Inside Market Data/News
Exegy Hires Tech Sales Vet Santivenere
New accout manager Steve Santivenere has spent 20 years in trading and trading technology sales roles.
As MiFID 2 Looms, TMX, NPL Begin Trials of Managed Timestamping Service
The fully managed timing service from TMX and NPL will enable firms to ensure compliance with MiFID 2's timestamping requirements, and to optimize their systems.
US Exchange Data Revenues Rise as Europe Battles Volatility, Lower Subscriber Numbers
Despite changing trends in data consumption, information services mostly continued to deliver solid quarterly financial results for exchanges.
LPL Taps MT Newswires for Advisor News
The news service also incorporates MT Newswires' enhanced insider transaction and holdings data, which identifies opportunities arising from company insiders buying or selling stock.
APFIC Panel: Knowing Regulation Key to Building Business
Vendors must become more informed about regulation to be able to create solutions to assist clients in meeting regulatory demands.
Exchanges: No Free Data; Maybe Free Trading?
Exchanges say data will continue to have sufficient value to justify data fees, whatever changes occur in trading activity.
Buy Side: Get a Grip on Governance to Expose and Exploit True Value of Data
Adhering to old-fashioned, siloed data management practices can be costly and inhibit firms' ability to use data to support innovation.
APFIC Keynote: HKEx Looks to Grow Data Offering in China
One of the initiatives is to offer its market data for free or at heavily discounted prices under the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect program.
'Game-Changer' Startups Should Consider M&A to Gain Credibility and ‘Disrupt' From Within
Reluctance by firms to take risks on unknown entities means being acquired is the most viable route for startups to enter the information space and be a "game changer."
Morningstar Makes Indexes Free for Benchmarking
Members of the project's advisory council say indexes are a top-five data cost, yet factors such as switching costs and brand recognition deter them from changing suppliers.
Fitch Nabs Thomson Reuters' Tinaikar as President, Info Services
Tinaikar has spent a 25-year career in information and technology services, most recently as a managing director at Thomson Reuters.
eVestment Builds Private Fund Data Alliance
The alliance will establish standards for reporting private equity fund performance data.
Perseus Debuts Self-Service Performance, Procurement Portal
The portal will enable clients to do online anything they can do via a salesperson, and to obtain more detailed usage and performance metrics.
Jordan & Jordan Taps Moody's Vet Weinstein for Cost Management
Before joining J&J, Weinstein spent more than two decades at Moody's Investors Service.
Vela Adds to Global Feed Handler Tally, Ups Asia Markets Coverage
The new feed handlers bring the total number of venues supported by Vela to more than 250.
Nasdaq ‘Innovation Lab' Unveils Suite of Trading Performance Analytics
Nasdaq releases the first three products from its new Innovation Lab, designed to help traders refine their trading strategies by comparing them to the market and their peers.
Kx Sets New Performance Record for STAC-M3 Analytics Benchmarks
Kx's Kdb+ tick database outperformed previous versions, even against a larger dataset.
Morningstar Names Chief Data, Technology Officers
New appointees bring a wealth of experience in financial modeling and analytics.
Data Issues Delay Euronext Trading
Euronext's derivatives spent more than two hours offline as a result of market data dissemination and reference data issues.
Industry Seeks Alternative Access to Brazil As CME, BM&F End Data, Order-Routing
Connectivity providers vie to capitalize on demand for access to the Brazilian market after exchanges end historic data-sharing and order-routing arrangement.
YCharts’ New CEO Shuffles Execs, Hones Strategy
New CEO Sean Brown outlines what makes him right to lead YCharts, and what he's done since joining the vendor.
Morningstar Preps Automated License Transparency
The vendor has made changes to its Morningstar Direct platform to help clients ensure they are compliant with data license policies.
Tullett Prebon Info to Distribute Digital Currency Data from Brave New Coin
The broker's data arm aims to become a hub for data on digital, as well as traditional, currencies.
LSE’s Shifting License Models Bear Fruit
Despite declining terminal counts, the LSE's move to enterprise license policies are paying dividends by protecting revenue increases.