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Poseidon Aims to Make Waves with China/Japan Reports, Mulls Quant Research
Hong Kong-based research provider Poseidon Research plans to release two off-the-shelf reports covering political risk in China and Japan in the coming weeks, and is also considering adding quantitative analysis to its existing qualitative content set to…
Morningstar Puts CMBS Ratings on Bloomberg Terminals
Chicago-based data and investment research provider Morningstar's credit ratings arm has begun providing commercial mortgage-backed securities ratings via Bloomberg's Professional terminal, to meet growing investor demand for broader distribution of its…
Eley Appointed GoldenSource CEO, Meriton to Focus on Utilities
After 12 years as CEO, Mike Meriton will now serve the company as vice chairman, driving its strategic activities in relation to the creation of utilities. Former Pivot CEO John Eley has been chosen to succeed him
Savvis to Maintain Financial Focus, Post-Name Change
Officials at network and hosting provider Savvis say the vendor remains committed to its capital markets cloud and co-location customers, after retiring the Savvis brand and changing its name to CenturyLink Technology Solutions (CTS) in a bid to…
xCelor Debuts Single-Digit Nanosecond Data Switches
Chicago-based low-latency switching and data technology vendor xCelor has begun rolling out its family of xPort Layer 1 network switches, which replicate data from feeds without performing other processing tasks, to minimize port-to-port latency to…
Kensho Unveils Warren, a Natural-Language Query ‘Virtual Research Assistant'
Cloud-based analytics provider Kensho has enlisted asset managers and research teams to test Warren, a "virtual market research assistant" developed for the financial markets that understands and responds to queries asked using natural language.
SMA Launches Social Media Analytics for Active Traders
Social Market Analytics, a Naperville, Illinois-based provider of trading signals based on social media sentiment, has released three new products aimed at active traders, in addition to its existing SmartStation workstation product for institutional…
CEO Fenwick Departs Dow Jones
News Corporation yesterday announced the departure of Dow Jones chief executive Lex Fenwick after less than two years in the role, saying that the vendor would review the institutional strategy that Fenwick implemented, including the DJX news and data…
Numerix Pricing, Risk Tools Now Available in Matlab
Derivatives pricing and risk analysis software vendor Numerix has integrated its CrossAsset Integration Layer with MathWorks' Matlab technical modeling and calculation platform, enabling Matlab clients to price any derivative within the platform, using…
Fenergo Follows Client Wins With Appointment of North America Lead
Stan De Schepper has taken on responsibility for growing Fenergo's business in the US and Canada, where it now has four clients
OneMarketData Adds Wall Street Horizon Calendar to Historical Repository
Tick database and complex event processing system provider OneMarketData has added Woburn, Mass.-based corporate earnings and event data provider Wall Street Horizon’s single-stock events calendar data to its OneQuantData repository of historical…
Activ Deploys Ticker Plant in ASX Co-Lo
Market data and ticker plant provider Activ Financial has established a point of presence in the Australian Securities Exchange’s (ASX) Australian Liquidity Center (ALC) co-location facility in Sydney, to provide local and international firms with…
Global Custodian Chooses AIM for Instrument, Issuer Data
A custodian bank with $3 trillion in client assets under management is using the GAIN Security Master application to create and maintain instrument and issuer reference data
Counterparty Reporting Still Below Standard, Say Market Supervisors
According to an international group of market supervisors, five years after the financial crisis, firms are not meeting their expectations in relation to the consistent, timely and accurate reporting of their counterparty exposures
EU OKs MiFID 2; ESMA Wades into Details
After more than three years of negotiations, the European Union last week struck a long-awaited agreement on its review of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive that mandates trading venues to make pre- and post- trade data available on a …
MDSL Preps Index, Trading Cost Management Tools
UK-based market data inventory management and usage monitoring technology provider MDSL is rolling out two new services aimed at helping financial firms manage their index data and FIX trading connectivity spend similar to how they manage market data…
What Can Be Learned From LEI Board Nominations?
The nominations for the board of directors of the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation includes some surprises and clues about the form the Central Operating Unit might take
Markit Eyes Front-Office Push with thinkFolio Acquisition
Markit has acquired London-based portfolio management system (PMS) provider thinkFolio, in a deal that will see the buy-side stalwart join Markit’s enterprise software division.
Nasdaq Quits SIP Over Lack of Tape Progress
Nasdaq OMX plans to cease operating the Securities Information Processor (SIP) that collects data on Nasdaq-listed stocks, calculates a best bid and offer, and distributes the consolidated feed of quote and trade data─known as Tape C or the Unlisted…
Market Prophit Adds ‘Maven' Filter to Crowd Sentiment, Ranks Individuals' Performance
New York-based social media sentiment analysis provider Market Prophit has created a filtered version of its sentiment feed, which creates sentiment scores for companies based on mentions in social media, and has added a feature that ranks the most…
Markit Hub Adds Roubini Economic Data
Markit has added economic research and analysis from Roubini Global Economics (RGE) to its Markit Hub research platform, which aggregates research, analysis and news from banks, data vendors and news providers.
Swift Chooses SmartStream for Calendar Data
Swift has chosen to work with SmartStream partly because the software and managed services vendor is itself a user of calendar data
Fidessa Promotes Thomas, Hires Jeffrey
Trading technology and market data provider Fidessa has appointed Emily Thomas as global head of new business sales and Phill Jeffrey as Asia-Pacific regional sales director.