Inside Market Data/News
APFIC 2014: HK Gov't Deputy CIO Warns Firms Must Strengthen Data Security
Official says Hong Kong's valuable data makes it a target for hackers, so firms must remain vigilant
Perseus Sets Up Irish Ops Center
Fiber and microwave network provider Perseus Telecom has set up a network operations center in Galway, Ireland to provide 24/7 operations support for the vendors clients 365 days per year to support the vendor’s managed network services.
UTP Committee Renews Nasdaq as SIP Processor
Nasdaq is re-confirmed as processor and administrator of the UTP SIP
CQG Adds Chicago Access to TOCOM Data
New connectivity points will make it easier for firms to trade on CME and TOCOM via a single connection
Fixnetix Expands Chicago CME Co-Lo Services
Expanded co-lo presence will provide more connectivity choices for Chicago-based trading firms.
Update: Nasdaq Readies Chicago PoP, DR Site
Nasdaq's new PoP will provide low-latency access to eSpeed and its equities and derivatives markets.
Diliger Adds More Granular, Structured Info to Ease Vendor Data, Services Search
Improvements will make it easier for users to find appropriate products and services
CFN Adds Full-Depth eSpeed Data to Alpha Platform, Microwave Net
New fixed income data will expand appeal of vendor's platform, while accelerating eSpeed data delivery
Nasdaq Adds Implied Order Data to PHLX Feeds
Nasdaq will add data for implied orders──orders also known as "legging orders" that are generated by Nasdaq that represent one leg of a complex order──to its PHLX Orders and PHLX Depth of Market datafeeds starting Thursday, Nov. 13, following the…
ASX Creates PoP in CME Aurora Co-Lo Center
Co-lo presence will allow US firms to connect directly to ASX data.
BATS Swoops on Ex-Nasdaq's Concannon
Former Nasdaq exec Chris Concannon takes senior role at rival exchange
Taiwan Exchange Invests $90M in New Co-Lo Datacenter
The Taiwan Stock Exchange is investing $90 million in an earthquake-proof datacenter scheduled to become operational by the end of 2015, with the goal of enhancing the competitiveness of Taiwan's capital markets.
Ipreo Buys Shareholder InSite to Build Private Company Dataset for Private Equity Markets
New York-based information and technology vendor Ipreo has acquired shareholder workflow tools provider Shareholder InSite for an undisclosed sum to provide investors in privately held companies with data and analytics tools to support valuations and…
MDX Tech Unveils Server Contribution Platform
UK-based MDX Technology, a provider of Microsoft Excel add-ins for real-time data publishing and distribution, has launched MDXT Contribute, a new server-based multi-vendor contributions system, as part of ongoing efforts to reposition itself as a…
GlobalView Taps CapIQ for Real-Time, Delayed Data
Chicago-based energy data management provider GlobalView has selected S&P Capital IQ, the data and analytics business of McGraw Hill Financial, as its primary source of real-time and delayed market data, officials say, replacing Interactive Data, which…
Infront, Neonet Ally for Data, Trading Solution
Norwegian market data vendor Infront and Swedish broker Neonet Securities have inked a partnership that allows Infront terminal clients to route trades via Neonet's infrastructure and gives Neonet customers access to Infront data.
Exegy ‘Lite’ Ticker Adds Consolidated Feed
St Louis, Mo-based hardware ticker plant vendor Exegy is rolling out a new version of its Trading Application Platform (TAP), a lightweight ticker plant that normalizes data on the same servers that host clients’ trading applications, with added…
Thomson Reuters Moves Users to New ‘Last Mile’ Comms
Thomson Reuters is migrating customers to a new “last-mile” communications infrastructure, dubbed Thomson Reuters Delivery Direct, to provide more choice over how market data is delivered to customer sites from the vendor’s local points of presence.
CBOE, Bursa Malaysia, CME, BME Lead Upbeat Q3 Exchange Data Revenues with Double-Digit Growth
Major global exchanges reported growth in market data sales in their latest round of financial results, typically delivering revenue increases of between 5 and 10 percent, with four achieving even higher growth, and usually—though not in all cases…
Narrative Science Dips Quill into Portfolio Commentary
Chicago based data-to-text automation software vendor Narrative Science has rolled out Quill for Portfolio Commentary, a module to accompany its Quill platform that uses artificial intelligence to transform data into text narratives, developed to…
OTCGH Expands Oil Data With Middle Distillates Contracts
The broker will tap data from a new trading desk to offer daily and intraday updates
Exablaze Grows Low-Latency Data Switch Family
Melbourne, Australia-based low-latency switch provider Exablaze has unveiled ExaLink Fusion, a full-service low-latency switch aimed at high-frequency and algorithmic traders for incoming market data distribution and for sending trade orders back to…
Interactive Data Taps Sowa Labs for Social Media Analytics Feed
Interactive Data has rolled out a social media analytics feed from Stuttgart-based data analytics and consulting services provider Sowa Labs, to allow its clients to better assess financial markets and individual stocks.
Wall Street Horizon Ups Buy-Side Focus, Hires Research Director
Woburn, Mass.-based corporate earnings and event data provider Wall Street Horizon is increasing its focus on the buy side after a recent academic study found that the vendor's earnings date revisions data could be used to predict stock movement, and has…