Data
Open Platform: Cash in on Your Cache─Using CPU Cache, Hybrid Models and Vectors to Ditch Database Delays
As data volumes continue to rise, processing this data efficiently requires database developers to employ new methods of storing and processing data, says Steve Graves, chief executive of in-memory database provider McObject
SeekingAlpha Lists OTC Markets Data, Links
Financial news, analysis and transcript website Seeking Alpha has added marketplace designations for the OTCQX, OTCQB and OTC Pink markets operated by OTC Markets Group to company information on its website, to denote the listing market of each security…
Industry Group Publishes Private Equity Data Standard
AltExchange's Group One data standard includes data on capital accounts, schedules of investments and cashflow activity, and is intended to replace the guidelines the private equity industry currently relies on when exchanging data
2013 Review: Data Licenses Cause Friction Between Exchanges, Users
As exchange revenues from traditional activities such as trading continue to stagnate, more trading venues continued to increase market data fees and to change licensing policies to charge fees for datasets they previously made available at lower rates…
Numerix Catches Carley for EMEA Sales
Derivatives valuation and analytics provider Numerix has hired Tim Carley as EMEA managing director to oversee the vendor's direct sales operations in the region, covering its London, Paris, Frankfurt, Milan, Stockholm and Dubai sales and development…
Aquis Exchange Appoints Graham Dick to Lead Sales
Pan-European equities trading venue Aquis Exchange has hired Graham Dick, co-founder of consolidated tape think-tank The COBA Project, to head its sales team.
Chaikin Bows Desktop App, ETF Data
Chaikin Analytics has adapted its Chaikin Analytics for iPad app to create a desktop workstation, incorporating its Chaikin Power Gauge alpha model of 20 fundamental and technical factors that provides a bullish or bearish rating, and six pairs of buy…
CUSIP Numbers Created for MAC IRS Contracts
SIFMA AMG and ISDA have worked with CUSIP Global Services to create CUSIP numbers for Market Agreed Coupons, a type of interest rate swap contract launched in April
2013 Review: 2013: A Year of Disruption for Data Vendors
While market share in the data industry was dominated by the long-established heavyweights, one of the most potentially disruptive developments of the year came from a fast-growing middleweight.
2013 Review: OTC Derivatives Electronification Prompts Flurry of Data Capture, Reporting Activity
As result of a subdued global equities market, 2013 saw an uptick in over-the-counter derivatives trading. According to the Bank for International Settlements, the total national value of the OTC derivatives markets reached almost $700 billion in June…
IRD's Senior Reporter on the FCA's Review of Outsourcing
Nicholas Hamilton discusses calls from the UK's Financial Conduct Authority for asset managers to develop better contingency plans in case one of their third-party service providers fails
IEX Taps Redline Ticker NBBO Feed for Price Matching
Mutual fund-owned alternative trading system IEX Group has confirmed it is using Woburn, Mass.-based low-latency data technology provider Redline Trading Solutions' InRush 3 hardware-accelerated ticker plant to capture US equity market data to support…
Exegy Grows FX Coverage with Bloomberg, Currenex, Gain Feed Handlers
St. Louis, MO-based low-latency feed handler and data platform appliance vendor Exegy has rolled out new feed handlers for foreign exchange trading platforms Bloomberg Tradebook, Currenex ITCH and Gain GTX within its Exegy Ticker Plant to expand its…
Outsourced But Not Out of Mind
The UK's asset management industry has responded to regulators' concerns about managing risks associated with outsourcing, but continued change will be needed in the years to come
Bureau van Dijk Adds to Orbis Company Database
Bureau van Dijk, a Dutch provider of company information, has rolled out an updated version of its Orbis company database, containing broader and new datasets.
Interactive Data Adds GFI, Icap, Commodities to FutureSource
Interactive Data is adding new commodities datasets from interdealer brokers GFI and Icap, UK-based agricultural specialist Informa Agra and pricing and news provider OPIS (Oil Price Information Service) to its FutureSource market data and analytics…
VWD Preps Metals App for iPhone, iPad
Frankfurt-based data vendor VWD will this week launch a new iPhone and iPad app for metals traders, in a move designed to meet increasing demand from its desktop users for more targeted mobile products.
Quandl Bows Crowd-Sourced Data, Curation
Quandl, a Toronto-based startup search engine covering financial, economic and sociological datasets is preparing to roll out Quandl-as-a-Service, enabling firms to curate and add public data to the site.
Russell Revamps, Unbundles Index Pricing
Russell Indexes, the index provider subsidiary of asset manager Russell Investments, is introducing a new pricing model for its RussellTick real-time feed of US and global consolidated index data, reflecting enhancements made to the product as part of an…
Opening Cross: Inside Market Data’s 12 Days of Christmas
Inside Market Data will take a break from printing over Christmas and the New Year, with our next print issue on Monday, Jan. 13. In the meantime, we’ll continue to update the IMD website with news over the holidays. So until we print again, season’s…
IMD's 10 Days of Christmas: The Top 10 Trends of 2013
In the spirit of the season, Inside Market Data will be publishing its Top 10 Trends of 2013 over the coming 10 days in the run-up to Christmas.
2013 Review: Budgets Drive, Hamper End-User Innovation
End-user firms continued to struggle with budget concerns in 2013, while striving to embrace innovative ways to view and use data.
Oslo Børs Nibor U-Turn Irks End-Users
Norwegian exchange group Oslo Børs last week began calculating the Norwegian Interbank Offered Rate (Nibor) benchmark rate, after being appointed the calculation agent by Norwegian financial industry association Finance Norway. However, end-users are…