develop a new set of analytical tools for energy traders and analysts that leverage IIR Energy data covering…
KVH Lowers Latency on CME-Asia Routes
Tokyo-based datacenter and hosting provider KVH has upgraded its network between the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) in Aurora, Illinois and the Japan (JPX) and Singapore (SGX) stock exchanges in Asia, to provide low latency access for Chicago- and…
ICD Chooses Volante for Data Integration
Institutional Cash Distributors Technology will use Volante Designer to help it integrate Swift Fin, Bank Administration Institute 2 and proprietary messages in XML and other formats
Nanospeed Adds FPGA Eurex Data Support
London-based startup hardware provider Nanospeed has added support for the T7 trading architecture utilized by Deutsche Börse’s Eurex derivatives market to its FPGA-accelerated Nano-TG ultra-low-latency trading gateway for futures and options markets,…
Bucharest Exchange Readies Index Expansion
The Bucharest Stock Exchange plans to launch two new indexes plus supporting data this year and to revise its existing Bucharest Stock Exchange Trading Index (BET) index family, in a move to turn its indicators into more accurate representations of the…
FIX Preps ITCH Data Protocol Integration
Standards association FIX Trading Community is working to incorporate elements of Nasdaq OMX’s ITCH data protocol into the FIX Protocol, to create an industry data standard that combines the efficiency of binary ITCH messages with the flexibility and…
Equinix Mulls NY5 Microwave Growth After BATS Migration, Eyes Asia-Pac Metro Microwaves
Datacenter provider Equinix is considering expanding its capacity for radio frequency data transmission at its NY5 datacenter in Secaucus, NJ, after US stock and options exchange operator BATS Global Markets announced plans last month to migrate its BATS…
The data governance culture -- webcast
Inside Reference Data gathered leading industry experts for a webcast on March 6, 2014 to discuss how financial trading firms are managing data governance considerations in light of increased management focus.
Fatca's Endgame
Firms are thinking about the ways and means of complying with Fatca foreign tax withholding rules, even with incomplete guidance and preparation, as a key July 1 deadline approaches
Fatca Fatigue Increasing, Experts Say
Banks getting tired of incomplete information and spiralling costs of Fatca, experts on the regulation told attendees at an event organized by Inside Reference Data and SIX Financial Information
Bloomberg, Markit Seal PMI Data Distribution Deal
Bloomberg has announced that it will begin distributing Markit's Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) surveys via the Bloomberg Professional terminal service from Mar. 24, to provide subscribers with real-time access to Markit's PMI indicators of business…
Stoxx Names Former Banker Andreetto Sales Head
European index provider Stoxx has hired Matteo Andreetto as global head of sales, based in London, with responsibility for the strategic positioning of the vendor's indexes, and for leading sales activities with sell-side and buy-side clients.