Data
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.
Startup Metamako Launches 4ns Switch, Dismisses Zeptonics History
Startup Australian low-latency provider Metamako launched its first product today, Dec. 4, an ultra-fast switch that company officials say combines latency of four nanoseconds with high levels of monitoring functionality.
SBI Securities Adopts MarketPrizm Low-Latency Feed
London-based market data and trading infrastructure services provider MarketPrizm will provide normalized feeds of market data from the Japan Exchange Group's TSE FLEX platform and from private trading system SBI Japannext to SBI Securities, Japan's…
eVestment Adds HFR Hedge Fund Data
Atlanta, GA-based investment analytics software vendor eVestment is integrating alternative investment data and indexes from Hedge Fund Research-a Chicago-based provider of hedge fund industry databases, reports and indexes-into its suite of analytics…
Getting to Grips with the Details of LEI Standardization
As more pre-local operating units begin to issue pre-legal entity identifiers, the P-LEI.org website is performing an important role by providing consolidated files of pre-LEI data. Standards expert Ken Traub tells Nicholas Hamilton how P-LEI.org came…
Morningstar Unveils UK Passive Funds Analyst Ratings
Chicago-based data and investment research provider Morningstar's UK subsidiary has launched a proprietary set of analyst ratings for passive funds, initially covering 25 of the most popular index funds in the UK.
BBVA Chooses Markit EDM For Spanish, Mexican Data Hubs
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Asset Management will use the locally installed version of the Markit Enterprise Data Management platform to create data management hubs in Spain and Mexico
The Perils of Data Outsourcing
Dublin-based consultant Michael McMorrow finds lessons for the financial industry in a consumer purchase data security scandal close to home
Fitch Solutions to Add Pre-LEIs to Unrated Entities
The data and analytics vendor currently includes pre-legal entity identifier codes for the entities rated by Fitch Ratings and now plans to do the same for its sets of unrated data, including credit default swap pricing data
GS1 Consultant on Pre-LEI Consolidated File Project
Ken Traub of GS1 explains how the not-for-profit standards body and a consortium of three other organizations are helping the industry by making consolidated files of pre-legal entity identifier data and statistics on the data available on the P-LEI.org…
Perseus Launches London Metro Microwave Data Network
New York-based low-latency network provider Perseus Telecom has launched a new microwave data distribution service that allows customers to connect wirelessly to major London financial markets.
Object Trading Adds OpenMAMA Interface to FrontRunner
Trading technology and data platform provider Object Trading is adding support for NYSE Technologies' OpenMAMA messaging layer framework-the open-source version of its Middleware Agnostic Messaging API-to its Frontrunner direct market access suite, to…
Entities and Data at Fatca's Crossroads
Heading into 2014, registration systems for compliance with the US foreign accounts tax law are ramping up, and the specifics of how Fatca will govern are starting to be filled in. Michael Shashoua surveys the remaining knowns and unknowns
Execs Exit Iress in Canada, South Africa
Australia-headquartered data and trading technology provider Iress Market Technology last week announced the departure of two senior executives at its subsidiaries in Canada and South Africa.
Aite Report: Alternative Data, Visualization, Historical Analysis Top Buy-Side Wish List
Hedge funds and asset managers are integrating middle-office datasets into their front-office portfolio management workflows to support investment decisions, and are seeking more interactive ways to view and manipulate data, according to a report…
Considering Trends and Milestones
High-net-worth investors' data management needs and less reliance on multiple tactical data solutions could shape data management plans in the new year
BATS Chi-X Touts 2014 Data Price Cap, BXTR Reporting as Basis for EU Tape
BATS Chi-X Europe has pledged not to increase market data fees in 2014 for its US and European subscribers, following several well-publicized fee increases at regional exchanges, including the London Stock Exchange, which notified clients in October of a…
Opening Cross: This Thanksgiving, Go Above and Beyond
Chances are, if you're reading Inside Market Data, you already have plenty to be thankful for this Thanksgiving day. You probably have a job in or around the data industry. To have got there, you're probably smart. You clearly have good taste in the…
Infront Re-org Boosts Data Quality, Service
Norwegian market data and trading technology provider Infront has increased its focus on market data quality following a recent revamp of its client services team that has also allowed the company to provide its customers with quicker and better answers…
Wall Street Horizon Creates Historical Event Analytics
Woburn, Mass.-based corporate earnings and event data provider Wall Street Horizon is developing a number of new products based on its historical dataset of information on corporate earnings releases and other single-stock events, to support the back…
Open Platform: The Challenges and Opportunities of Big Data in Finance
Big Data grabbed the attention of CEOs, CIOs, and CTOs in 2013, who focused resources on analyzing, managing, storing and securing the rapid growth in data volumes. But, asks David Lauer, market structure and technology architecture consultant at…
Michael Shashoua: Communication Breakdown
While it might have seemed that the US Fatca foreign tax compliance regulation was not getting adequate attention from firms required to comply, Michael says it now appears as though the regulators are failing to devote enough attention to its specifics…
Max Bowie: Analytics—The Next Generation of Opportunity
A new breed of predictive analytical tools is finding its way into traders’ toolkits. But, says Max, the implications for these technologies have the potential to extend much further into other areas of a data consumer’s workflow, from the type of data…
Roundtable: A Very Market Data Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving─the fourth Thursday in November─is when Americans traditionally give thanks for the year's harvest, stemming from the celebrations of the first European pilgrim settlers on American soil. Since our industry is blessed (or cursed) with a…