Data
Waters Panel: Big Data Analytics to Get Bigger, Smaller
With Big Data analysis and business intelligence tools becoming more functional and sophisticated, firms can now extract more valuable data from a broader range of data sources in a fraction of the time that it would have taken in the past. As a result,…
Irish Pre-LOU Endorsed, Future LEI Guidance Planned
Pre-legal entitiy identifiers issued by the Irish Stock Exchange can be used for regulatory reporting in the jurisdictions represented by members of the Regulatory Oversight Committee, after its pre-local operating unit was accepted as part of the…
IRD's Senior Reporter On LEI's Role in EMIR
Nicholas Hamilton discusses how the legal entity identifier can be used to easy the challenges of aggregating large amounts of data when the trade reporting requirements of the European Market Infrastructure Regulation comes into force on February 12
Tora Trading Taps Activ for Asia-Pac Data
Asia-focused trading platform provider Tora Trading Services has selected US-based low-latency data vendor Activ Financial to deliver market data from Asia-Pacific marketplaces to its customer base of traders at hedge funds, long-only funds and sell-side…
Xeno, Aqumin Ally for Data Quality Visuals
UK-headquartered data management and analytics technology provider Xenomorph has integrated Houston, Texas-based data visualization provider Aqumin’s “landscape”-style heatmap displays into its TimeScape database and analytics platform, to provide visual…
Update: SBI Securities Adopts MarketPrizm Low-Latency Feed As Asia Brokers Face Latency Demands
Japanese online brokerage SBI Securities has gone live with low-latency provide normalized feeds of market data from the Japan Exchange Group's TSE FLEX platform and proprietary trading system SBI Japannext delivered via London-based market data and…
US Exchanges, SEC Mull Anti-Data Glitch Proposals
In the past month, stock and option exchanges have agreed and submitted to the US Securities and Exchange Commission recommendations to strengthen the performance of the US capital markets infrastructure, following several well-publicized data failures…
CME Readies Non-Display Data Fees
CME Group has notified customers of changes to its market data license agreement for 2014, including plans to introduce new fees for certain types of non-display data usage, Inside Market Data has learned.
Data Vet Raw Departs FTSE
Tony Raw has left his role as managing director of index provider FTSE International, Inside Market Data has learned.
Fincad Preps Out-of-the-Box Analytics
Canadian derivatives valuation and risk management software provider Fincad is developing a suite of four out-of-the-box applications, dubbed Fincad Solutions, on top of its F3 analysis platform to enable a broader range of front-, middle- and back…
Why Collaboration Is Key
Quality data management—taking on challenges as varied as centralizing data, bridging data gaps, regulatory compliance, establishing identifiers and more—all depends on promoting functional collaboration.
Choosing Data Governance Battles
New regulations and pressure to reduce costs are creating greater awareness of the importance of effective data governance. However, careful planning is still needed to win support for projects and to ensure their success, writes Nicholas Hamilton
A Transparent View of Pricing
As transparency becomes a key requirement in the pricing and valuations space, financial firms have many questions for their vendors about input data, market color and pricing methodologies, writes Nicholas Hamilton
Traiana Facilitates Reporting of Common UTIs
The post-trade and risk management vendor is using its Harmony network to allow counterparties to exchange unique trade identifiers and ensure they report the same codes to trade repositories
ISI-EM Revamps EMIS Data Platform, Launches EMIS Pro
Emerging markets data provider ISI Emerging Markets has launched a version of its Emerging Markets Information Service (EMIS) data platform aimed at professionals in financial firms' front offices and in roles supporting trading, dubbed EMIS Pro, and has…
Cowen Eyes Broader Rollout for Predictive Analytics
New York-based investment bank Cowen Group is preparing to roll out the next phase of its short-term alpha model as a standalone service to a broader base of traders beyond its existing brokerage clients, having already rolled out the model-a score that…
SIX FinInfo Joins SFTI Net, Adds Android Telekurs iD Mobile
SIX Financial Information has relocated one of its US datacenters to NYSE Euronext's proximity hosting location in Weehawken, NJ and has become a content service provider on NYSE's SFTI (Secure Financial Transaction Infrastructure) network, outsourcing…
Aquis Exchange Clients Get Data Access via TMX Atrium Network
Newly launched pan-European trading venue Aquis Exchange has joined the network of TMX Atrium, the network provider subsidiary of Canadian exchange group TMX, allowing trading firms to access market data from Aquis and trade on its marketplace.
Website Offers Detailed Pre-LEI Searches
OpenCorporates has created a new website designed to make it easy for users to conduct detailed searches of pre-legal entity identifier data and spot data quality issues
Evaluated Pricing Head Blance Leaves SIX
Ian Blance has left SIX Financial Information after almost four years as head of its evaluated pricing business, and has returned to independent consulting. Mirko Silvestri fills Blance's former role at SIX.
Equinix Opens Osaka Datacenter
Datacenter and hosting provider Equinix has opened its first datacenter in Osaka, Japan, enabling trading firms to host data and trading technologies in proximity to the country's second-largest financial center.
GMEX Launches Trade Reporting Service, Mulls Data, Analytics
GMEX Technologies, the wholly-owned technology subsidiary of Global Markets Exchange Group, the derivatives exchange operator and consultancy established by former Chi-X Europe co-founder and chief operating officer Hirander Misra and industry veteran VJ…
Barchart Grows Web Services Data
Chicago-based data vendor Barchart has released a range of Web Services APIs for its Barchart OnDemand cloud-delivered data service, which provides on-demand access to specific datasets for financial firms and application developers.