Data
Choosing Data Battles
Choices concerning the value of data, the use of data utilities and planning data governance are gaining importance to firms preparing to meet data demands produced by new compliance requirements
Multiples Of Utility
With confidence in outsourcing growing, Nicholas Hamilton asks whether multi-vendor utilities are the best way for third-party service providers to continue offering greater value to their clients
Société Générale Gets Cheuvreux Back Office
Société Générale Securites Services has migrated reference data details for thousands of accounts from Kepler Cheuvreux, the equity brokerage firm which was created when Kepler Capital Markets acquired Crédit Agricole Cheuvreux
Rimes Partners with EDI for Fixed Income Data
Customers of the managed data services vendor can now access Exchange Data International's Worldwide Fixed Income Service, which includes terms and conditions data and corporate actions data from 170 countries and supranational organizations
Barchart Unveils New Data-Trading Terminal
Chicago-based data and analytics vendor Barchart has released Barchart Trader, a new data workstation built from scratch to deliver a new and modern interface that can broaden the vendor's potential audience and make it easier for traders to access…
XBRL's Fatca Benefits
The US foreign tax law creates a high volume and complexity of data needed for compliance. Frederic Chapus, of shareholder documents and communications company RR Donnelley, calls Belgium’s use of the XBRL standard a useful example of what to do
Hillman to Consult After Leaving LSE
Jarod Hillman, former head of real-time data at the London Stock Exchange Group, who left his position over the summer, is setting up an independent data consultancy to provide market participants among trading venues, redistributors, and consumer firms…
FactSet Buys Revere
FactSet Research Systems has acquired San Francisco-based research and industry classification provider Revere Data for an undisclosed sum.
Code Red Hires President, Preps Expansion
Boston-based research management system provider Code Red has made two executive appointments in preparation for a hiring spree designed to increase the vendor's capacity to win and support larger deals for its Core Red RMS (formerly called Red Alerts)…
ISITC Europe Aims to Foster Fatca Collaboration
The industry body has established a working group to explore efficient ways of addressing common challenges created by the US anti-tax evasion regulation
LSE Launches Bulk Registration For Pre-LEIs
The London Stock Exchange expects large firms and fund managers to take advantage of the option to request pre-legal entity identifiers for multiple entities in a single process
Wainwright to Head SAP Financial Biz
Data management and analytics technology provider SAP has named Ross Wainwright global head of financial services industries in Chicago, responsible for the vendor's banking, insurance and capital markets clients worldwide.
Berenberg Bank Rolls Out 100 VWD Terminals
Hamburg-based private bank Berenberg Bank has rolled out German data vendor VWD's Market Manager data terminal to around 100 of its client advisers, to provide access to real-time price information and news.
eVestment Integrates Morningstar Data
The data provider, which mostly collects and distributes its own institutional investment information, is easing Morningstar data into its mix, through past acquisitions
eVestment Integrates Morningstar Data into Analytics Tools
Data from Chicago-based investment research and data provider Morningstar is now available via fund management software provider eVestment's analytics solutions suite, including its PerTrac and Fundspire systems.
SIX Financial Info Taps Savvis for Chicago Datacenter
SIX Financial Information has added a datacenter in Chicago, within a facility operated by datacenter and hosting provider Savvis.
Dion Names Pecker Oz Ops Head
India-headquartered trading and data technology vendor Dion Global Solutions has appointed Rudi Pecker managing director for Australia and New Zealand, responsible for managing and expanding Dion's operations in Australasia.
HSBC CDO Defines Value Of Data Chain
HSBC data executive Tarrill Baker defines structures for data management and finds worth in hierarchies. She speaks with Michael Shashoua about how this is achieved and when automation is useful
Telx Grows 350 Cermak Space
Datacenter and hosting provider Telx has expanded its presence at Digital Realty Trust's 350 East Cermak Road facility in Chicago, with an additional two suites of co-location space and a power increase of 1.2 megawatts, bringing its total presence to…
Redline Adds Low-Latency Synthetic Options NBBO
Woburn, Mass-based low-latency ticker plant and trading technology provider Redline Trading Solutions has added support for calculating a synthetic options national best bid and offer within its InRush 3 ticker plant, generating an NBBO from direct…
Waters: Microwave Gains Ground on Fiber
For market data delivery, transmission of messages using microwave technologies is gaining ground. But firms remain reluctant to adopt the same technologies for trade messaging, citing concerns including reliability, feasibility and the cost versus the…
IRD's Editor on Basel Committee's Latest Guidance
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has been actively defining details of Basel III capital adequacy rules. Expect more from the committee throughout the remainder of the year.
Swift Launches BIC to LEI Directory
The messaging vendor believes providing a directory that cross-references Bank Identifier Codes and legal entity identifiers will facilitate adoption and integration of the latter
Activ Calls on Collins to Drive EMEA, Asia Growth
US-based low-latency data provider Activ Financial has appointed Ben Collins, former global sales and marketing director of Morningstar’s Real-Time data business, as director of EMEA sales, to define the vendor’s business strategy and develop its…