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Interactive Buys Xcitek Data Arm
Interactive Data last week announced that it will buy the market data business of corporate actions data vendor Xcitek for $25.3 million and combine it with Interactive's Pricing and Reference Data division.
Telekurs Grows iD in Germany
Telekurs Financial's browser-based iD market data screens for off-trading floor users has gained further traction among German savings and federal state banks, with a spate of recent deals for the product, say Telekurs officials.
Quant House Partners with TT
French low-latency data and trading technology vendor Quant House has integrated its QuantFactory trading strategy development framework with technology for market data and exchange gateway access from Chicago-based derivatives software vendor Trading…
FISD to Weigh on Data Standards
US industry association the FISD has begun the process of setting up a standards steering committee to give FISD members a greater voice on the development of industry standard organizations and provide structured feedback to members.
Saab Extends SuperDerivatives Data Deal for Pension Fund
The treasury department of Swedish defense contractor Saab is using interest rate derivatives data from SuperDerivatives to enhance the performance of its employee pension fund, officials tell Inside Market Data .
BNP Taps ValueLink for OTC Derivatives
The securities services division of BNP Paribas has extended a deal with UK-based data and services provider ValueLink to include consolidation of over-the-counter derivatives data and the production of reconciliation reports.
FSA Drafts MiFID Reporting Specs
UK regulator the Financial Services Authority has issued technical specifications for transaction reports by which it will collect trading data as part of the requirements of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive.
Interactive Data Launches Hedge Fund NAV Service
Interactive Data Corp.'s Pricing and Reference Data division is rolling out a new service for collecting and disseminating hedge fund net asset values in standardized format, potentially replacing laborious data collection operations at investment firms,…
S&P Adds Pension Funding Data
Standard & Poor's has added data on the performance of public companies' pension funds and benefits to the information available via its Compustat database and Xpressfeed delivery mechanism, in response to new accounting standards.
ATD Revamps Data for Options Drive
South Carolina-based algorithmic equities market maker Automated Trading Desk is phasing in a replacement market data infrastructure to support a push into the options trading market in the next few months, officials say.
FXMarketSpace Outlines Data Options
FXMarketSpace, the centrally cleared foreign exchange trading venue launched by Reuters and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange last week, is offering clients a choice of delivery options for data generated by the platform.
Joyce to Implement Product Management Focus at Relegence
Larry Joyce, former executive director of North American product development at Dow Jones, is setting up a dedicated product management function at his new employer, news aggregation and search technology vendor Relegence.
Boat Enlists Colt, BT for Data Hosting
European trade reporting utility Project Boat has chosen BT Radianz and Colt Telecom to provide connectivity and infrastructure services to host the technology from Swedish software vendor Cinnober that will collect and distribute trade data from Boat's…
Activ Unveils Hardware Ticker Plant
Activ Financial will this week reveal plans to launch a hardware-accelerated ticker plant using new technology from chip manufacturer AMD that Activ says will produce significant improvements in latency and throughput compared with the vendor's existing…
LSE, Savvis Partner for Data Access
The London Stock Exchange has partnered with network provider Savvis to expand global access to its data, with a particular focus on North America.
Doubts Raised Over GFI, Icap Index Data
A multi-broker credit index tranche fixing service launched last week by interdealer brokers GFI and Icap appears to have run into trouble, with uncertainty over the data distribution and licensing arrangements for the new fixings, which are based on the…
Interactive Data Patents Valuation Process
Interactive Data Corp. has patented its process for creating fair value pricing for international securities to provide a price that is equivalent to the US market close.