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TRG Names Former DTCC, Omgeo, TR Exec Walters MD of Priory Solutions
Walters has also held various roles at Omgeo and its owners DTCC and Thomson Reuters.
An Engineer of Change: State Street CDO James Hardy
Transforming a firm’s data management and governance is a lengthy process that requires patience, resilience and passion. State Street chief data officer James Hardy has found an engineer’s approach to problem solving and a consultant’s interpersonal…
TradeData Adds Reference Data to TR DataScope Plus Feed
The integration extends an existing reference data content partnership between the vendors to include more frequent intraday updates.
From Opening Weekend to Market Open: Turning Movies into Market Data
A movie’s opening weekend is a reliable indicator of how it will perform over the length of its release. But what date a studio picks for the opening weekend—and whether that date changes before release—can also impact its revenues, and its parent studio…
Trax Gets FCA ARM Nod, Awaits Test Details
MarketAxess’ Trax unit has received FCA approval to test transaction reporting capabilities under MiFID II, but is waiting for details of what the tests will involve.
West Highland Bows V2 of Monitoring Dashboard
The new version of West Highland's Dashboard features an improved design and tools for monitoring exchange outages and for identifying the impact of price changes.
ICE Adds Reference Data on ICE Contracts to Apex Platform
The new reference data encompasses all ICE's listed financial, index, single-stock, oil and power, agricultural, currency and metals contracts, among others.
SIX Launches Tax Compliance Data Service for CRS/AEoI
Officials say SIX's solution will ease firms' compliance burden and provide a single source of audit-ready tax data.
Dow Jones’ ‘DNA’ Test
The platform will provide analysts and developers with more flexible access to Dow Jones content, officials say.
Neptune Integrates into FlexTrade’s EMS
The integration is expected to assist investors with liquidity, price discovery and execution strategies, within existing workflows.
iMeta Taps JWG for Regulation Rule Sets
By integrating JWG's RegDelta platform, iMeta will be able to offer more details and interpretations of regulations to support client compliance and risk functions.
SGX Debuts Smart Beta Index
The new index will appeal to investors seeking alternative index strategies, SGX officials say.
TRG Nabs Former State Street, Fidelity Exec Wadleigh
Wadleigh brings almost two decades of experience withing consumer firms to TRG.
CJC Hires Industry Vets Clark, Cartledge, Humby
The trio will lead a new division at CJC focusing on regulation relating to banks' contributed price data.
State Street: Industry More Open to ESG Factors, But Challenges Remain
State Street research indicates that lack of transparent, standardized and quality data is the biggest obstacle to broad integration of ESG factors. Joanne Faulkner analyses the results.
VidaCaixa Taps SimCorp for Data Management, Compliance, Risk Management
The Spanish firm is rolling out SimCorp Dimension to cover a range of functions, after signing up to use the platform in December.
Derivatives Service Bureau Opens UAT Platform for ISINs on OTC Products
The formal testing period will last until October 2017, when DSB's User Acceptance Testing platform will start producing ISINs ahead of Mifid II.
Axon Adds Data Vets Crosby, McKibbin
Between them, Crosby and McKibbin have more than 30 years of industry experience at exchanges, data and trading technology companies.
Wall Street Horizon Serves Whole Enchilada to Interactive Brokers Workstation Clients
Officials say WSH's event data is now accessible via 30 million retail active trader desktops.
Derivatives Service Bureau Begins ISINs-for-OTC-Derivatives Testing
The Derivatives Service Bureau will continue to roll out instruments onto the testing platform over the next month.
Intesa Sanpaolo Taps Bloomberg for IFRS 9 SPPI Compliance Data
The Bloomberg data will reduce manual work associated with determining how a security should be classified and valued under the upcoming IFRS 9 rules.
Opus Debuts Preconfigured KYC Service
With no client-site IT requirement, officials say the entry-level platform will suit banks with less complex KYC needs for whom speed and ease of deployment is more important.
Under New Ownership of PE Firm TA Associates, ITRS Eyes Acquisitions
CEO Guy Warren Gives his outlook for ITRS and potential “bolt-on” acquisitions after TA Associates buys the vendor from Carlyle Group.
TeleTrader, Updata Integrate Datafeed, Analytics
The integration will provide users of Updata’s analytics with an alternative data source.