Inside Market Data/News
FactSet Acquires Interactive Data Managed Solutions Business
The deal will help FactSet bolster its global wealth management offering, while ICE deemed the Managed Solutions business non-core to its overall data plans.
TP Icap Buys Burton-Taylor to Expand Research Assets
TP Icap will expand the research firm's coverage to new markets and sectors, partly based on proprietary data owned by the broker.
Contineo Launches Data Analytics for Structured Products Community
Contineo's I/O provides financial service providers and market participants with proprietary analysis and data on the structured products market.
MT Newswires Debuts ‘Ask Alyce' Chat-Based News
The news provider has recruited former MNI Chicago bureau chief Alyce Andres-Frantz to launch the service.
Fulcrum Taps BondWave for Serviced Bond Trading Offering
Fulcrum's new service is based on a platform provided by fixed income data and technology vendor Bondwave.
Datawatch Taps AquaQ for Panopticon-Kdb+ Integration
The agreement will make it easier for firms to visualize tick data from the Kdb+ database in Panopticon.
Xignite Hires Data, Finance Execs to Boost Sales in 2017
Since October, the vendor has hired a trio of execs, kicking off expansion plans for the coming year.
Eris Taps Former Bloomberg Global Markets Head for BizDev
Harrington's knowledge of buy-side clients and the interest rate and credit markets wil help the exchange round up its offering, officials say.
The Yield Book Integrates Eris Swap Futures Data
The integration will allow users to manage their positions traded on Eris alongside other trading activity.
IT Execs, Academics Unveil Big Data Startup Advanced Logic Analytics
The startup will initially focus efforts on London and New York ahead of a global expansion planned for next year.
Wall Street Horizon, MT Newswires Ally for Correlated News, Events Data
Wall Street Horizon will refer interested parties to MT Newswires, so they can correlate the vendors' data.
Visible Alpha Buys OneAccess to Boost Research Use Tracking
Prior to the acquisition, the companies had been working together to allow clients to benefit from their respective offerings.
Market EarlyBird Bows Event-Tracking Twitter Tool for US Inauguration
The vendor and its clients see tweets relating to political events as a potential source of alpha.
SS&C Adds Fitch Ratings to Managed Service Platform
With the addition of Fitch, SS&C now offers ratings data from the 'Big Three' ratings providers.
StockTwits Buys SparkFin to Grow Investor Offering
The price discovery social app will begin migrating features to StockTwits' platform immediately.
Silexx Adds Data from OTC Markets
The agreement will provide Silexx's clients with "a complete actionable dataset to aid in their trading and investment decision-making," officials say.
Eagle Alpha Adds Chinese Auto Industry Info
Officials say the dataset will provide insight into consumer behavior in China, and into state policy.
TRG Expands FITS Beyond Data, Adds Task Management, Storage Tools
The upgrade provides dedicated tools for managing recurring subscription costs beyond TRG's core market data coverage.
UPDATE: BME Data Reorg to Focus on New Value-Add Services, RegData
The exchange will combine several existing businesses under a shared management and development structure.
BME Reorganizes Data, IT Divisions
The new business area will be led by Ramón Adarraga, executive chairman of BME Market Data and CEO of Infobolsa.
OTAS Updates Lingo with Real-Time Text Reports
OTAS adds real-time alerts to Lingo product suite to help traders capture risk and act accordingly.
Colt Grows IQ Network Service in Singapore, Hong Kong
The expansion is part of Colt's plan to invest significantly in Asia over the next three years.
S&P Sells QuantHouse Back to Founder
The deal marks another about-face on real-time data for S&P, which sold Comstock in 2003, then re-entered the space by buying QuantHouse in 2012.
NEX Distributes Tradition Data
After selling its voice-brokerage business to rival Tullett Prebon, NEX (formerly Icap) has forged a data alliance with Tradition.