Data
AFTAs 2017: Most Innovative Third-Party Technology Vendor—Middle and Back Office—S3 Partners
New York-based S3 Partners has enjoyed success in the annual Buy-Side Technology Awards over the past three years, taking home awards for best newcomer, best big data technology provider and best data analytics tools. It was only a matter of time,…
2017 AFTAs Winners' Circle: SmartStream Technologies
Historically, collaboration between banks hasn’t yielded much success—except, perhaps, when it comes to reference data. James Rundle talks with Peter Moss, CEO of SmartStream’s Reference Data Utility (RDU), about how the project came about, and how it’s…
AFTAs 2017: Best Back-Office Initiative—SmartStream Technologies
SmartStream's win reflects markets' growing demand for regulatory solutions.
Esma Warns Credit Rating Agencies Over Fees
Report says credit rating agencies are not providing enough clarity on the fees they charge.
UPDATE: Markets, Regulators Not Yet United on Mifid II
Just over a week into Europe’s new financial regulatory regime, Joanne Faulkner assess the key challenges that still lie ahead as market participants and regulators alike grapple with the data and reporting requirements of Mifid II.
Pendo Systems Selects Filleul as Sales Engineer
Software vendor hires industry veteran Philip Filleul as sales engineer.
Data, Research Vet Ross Moves to Greenwich
Ross joins Greenwich Associates after more than 25 years woirking in capital markets data, technology and research roles.
Thomson Reuters Makes Cboe One Equities Feed Available on Eikon, Elektron
The Cboe One feed comprises real-time quote and trade data from the former Bats and Direct Edge equities markets in North America.
BSO Buys Apsara, Gets PE Funding
The deal will help BSO expand its low-latency network offerings in the key financial centers of New York and Chicago.
TRG Debuts Index Commission Management in FITS
The new module arose from a "groundswell" of demand from clients to manage their index costs alongside the costs of index data.
Morningstar Promotes Holt, Collins
Holt will be responsible for setting and implementing strategy, Morningstar-wide, while Collins will be responsible for strategy relating to its global equity research.
MarketPsych Posts Cryptocurrency Sentiment Indexes
The behavioral analysis vendor has released a series of 43 “indexes” designed to provide sentiment scores for specific aspects of cryptocurrencies that investors can use to pick potential investments in the growing digital currency markets. Max Bowie…
Metzler AM Taps Visible Alpha for Mifid II Research Compliance
Implementing a new research tracking and valuation workflow based on Visible Alpha's tools will enable the firm to get better results from research relationships, as well as comply with Mifid II.
Vela Adds Virtu to SI Data Hub
The technology provider expands systematic internaliser data hub with addition of data from market-making firm Virtu Financial.
Law & Disorder: US Preps Defense Against Mifid II
As Mifid II's deadline approaches, US firms affected by the rules are still waiting for regulators to resolve crucial conflicts between European and American laws, and are likely to be making adjustments well after the deadline has passed, reports…
Shining a Light on ‘Dark’ Data
Financial firms are drowning in data, yet for many, information that delivers genuine value remains a scarce resource. Joanne Faulkner investigates whether new approaches to managing internal data could yield new insights, or whether new data privacy…
Swedish FSA Grants Nasdaq APA License
Nasdaq Nordic now holds APA and ARM licenses for reporting trades on behalf of European investment firms.
The KIDs Are Alright (But the Priips Still Have Issues)
Europe’s Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products becomes law on January 1, 2018. In-scope market participants racing to meet its significant data and reporting challenges all face the same hurdle: how to calculate implicit costs. Jamie…
The Dark Art of Pre-Trade Analytics
Financial firms commonly review trading activity after the fact to improve their execution strategies. But what they’d really love to do is perform that in real time, pre-trade. Max Bowie looks at how far along market participants are in pursuit of this…
API Tech Could Cure Systematic Internalizer Headaches
As the industry navigates new responsibilities surrounding systematic internalizer rules under Mifid II, QuantHouse argues that APIs hold the key to compliance with minimal maintenance. Jamie Hyman reports.
Sentieo Lifts Ex-ETF.com CEO Lichtblau
Before joining Sentieo, Lichtblau has previously served as a senior executive at ETF.com, Thomson Reuters and StarMine.
ESMA Preps for Machine-Readable Financial Reports for 2020
Officials say the new reporting standard will eliminate manual processing and re-keying of data from EU-based issuers' financial reports.
ADVFN Adds CME Bitcoin Data
ADVFN has made bitcoin futures data from CME available on its websites, which the vendor says serve four million registered users.
Cboe Stocks Data Shop with FX, Bitcoin Data
The historical FX and bitcoin data will be available via Cboe's Data Shop marketplace, which the exchange acquired as a result of its purchase of Livevol last year.