Inside Market Data/News
Thomson Reuters Grows Hosted RDF Direct
Thomson Reuters is expanding the range of exchange feeds available via the hosted version of its Reuters Data Feed Direct (RDF Direct) service, which provides access to its low-latency direct feed technology as a fully managed service.
New RTS Policy Cuts Cost of Bundled Data
Russia's RTS Stock Exchange is revising its data policy to offer access to all of its data for one fixed price, in an attempt to simplify the administrative burden for its clients.
Xinhua News Agency Adds Icap FX Data
Interdealer broker Icap is to expand its presence in China's foreign exchange data market by distributing its broker data via the Xinhua 08 financial information platform of the government's data and information vendor Xinhua News Agency, under the terms…
eSignal Unveils OnDemand Delayed Charts
Interactive Data's eSignal division has launched a stripped-down version of its data display workstation that focuses on charting and analysis, aimed at active and swing traders who typically use end-of-day charting services for fundamental analysis.
FactSet Integrates FirstRain into Marquee Display
FactSet Research Systems will this week unveil a version of FirstRain's Web research tool integrated with its Marquee desktop platform, to allow FactSet users to access information and statistics from the Internet via the same interface.
Coral8 Expands Analysis Capabilities, Capacity
Complex event processing software vendor Coral8 will this week unveil a new version of its CEP engine, with new features that draw on data warehousing technologies to be able to run more analytics against increased volumes of data.
Sinara Offers Dividend Data Feed
UK-based data technology vendor Sinara Consultants has launched an intra-day feed of company dividend announcements based on the London Stock Exchange's Regulatory News Service.
Interfax Adds Analytics to SPARK
Russian news agency and data provider Interfax has enhanced its SPARK company fundamentals database to provide more detailed financial ratio analytics, regional economic data and enhanced alerting functions.
Wombat Builds Out Asian Presence
NYSE Euronext subsidiary Wombat Financial Software is rapidly expanding its coverage of Asian markets, and has recently released eight new feed handlers, with several more already in development.
Reliance to Add Asia Connectivity
Network and hosting provider Reliance Globalcom is planning to expand its services into Asia next year, after completing its current focus on pushing into Europe, officals say.
CMA Preps Asian Office for Local Support
CME Group subsidiary Credit Market Analysis plans to open up a regional office in Hong Kong by the end of this year to support growing interest in its credit data products in Asia.
TNS Finalizes India Connectivity
Network provider Transaction Network Services is close to expanding its connectivity options for firms seeking data from Indian exchanges, with the imminent addition of the National Stock Exchange of India and the Multi-Commodity Exchange of India (MCX)…
BNP to Take Over Fortis Data Admin
The recently announced break-up of the Fortis banking and insurance group between the Dutch government and BNP Paribas will result in a major reshuffle of data administration functions and marks the end of Fortis' group-wide market data competency center…
Dow Jones Postpones Global Dow as Index Providers Weigh Strategies
Dow Jones has delayed the launch of its planned Global Dow Index as a result of turbulent market conditions, officials tell Inside Market Data .
CNQ Migrates to New Feed Format, Delivery
Canadian stock exchange CNQ has revamped its datafeed offering and has begun distributing data direct to subscribers, as well as via the Toronto Stock Exchange, following the migration of its market onto a new trading platform.
Fidessa Adds 'Global' US Ticker to Support New Trading Platform
UK-based trading technology and data provider Fidessa has set up a global ticker plant in North America to collect data from exchanges and markets carried by the vendor worldwide, to support its creation of a hosted US trading platform (USTP) for…
Turquoise Taps Corvil for Latency Management
Pan-European multilateral trading facility Turquoise plans to set up a pilot program to provide latency metrics to member trading firms using software from Dublin-based latency monitoring technology vendor Corvil.
YouDevise Speeds Up Trade Ideas
Trade ideas distribution utility YouDevise has rolled out changes to its technology in response to demand from sell-side and buy-side firms to be able to speed up distribution and capture of trade ideas, which is being driven by current market volatility…
NYSE Ramps Up Arca Bandwidth
NYSE Euronext last week almost doubled the bandwidth required by trading firms to receive the ArcaBook multicast feed of equities data from its NYSE Arca market in the face of rapidly rising data volumes, giving subscribers only a few hours' notice to…
Capital IQ Buys Reuters Research, Estimates Copies
Standard & Poor's subsidiary Capital IQ has launched a proprietary estimates service and plans to unveil access to proprietary aftermarket research by year-end, after acquiring copies of the Reuters Estimates and Reuters Research on Demand databases from…