Inside Market Data/News
LSE Buys Company Data Provider Mergent
The deal will provide underlying data for the creation of new FTSE Russell indexes, and adds to LSE's data and analytics capabilities.
ETAS Panel: Data Science Tops Priorities
Institutions see data science as the most important challenge and opportunity facing their data management functions.
BATS Inks Index Data Distribution Deals
The exchange aims for its commercial policies to position its indexes against long-established incumbent providers.
Nadig Returns to ETF.com as CEO
Nadig previously held senior roles at ETF.com and IndexUniverse prior to a stint at FactSet Research Systems.
Thomson Reuters Integrates Legal Filings Data into Eikon to Show Impact of Court Cases on Stock Prices
Knowing the impact of litigation on a company's stock price can be "crucial" to trading decisions.
IHS Markit Taps IBM's Aziz to Lead Analytics Biz
Aziz joins the vendor after four years at IBM and 17 years at Algorithmics.
Domino Data Labs Raises $10.5M to Accelerate Growth
The funding will "throw gas on the fire" of the data science startup's "exploding" demand, officials say.
Barchart Upgrades Data Portal
The website includes more data and charting, plus better navigation across all devices, officials say.
Thomson Reuters Evaluates its Evaluations
The service enhances the vendor's existing evaluations by providing a score indicating the market color used to generate each evaluation.
Connamara Orders a Curry
Curry has more than 20 years' experience in data technology sales and business development roles.
McKay Brothers Expands Into Asia With Tokyo-Singapore Route
A hybrid of undersea fiber and microwave connectivity is enabling McKay to deliver the lowest-know latency between Tokyo and Singapore.
Exegy Sets Up Managed Services Support in London
The vendor says the move is in response to increased and anticipated demand for its solutions in the region, delivered as managed services.
Icap Raises Rowcliffe to Head of PTRI Unit in APAC
Under Rowcliffe's leadership, Icap sees opportunities to expand its offerings to clients in the region.
NZX Data Connectivity Unaffected, Though Volumes Fall In Earthquake Aftermath
It was business as usual for trading firms in New Zealand, despite being hit by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake early in the morning of Nov. 14
Vela Taps Cassin, Cadman for Product Strategy
The long-standing data execs will help the vendor work more closely with clients and develop future strategies.
West Highland Debuts Systems Overview Dashboard
The dashboard will provide a high-level view for managers to monitor cost and performance, from where they can access more data in West Highland's underlying platforms.
Redline Offers Exchange Data Simulator to Clients for Systems Testing
The tool will help firms test the robustness of their systems against realistic market simulations, before they deploy them live.
Qineqt Expands NY Team to Fuel Growth
Crespy spent 18 years at Bloomberg, some of it alongside Qineqt chief product officer Sara Noble.
CHX Moots LTAD Pilot To Allay Market Maker Concerns Over ‘Speed Bump’
CXH hits back at claims that its liquidity-taking delay is designed to garner more market data revenues for the exchange.
T3Index Readies Volatility Index Family
Officials say derivatives based on the indexes will provide a direct way to invest in volatility.
Cloud Vendor GTT Buys Hibernia Networks for $590M
Hibernia's low-latency undersea cable between the UK and North America will soon be under GTT's ownership.
Virtua IR Clients Get Wall Street Horizon Events Data
Clients of Virtua's analytics platform will have acces to a limited set of Wall Street Horizon's events data, with the option to subscribe to its full dataset.
Metamako Unveils Filtering Device, Speeds Metamux Switch Latency
The new MetaFilter device has numerous applications when used in conjunction with Metamako's Metamux switches.
Intercontinental Exchange Hires Ex-S&P Chief Data Officer Reeve
Reeve will lead the exchange's Connectivity and Consolidated Feed business, which combines assets from its NYSE and Interactive Data acquisitions.