Data
Sapient Launches Lightweight Data Maturity Assessment
The services vendor says its sentiment-based assessment offers 80% of the value of an evidence-based assessment with 20% of the effort of commonly used evidence-based assessments
Dolan to Lead Fidelity ActionsXchange
Will Dolan, who has held a few senior roles within Fidelity Investments since 2004, has been named head of Fidelity ActionsXchange
Russia's NSD Chooses GoldenSource for Corp Actions Repository
Russia's central securities depository has chosen GoldenSource's enterprise data management system to power a repository it is creating for corporate actions data
S&P CapIQ Bows ETF Classification System
S&P capital IQ is introducing a new classification structure for exchange-traded funds, dubbed Exchange-Traded Funds (ETF) Style Classifications, which will provide details of over 40 ETF characteristics, including asset class, market segment, geographic…
Oppenheimer Rolls Out IDC Market-Q
New York-based investment boutique Oppenheimer &. Co is deploying Interactive Data's Market-Q real-time market data desktop, as well as its Market-Q Mobile service, which provides access to data and tools from tablet devices.
Startup Data Boiler Assembles Team, Begins Big Data Consultations
North Weymouth, Mass.-based Big Data analytics startup Data Boiler Technologies has established its initial executive team, and is now approaching capital markets firms to dictate which areas the vendor should prioritize when finalizing its product…
Warsaw Stock Exchange Bows New Indexes
The Warsaw Stock Exchange began publishing two new indexes today, Sept. 23─the WIG30 index, the value of which is based on trade prices, and the WIG30TR, a total return index based on trade prices and dividend income─each containing the 30 largest and…
Fixnetix Expands Data, Risk Connectivity
Managed market data, trading connectivity and risk technology vendor Fixnetix has added low-latency connectivity to three new marketplaces, becoming an extranet connectivity provider for pan-European equities multilateral trading facility Aquis Exchange,…
Thomson Reuters Adds Asian Markets to Elektron Real Time
Thomson Reuters has rolled out its Elektron Real Time consolidated feed to new market centers in Asia, including Sydney, Hong Kong and Singapore, providing full-tick depth of market data from 400 global exchanges and over-the-counter venues, and…
Re-Defining Managed Services
The advancement of real-time as a criteria for reference data is driving changes in the use of managed services in the space
Cost, Latency, Regulation: IMD's Editor on Hot Topics at IMD Events
Inside Market Data editor Max Bowie reflects on the themes from recent conferences, and predicts that the impact of regulation will be high on the agenda at next week's European Financial Information Summit and other upcoming IMD conferences.
Update: OPRA Data Issue Halts Options Exchanges
The Options Price Reporting Authority was forced to cancel a software upgrade for its feed of consolidated US options quote and trade data on Monday Sept. 16, after the upgrade caused issues with calculation of the national best bid and offer price,…
IRD's Editor on Fatca's Effects on Data Operations
Inside Reference Data editor Michael Shashoua updates developments with Fatca tax regulation and how that will affect data operations
OTC Markets Grows Disclosures News Service
New York-based over-the-counter equities marketplace OTC Markets is rolling out new features as part of its OTC Disclosure & News Service to make it easier for investors to research privately-held companies whose equity is traded on the exchange's OTCQX,…
EPFR Brings on Badolato in HK
Fund flows data provider EPFR Global has hired Elizabeth Badolato as business development manager in Hong Kong to expand the vendor's presence in Asia, reflecting the growth of its client base in the region, which was previously supported from the vendor…
Ipreo to Market FactSet Data to Corporates
Company data and investor relations service provider Ipreo has struck a deal with FactSet Research Systems to distribute the FactSet workstation and the vendor's FactSet for Microsoft Excel spreadsheet add-in to corporate clients, as part of Ipreo's…
T2S Will Increase Settlement Costs, Push CSD Consolidation, Sibos/SIX Survey Finds
A survey of attendees at Sibos 2013 in Dubai found that participants expect settlement costs to increase, thanks to the Target2-Securities (T2S) project. Bob Almanas of SIX Securities Services discusses the company's preparations for T2S
SIX FI's Kevil Goes West
SIX Financial Information has relocated sales executive Kimberly Kevil from the US East Coast to the San Francisco Bay Area to support large and important clients on the West Coast, and to lead sales in California and Mexico, and reporting to Barry…
UTP Participants Propose Adding Odd-Lot Trades to Tape
The Securities and Exchange Commission is inviting comments on proposals by the exchange participants in the UTP (Unlisted Trading Privilege) consolidated tape of quote and trade data in Nasdaq-listed stocks to include odd-lot trades on the UTP last sale…
EPFR Debuts ChartBook Fund Flows Analysis, Commentary
Boston-based fund flows information provider EPFR Global will at the end of this month launch a new weekly commentary service, dubbed ChartBook, which describes market trends and trade ideas based on the vendor's fund flows data, to make it easier for…
MNI Indicators Builds BRICs
MNI Indicators, the macroeconomic data division of Deutsche Börse's Market News International, has released new consumer and business confidence indicators for Brazil, India and Russia, expanding on its existing MNI China consumer and business sentiment…
Open Platform: The Search for Clarity
In an environment where the only constant is constant change, reliable data becomes more valuable than ever. But with unprecedented volumes of data and unrivalled access to data, finding ways to gain clarity from these data volumes is even more critical,…
Axioma Adds Credit Suisse HOLT Fundamental Data
Risk management and index analytics provider Axioma has integrated fundamental factor data from Credit Suisse's HOLT fundamental analysis, idea generation and benchmarking platform into the Performance Attribution module of Axioma Portfolio Analytics and…