Pricing & Valuation
Burton Taylor: Sentiment Survey Predicts Positive Growth for 2017
The survey highlights pricing and reference data, valuations, risk and regulation-related spend as having the strongest sentiment for growth in spend.
Best Credit Data Taps Data Vet Williams as Advisor
Williams' industry experience includes a stint at SIX Financial Information and a decade at Interactive Data.
NEX Launches EBS JPY Benchmark Index
Benchmark will provide price information for the dollar-yen rate during Japanese trading hours.
Fenics Adds Execs from Rival Brokers
Between them, Fitzpatrick adn Machado have more than 35 years' experience in data, financial technology and trading.
Best Credit Data Nabs Muni Vet Metzold
Metzold joins Best Credit Data after a career spanning 35 years, many in senior muni bond portfolio management roles at Eaton Vance.
Capital Group Taps Bloomberg for Muni Evaluations
Bloomberg's BVAL service, which prices almost a million municipal bonds daily, will support pricing of Capital Group's more than $1.4 trillion in assets under management.
From the Ground Up: Infrastructure Investment Faces Data Challenges
With calls for massive investment in infrastructure ringing across North America and Europe, private investment in these projects should be flourishing. Yet, many institutional investors still view these opportunities with a balance of interest and…
Jupiter AM Goes Live on Milestone pControl Oversight for Fund Data Automation
Jupiter Asset Management implements oversight solution to automate collection of fund valuation data, daily NAV prices verification.
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.
Burton-Taylor: Regulatory Data Requirements Drive Global Data Spend Above $27Bn
Burton-Taylor's latest research shows industry data spend higher than anticipated, driven by spend on data to comply with new regulations.
Investortools Taps BCD for Muni Pricing
The partnership will make BCD's muni bond data available to the more than 150 institutions that use Investortools' software.
Eris Launches Live Swap Curve
New offering provides real-time valuation of Eris swap futures.
FactSet Adds Markit Bond, CDS Data
The bond and CDS data is part of an ongoing expansion of the Markit content that FactSet carries on its platform.
Murex Adds Tullett Prebon OTC Data
Murex and its clients will now have access to TPI’s OTC data for testing models and for trading.
Quandl Integrates ICE Treasury Pricing
The partnership will ultimately expand to cover agency and corporate bonds, plus EMEA and Asian securities.
Platts Incorporates ICE Data into Gas Price Assessments
The new methodology will incorporate more data to strengthen Platts' benchmarks and increase price transparency.
Xignite Adds Morningstar Global Funds Data
The new global fund dataset expands an existing deal for Morningstar's US funds content.
CEIC Data Bows Next-Gen Economic Data Platform, Website
The vendor offers three plans for accessing its economic data online, including one that offers unlimited access to its data.
Fincad Adds Fintech Execs Brittan, Fite to Board
The fintech veterans will lend their experience to contribute to Fincad's growth.
The Yield Book Integrates Eris Swap Futures Data
The integration will allow users to manage their positions traded on Eris alongside other trading activity.
NEX Distributes Tradition Data
After selling its voice-brokerage business to rival Tullett Prebon, NEX (formerly Icap) has forged a data alliance with Tradition.
Jackson National AM Picks Markit Fixed Income, Equity Pricing Services
The pricing and fair value services from Markit will support Jackson's valuation processes.
Jackson National Asset Management Deploys IHS Markit's Fixed Income Tools
The Chicago-based asset manager is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jackson National Life Insurance Company.
Pricing Vet Rice Joins Best Credit Data Advisory Board
Rice joins Best Credit Data's board after stints at Markit, Thomson Reuters, Telerate, Tradeweb, and Interactive Data