Inside Market Data/News
After ECC, EEX Clearing Rollout, KB Tech Eyes Data Deals
KB Tech's initial deal with ECC covers post-trade and clearing-related data, though, this may expand to other areas in future.
NEX Launches EBS JPY Benchmark Index
Benchmark will provide price information for the dollar-yen rate during Japanese trading hours.
xCelor, Ciara Ally for High-Frequency On-Server Feed Handling, Book Building
Officials say the integration will eliminate latency associated with the processes of book-building from market data feeds.
Thomson Reuters Adds S&P Transcripts Content
The agreement will provide Thomson Reuters' clients with access to tagged and machine-readable corporate events transcripts data from S&P.
Web Financial Nabs Naumann to Expand North American Footprint
Naumann's hire follows the appointment of former YCharts and Morningstar exec Jeremy Diamond in Chicago a year ago.
BME Grows Real-Time Index Offering
The new index series will be calculated and disseminated in real time from June 1.
ICE Partners with NPL for Atomic Timestamping
Intercontinental Exchange has linked up with UK's National Physical Laboratory to ensure co-location customers at its Basildon datacenter, home to its European derivatives exchange, meet MiFID II timestamping requirements.
Rival Systems Taps QuantHouse for Ultra-Low Latency Market Data Feed
Rival Systems has integrated QuantFEED into its Rival Trader and Rival API platforms as it looks to expand into equities.
Thomson Reuters Bows API for Desktop Apps to Access Eikon Data
The Side-by-Side Integration API will allow users and third-party application developers to incorporate content from Eikon into other applications used alongside the workstation on clients' desktops.
Ex-Thomson Reuters Bauman Joins TIM Group Sales Team
The trade ideas provider has added Jeff Bauman to its New York sales team.
Orbital Insight Raises $50M for Image Analysis Space Race
Orbital Insight will use the new funding to expand its products, partnerships, and sales presence worldwide.
Bats Bows US ETF Feed
Bats has launched a dedicated feed for US-listed ETFs which provides data on individual funds as the exchange looks to strengthen its ETF offerings.
German Data Vendor VWD Promotes Ramabadran to CEO
Before joining VWD as in 2015, Ramabadran held various positions at BlackRock, Prudential and Tudor Investment Corp
Ex-Reuters Vet Powell Joins Ballintrae Board as Strategic Advisor
Powell will support the Ballintrae board as it prepares to launch a new shared service utility offering in the coming months.
Redline Adds Handler for Quincy QED Feed
The feed handler will allow Redline clients to ingest and normalize data from Quincy's microwave-based feed alongside other data sources.
Visible Alpha Hires Research, Data Vets McNerney, Stemberger
In addition to McNerney and Stemberger, Visible Alpha hired 51 new staff in teh first quarter of 2017 -- a headcount increase of almost 30 percent.
Fenics Adds Execs from Rival Brokers
Between them, Fitzpatrick adn Machado have more than 35 years' experience in data, financial technology and trading.
Colt, NovaSparks Ally for FPGA-Normalized Tokyo Feed
NovaSparks has deployed its FPGA technology in the Tokyo Stock Exchange's co-lo facility, "wrapped in" Colt's MarketPrizm API for ease of access.
MarketAxess Taps MDX Tech for Data Distribution, Axes
MDX's platform will enable MarketAxess clients to access data and submit axes to its Open Trading marketplace via Excel spreadsheets.
OpenMAMA Preps Enhancements to Expand Data Platform ‘Choice’
The recent and future enhancements will make it easier for applications to switch between current middleware solutions and OpenMAMA, as well as between data sources.
YCharts Integrates Morningstar Custodian Data for ‘Portfolio Sync’
Portfoilio Sync allows wealth manager clients to automate the uploading of client portfolio holdings data, enabling them to analyze specific client account information within YCharts' platform.
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.
Redline Moves Lau to London
Lau moves from New York to London to spearhead Redline's sales expansion in the EMEA region.
NewsHedge, Metricle Bow Systematic Twitter Analysis API
The new offering identifies unusual trading activity and correlates it to news events on Twitter.