Inside Market Data/News
TOM MTF Bows Data on New Dutch Index
The TOM (The Order Machine) multilateral trading facility has launches a new total return index, the NL20 Index, which reflects performance of the 20 largest listed Dutch companies, designed to deliver "transparency, predictability, efficiency,…
Deutsche Börse MD+S Tools Up with Davis
Deutsche Börse's Market Data + Services division has appointed Caroline Davis as its new head of tools, a business line that offers on-demand access to cloud-hosted software applications for algorithm testing, regulatory reporting and other functions.
Nasdaq Guts FinQloud, Amazon Web Services Gets Clients
Nasdaq OMX is scrapping parts of its FinQloud financial services-dedicated cloud computing service, handing off some components to partner Amazon Web Services—which provides the underlying cloud infrastructure—and ending support for other key aspects of…
DataContent Bows SmartSuite Market Data Governance, Cost Analysis Service
UK- and Hong Kong-based data consultancy DataContent has created a data governance service, dubbed SmartSuite, that puts in place a series of processes for data consumers to establish relationships between datasets and their parent sources, and to…
Nasdaq Reports eSpeed Data Outage
One day after reporting the successful completion of migrating its eSpeed electronic treasuries market to the Nasdaq OMX datacenter in Carteret, NJ, Nasdaq experienced an interruption in eSpeed data this morning, May 29.
Empirasign Bows MyData Excel Integration Web Service
Empirasign Strategies, a New York-based provider of fixed income dealer offerings and trade color, has rolled out Empirasign MyData, which allows users to upload a list of bond tickers to Empirasign's website and have the vendor return updated prices for…
SIX Financial Info Pushes FISD FIA Certification
The US arm of Swiss data vendor SIX Financial Information has begun mandating that its client-facing staff achieve industry association FISD's Financial Information Associate (FIA) professional certification, to demonstrate the expertise of its employees.
Nasdaq Completes eSpeed Datacenter Migration
Nasdaq OMX's eSpeed US treasuries trading platform has completed its migration to Nasdaq's datacenter in Carteret, NJ, resulting in a 100 microsecond improvement in market data distribution, and a 25 percent improvement in roundtrip order-entry response…
4th Story Combines Market, Fundamental Analytics, Boosts Analyst Automation
San Francisco-based data and trading software developer 4th Story has unveiled a new tool for analysts and portfolio managers that runs analytics on a combination of traditional price data and fundamental information, and which also automates time…
SMA Eyes Front-Office Traders, PMs with Social Indicators Excel Add-in
Social Market Analytics, a Naperville, Illinois-based provider of trading signals derived from analysis of social media sentiment, is rolling out a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet add-in to make its proprietary S-Factor sentiment scores more accessible by…
Former ISE Exec Soule Boards Redline
Jeff Soule, former head of market data at the International Securities Exchange, has joined Woburn, Mass.-based low-latency feed handler provider Redline Trading Solutions as vice president of business development, responsible for bringing new data…
FXStreet's FXBeat Newswire Now a Premium Subscription Service
Foreign exchange news, commentary and data provider FXStreet has upgraded its FXBeat news and commentary feed to a premium service for traders and for brokers to integrate into their own trading platforms.
Volta, Venus Offer Co-Lo with AWS
Datacenter provider Volta Data Centres and fiber network vendor Venus Business Communications have partnered to offer enhanced hybrid co-location solutions via Amazon Web Services at Volta's Great Sutton Street datacenter in London, in a move to provide…
Rimes Survey: Inconsistent Buy-Side Index, Benchmark Management
Competing priorities between data end-users and those in central management functions such as IT and operations are leading to inconsistent approaches to index and benchmark data management within buy-side firms, making it harder to improve data…
Activ Preps PoP in TMX Co-Lo
Market data and ticker plant provider Activ Financial is building a point of presence (PoP) in Canadian exchange group TMX Group's co-location facility in Toronto, to provide traders subscribing to Activ's Canadian data services with low-latency access…
Martyn Moves to OTAS for Analytics Sales
London-based analytics provider OTAS Technologies has hired Jennifer Martyn as product sales manager, responsible for driving the sales of the vendor's cloud-based OTAS analytics platform and its TraderShaper real-time microstructure analysis and trade…
Enyx, Options Ally for FPGA-Accelerated US Equities Data Distribution
Paris-based hardware-accelerated data capture and network technology vendor Enyx is enabling clients of infrastructure-as-a-service provider Options (formerly Options IT) to access its managed NXFeed ultra-low-latency market data distribution system via…
CFH Clearing, NetDania Partner on NetStation Data-Trading Platform
London-based prime brokerage firm CFH Clearing and NetDania Markets, the subsidiary of Danish foreign exchange data display and technology provider NetDania, have launched a new data and trading platform, dubbed NetStation, aimed at retail brokers.
NYSE Overhauls Non-Display Data Fees
NYSE Euronext has informed clients of changes to its non-display policy for all real-time US proprietary market data products, which includes price increases of up to 100 percent for some products, in a move to bring its fees into line with those of its…
After RFP, OPRA Renews SIAC SIP Deal
The Options Price Reporting Authority has concluded its tender process to find a technology supplier to manage its Securities Information Processor (SIP), and is expected to re-sign with incumbent provider SIAC (the Securities Industry Automation Corp.,…
FINRA Begins Migration of Market Surveillance Apps to Amazon Cloud, Adopts Big Data Tech
US financial industry regulator FINRA is migrating all of its market surveillance platforms into the Amazon Web Services cloud, to enable the regulator to more efficiently store and process data, in a move that could deliver an annual cost saving of 40…
NAFIS 2014: ‘Compliance Consumer' is Drain on Data Resources, Users Say
End-user firms are feeling the pressure of not just complying with new regulations, but also of meeting the data management burden to support compliance, making experienced market data staff and business analysts ever-more valuable, said panelists at…
NAFIS 2014: Rising Volumes Present New Analytics Challenges
As market data volumes in the US continue to grow, firms are coming under increasing pressure to modernize their data infrastructures and respond quickly and cost effectively to new requirements for data analytics, according to a panel at this week's…
LSE's Russell Buy to Boost International Index Appeal; Analysts Wary of Data Cost Impact
The London Stock Exchange's proposed acquisition of US-based index provider and asset manager Russell Investments from the Northwestern Mutual Insurance Company will allow the exchange to diversify its revenue streams and expand its outreach into the US…