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Ipreo Automates Meetings Data
Ipreo, the business created by the merger of Hemscott, i-Deal and MarketPipe, is preparing to launch a new service aimed at automating meeting communications as part of the investment research process between broker dealers and investment managers.
Research Key as EC Probes Thomson-Reuters
The European Commission last week extended its inquiry into the competition implications of the proposed merger between Thomson and Reuters, saying it needs more time to investigate "serious concerns" with the merger.
Euronext Preps Feed; Brings SFTI to Europe
NYSE Euronext is preparing to launch a new, low-latency feed later this year to consolidate data from its cash equity NSC trading platform with full derivatives order book depth from its Liffe Connect platform, and is also preparing to provide clients in…
OMX Readies New Feed, Content
Nordic exchange operator and technology provider OMX will launch a low-latency market depth feed of Nordic equity data in November, and will add new content sets to its existing Targin datafeed later this month, officials tell Inside Market Data .
CEP Start-up Kaskad Denies Demise
Boston-based complex event processing vendor Kaskad Technology says it will continue operations, despite the loss of key executives and its main client, the Boston Stock Exchange, and moving out of its office in downtown Boston.
CS Preps TF-Paladyne Data for Hedge Funds
Hedge fund clients of Credit Suisse's prime brokerage service unit will be the first end-users to go live on a software platform that integrates portfolio management, analytics and accounting components from Paladyne Systems with a datafeed from Thomson…
TheMarkets.com Scores a Bullseye
Investment bank consortium-owned research portal TheMarkets.com will this week unveil a new real-time query tool that melds broker research and information gathered from the Internet, dubbed Bullseye.
Compustat Beefs Up Emerging Markets, Industry Data
& Poor's is planning a major upgrade to its Compustat feed in December, which will include company data from emerging markets, new industry-specific datasets and indicators, and improved analyst notes.
Limas Rolls Out Tullett Prebon FX Data
Jakarta, Indonesia-based data vendor Limas Centric Indonesia last week unveiled plans to add foreign exchange data from interdealer broker Tullett Prebon's data arm to its Limas StockWatch Desktop terminal and Web-based StockWatch Retail product, as well…
NSX Drops Data Credits, Ups Rebates
The National Stock Exchange has increased its liquidity rebates for approximately 500 exchange-traded funds, while scrapping market data revenue transaction credits for those shares.
CSAs Enable Firms to Price Proprietary Research
US investment managers are taking steps toward placing firm values on proprietary research provided via soft-dollar arrangements-increasingly by the use of commission-sharing arrangements (CSAs)-though industry experts say some stumbling blocks to…
Data Key to Nasdaq's Boston Buy
Nasdaq officials say the exchange will leverage quote data and symbology assets acquired via its $61 million purchase of the Boston Stock Exchange last week to increase data revenues and attract new listings.
CAPIS Deploys Pivot for Trading, Research
Dallas-based agency broker and research provider Capital Institutional Services is deploying technology from trade messaging and collaboration infrastructure provider Pivot, to automate trade order messages and for distribution of investment research.
CME Rolls Out FIX FAST For Data
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange has begun using a FIX FAST (FIX Adapted for Streaming data) format in live production for distributing market data at lower latency and reduced bandwidth consumption, officials say.
Aleri Partners, Appoints Tech Gurus
Chicago-based event processing software vendor Aleri has struck a deal with low-latency data provider Fixnetix to offer clients hosted access to the vendor's analytical capabilities, and has hired data industry veteran Ian Hillier-Brook to pursue further…
Quant House Builds Chi-X Handler
French low-latency data and trading technology provider Quant House has completed the development of a feed handler to carry data from Instinet's MiFID-inspired European trading venue, Chi-X, to allow automated trading operations to process Chi-X market…
ICE Revamps Historical Data Delivery
The Atlanta-based IntercontinentalExchange is launching a new Web site that will provide access to historical data for products traded on its ICE Futures Europe market, and will also incorporate historical data on US over-the-counter traded contracts.
FASB Rule Leads Funds to Change Side-Pocket Valuations
Valuation processes used by hedge funds to price illiquid investments held in so-called "side pockets" are being disrupted by the Financial Accounting Standards Board's Statement 157, auditors warn.
SGX Targets International Firms with TNS Direct Feeds
The Singapore Exchange has gone live with a connection to Transaction Network Services' Secure Trading Extranet, to provide trading firms outside Singapore with access to direct feeds of data from SGX's securities and derivatives markets.
BlueMatrix Updates Research Tool
BlueMatrix, a New York-based software provider, last week unveiled a new version of its research report authoring application designed to improve speed and performance, which the vendor will roll out to customers in the fourth quarter of this year.