Inside Market Data/News
BondWave Adds SunGard's Daley, DPC's Chintala to Exec Team
BondWave, a Wheaton, Illinois-based provider of trade support, monitoring, alerting and reporting software for fixed income investors and financial advisors, has hired Paul Daley as managing director of its Fixed Information Lab, the vendor's research…
Bohrman Takes Over SIX US as Raskin Departs for Undisclosed New Role
SIX shuffles US executive team in wake of Raskin's departure.
LME Extends Publication of Live Forward Price Curve
The London Metal Exchange has notified members that it is extending the publication of the live forward price curve for each metal contract to cover all times when the exchange's open-outcry trading floor, the Ring, is open.
Nasdaq Taps Ex-Lewtan Tech's Donde for Global Data Head
Nasdaq has appointed Salil Donde executive vice president and head of global information services, responsible for leading the strategic direction of the business and managing the growth of Nasdaq's current data and index products, effective Feb. 5.
CBOE Launches VIX Indexes on CME FX Contracts
The Chicago Board Options Exchange has begun calculating and distributing index values for three new foreign exchange volatility indexes based on CME Group-listed US dollar-euro, dollar-pounds sterling and dollar-Japanese yen futures options contracts.
Diliger Seeks £500K in Crowdfunding to Grow Consumer Presence
Company aims to fund investments in salespeople and product development.
Blackstone Takes Stake in Data Management-as-a-Service Startup MDI
Investment and public backing provides growth funding and validation of MDI's business model
LSE, Borsa Istanbul Partner on Index Creation
The London Stock Exchange Group and Borsa Istanbul have agreed to cooperate and share expertise to support on the creation of new Turkish indexes, to broaden the country's exposure to international investors.
Morningstar Shuffles Investment, Research Execs
Chicago-based market data and investment research provider Morningstar has appointed Daniel Needham president of the vendor's Morningstar Investment Management group, effective Monday, Feb. 2, in addition to his existing responsibilities as chief…
UBS Taps Orc for Real-time CME, ASX Derivatives Market Data, DMA
UBS has expanded its use of trading technology provider Orc's Electronic Execution direct market access service, to connect to the Australian Stock Exchange and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange for derivatives market data and trading access.
FactSet Releases New Fixed Income Ownership Feed
FactSet Research Systems has launched a new Fixed Income Ownership datafeed of information on funds holdings across all asset classes so investors can better identify who owns the debt of any entity they are considering investing in.
Nasdaq Sets Minimum Fee for Trading Venues Using its Non-Display Depth Data
Fee will be capped at $15,000 per month, but will be offset by existing fees, so many will see no increase, officials say.
Not-So-Secret Agents: The Rise of the Third-Party Sales Expert
It’s not uncommon for experienced industry executives to quit their day job and start their own company. However, whereas most startups begin with a product idea that its inventors then have to sell to potential clients, a growing trend among data execs…
Interactive Data Maps Expansion of ‘Continuous’ Pricing Service
Planned enhancements will increase coverage, building on the recent release of an Excel add-in.
Bucharest Exchange Pulls Data off Vienna Feed
Exchange aims to become its own hub for local exchange data in the region
ITRS Builds Data Platform, Names Hills Development Head
New platform expands vendor's offering from performance monitoring into analysis of specific datasets
Fitch Names Olert CRO
Fitch Group, the parent company of ratings agency Fitch Ratings, has appointed John Olert as group chief risk officer, a newly created role responsible for all types of risk that could impact the company's performance and reputation, reflecting "a more…
Nasdaq Targets Small Banks, Media with API Data Access
API access will make it easier for smaller financial firms and media outlets to integrate Nasdaq data.
FISD Forms Group to Address Online Broker Data Issues
Group will examine subscriber and reporting issues affecting online brokers and their clients
MTS, B2SCAN Launch Pre-Trade Bond Data Initiative
Partnership will provide buy-side firms with transparency into dealers' inventories.
MDSL Opens Florida Support, Development Office
Office will provide local support and development resources for MDSL's US clients
OneChicago Preps Migration off CBOE Feed Network
OneChicago data will no longer be available in CBOE format from June.
Interactive Data Builds Excel Add-In for Real-Time Bond Evaluations
Tool will support desktop users' ability to perform risk monitoring and valuations based on IDC data.
Canadian Authorities Name Thomson Reuters Rates Administrator
The Canadian Bankers Association and the Investment Industry Association of Canada have appointed Thomson Reuters' Benchmark Services unit the administrator for Canada's two main interest rate benchmarks, the Canadian Dollar Offered Rate (CDOR) and…