Inside Market Data/News
Chain Locks in Sohtz as CMO
Sohtz's responsibilities at Chain will include expanding the adoption of the vendor's technologies in broader use cases, including solving business problems for the financial industry.
Infront Adds Freedom Index Data
Infront will roll out the indexes to more than 12,00 clients, free of charge.
Barchart Promotes Haraburda to CEO
In his previous role as managing director of sales and business development, Haraburda also ran the vendor's AgriCharts division.
Markit Hires S&P's Dos Santos as Head of North America Biz Strategy
The pricing veteran will be responsible for Markit's fixed income pricing services business.
FactSet Sells Research Arms to Asset International
FactSet will use the $165 million sale to extend its share repurchase program by $165 million.
OpenFin Names Account Director, Europe COO
Harvey and Ruiz have backgrounds in bank technology operations management and fixed income e-trading.
Nasdaq Readies First ‘Lab-Grown’ Analytics
Though still under wraps, the exchange is preparing to launch five data products developed by the recently created innovation lab unit.
Flow Traders Enlists Corvil For Monitoring Datafeeds, Trading Systems ‘Integrity’
The firm is using Corvil's latency monitoring equipment to monitor its datafeed and trading platform infrastructure.
Avelacom Makes Low-Latency Network Play with Addition of CME Group Data
The move is the telecom and low-latency network provider's first move to become an actual provider of market data.
FXecosystem Taps Metamako Switch for Network Monitoring, MiFID 2 Compliance
The switch allows users to tap inbound and outbound message flows to perform various types of monitoring, and to meet regulatory transparency requirements.
Hall of Fame: CBOE's Tom Knorring, ‘The Mathematician’
Tom Knorring, vice president of business development, CBOE
Activ Plans to Leverage Prime Analytics to Help Fill Gaps in Data Coverage
Demand from Prime Analytics' global client base for niche regional markets will give Activ the impetus to pursue exchange data that would otherwise be uneconomical to carry.
JPMC's Afshar: Use Data Science for Real Business Problems, Not ‘Fishing Expeditions'
Users seeking to employ data science techniques must be "laser-focused" on the business problems that they need to solve, Afshar told attendees.
NAFIS 2016: Capital One CDO Charts Journey into Big Data
Scott Hallworth describes how good, simplified data models will aid a multitude of analytical tasks.
NAFIS 2016: CDOs Still Struggle for Board Understanding
Chief data officers are now widely accepted in finance and other industries, but CDOs themselves still face the challenge of defining, communicating and enforcing their duties.
NAFIS 2016: ‘Partner' with Vendors for Mutual Gains
If consumer firms and suppliers wotk as true business partners rather than just on a buyer-seller basis, users can get better deals, and vendors can leverage licensing opportunities.
NAFIS 2016: Latency Key But No Longer Killer
Raw speed is no longer the differentiator it once was, forcing traders to consider datasets that deliver "smarter" sources of alpha.
FactSet, ICE Score Big in 2016 IMD/IRD Awards
Intercontinental Exchange's acquisition of Interactive Data paid off and brought in new award wins fo rthe exchange.
Axioma Names Data Vet Webster COO
Prior to his five years at Axioma, Webster has also served at UBS, Barclays Global Investors and Barra
NYSE Experiences Index Calculation Glitch
The exchange resolved the technical issue early Tuesday morning.
Datawatch Adds Analytics, Data Integration to Panopticon 13.7
The new version includes additions designed to make it easier for userts to identify, investigate and act on anomalies.
Colt Expands MarketPrizm Asian Data Coverage
The network provider is adding content from the Osaka, Nagoya and Hong Kong exchanges to the data carried over its MarketPrizm infrastructure.
Techstars Taps Zanoff as Entrepreneur in Residence for Startups
Zanoff will bring his background as a financial technology veteran and entrepreneur to assist startup FinTech ventures.
New NYSE Data Fees Irk ‘Rebroadcasters’
Companies impacted by the new fees claim NYSE is trying to recoup revenues lost under the 'rebroadcaster' model.