Inside Market Data/News
USAM Taps Daffin for London Sales
Daffin's hire represents USAM's first foray into local markets outside North America.
Morningstar Revamps Ratings for Fund Comparisons
The move will allow investors to more easily compare ETFs and open-end funds, Morningstar officials say.
LSE Hires Ex-Barclays Index CEO Samad to Lead Multi-Asset Benchmarks
Samad was previously CEO of the Barclays Risk Analytics and Index Solutions business, prior to its recent sale to Bloomberg.
ICE Combines SFTI, 7Ticks Networks
The combined network offering will consolidate NYSE's SFTI network with Interactive Data's 7Ticks business, and will form the foundation for delivery of all of ICE's data products.
Beeks Unveils On-Demand Data Connectivity Purchasing Portal
Officials say the Beeks Marketplace will allow users to provision servers and connectivity to get up and running and begin trading within hours, rather than weeks.
Wall Street Horizon Bakes Enchilada into Thomson Reuters' Eikon App Studio
By providing a version of its Enchilada platform within Thomson Reuters' Eikon App Studio, Wall Street Horizon will gain exposure for its data to Eikon's client base.
CFRA to Buy S&P Research Business
The deal will combine CFRA's forensic accounting principles with S&P's fundamental equities and funds research service.
UPDATE: Lime Infuses Strategy, Testing Tool with Vela Feed Handlers
Integrating Vela's feed handlers will allow Lime to offer its clients access to higher-performance and international data for building and testing trading strategies.
Tora Deploys OneTickCloud for Managing TCA Data Challenges
Using OneTickCloud makes it easier for Tora to properly manage ever-increasing volumes of historical tick data as it expands its market coverage.
OTCGH Adds Analytics, Tools to EOX Live
Officials say the new content and tools respond to market demand for more transparency, intelligence and execution capabilities.
Morningstar Founder Mansueto Becomes Executive Chairman as Kapoor Named CEO
Mansueto, who founded Morningstar in 1984, plans to adopt a more flexible schedule that will allow him to focus more on strategy, technology and investments.
BiG XYT Adds Cairns to Lead Sales
Cairns has more than 15 years in sales and account management roles at data and trading technology vendors and financiail institutions.
Avelacom Sets Up Network PoP in DataSpace Datacenter Used by Moscow Exchange
The new POP in the same facility as The Moscow Exchange's trading engine, along with other network optimizaiton efforts, will provide faster access to Russian markets.
McKay Brothers Sells Minority Stake to HFT Firm IMC
The investment will support the continued growth of McKay’s network business.
Franklin Templeton Inks Quill Deal for Investment Commentary
Using Narrative Science's Quill product will help Franklin Templeton to scale its commentary production and focus on more complex analysis.
Thomson Reuters Sows Crop Data App on Eikon
The app collects crowd-sourced crop data directly from farmers, aggregates it for traders, then provides actionable market insight back to farmers.
Equinix Completes LD6 Datacenter Phase 2 Expansion
Datacenter provider doubles co-location capacity following £26 million investment.
Trendrating Unveils ‘Portfolio Momentum Rating’ for Aggregated Portfolio Analysis
The new capability enables fund managers to rate their portfolio by momentum to indetify underperforming stocks and ETFs.
CFN Taps Equinix Vet for Sales
Hardie has spent almost 30 years in the technology and telecoms industries.
Eris Bows Streaming Prices for 3-, 4-Year Contracts
The move is in response to clients demanding liquidity in less active tenors for trading and hedging purposes.
Bloomberg Vows to Expand Barclays Index Unit Post-Acquisition, Keep Index Data Free
The vendor says it has been talking with clients to address any concerns about the transition of the index assets acquired from Barclays.
BATS Seeks Consensus on MiFID 2 Trade Data Collection, Reporting Process
BATS is hoping to encourage other European trading venues to coalesce around its approach to handling client data.
Colt Preps Tokyo, CME, SGX Connectivity for TOCOM J-Gate Move
When TOCOM moves its trading engine, Colt will be able to provide client access via multiple datacenters and its PrizmNet global financial extranet.
StatPro Rolls Out Faster Analytics Engines
The vendor is employing new technologies and processes to improve processing speeds of its analytics.