Inside Market Data/News
National Bank of Canada Taps TickSmith
The bank is using TickSmith's TickVault program to cope with volumes of quote and trade data that were exceeding the limits of traditional technologies.
Euronext Inks Data Deals with Three Chinese Vendors
The deals will bring Euronext data to more than 100 million Chinese investors in their local language.
Icap Taps OpenFin for Desktop Version of Fusion Data, Trading Portal
Icap is using OpenFin's technology to create a desktop version of its Fusion portal that also allows it to interoperate with other applications and data sources.
Thomson Reuters Releases Power Markets App on Eikon
The new tool will help power companies balance supply and consumption, and help traders plan day-ahead strategies.
RSRCHXchange Adds Dashboard of Research Use, Spend
The new dashboard will help firms understand their research spend and consumption, as well as comply with MiFID 2 requirements.
MayStreet Bows DaaS Packet Capture, Data Processing
The cloud-based service allows clients to convert data from high-precision formats to those used for research and compliance.
SR Labs Snares Wombat Vet for Pre-Sales
Fellows previously spent nine years working with the Wombat product line that is now owned by SR Labs.
FactSet Integrates IDC's Continuous Evaluated Pricing and Liquidity Indicators Services
Intercontinental Exchange data subsidiary Interactive Data is making its continuous evaluated fixed-income pricing (CEP) and liquidity indicators services available to customers of FactSet Research Systems, a provider of financial data and software to…
The Roberts Group Hires Caglayan as Head of Finance
Caglayan──a chartered financial analyst and a certified public accountant──will run cost management for the cost management software vendor.
Exegy Enlists ISE, ATSs for Managed Reg SCI Compliance Service
The service helps firms and market operators comply with resiliance requirements and processes relating to data technology infrastructures.
Velocimetrics Launches "One-Stop Solution" for Data Tracking, Analytics, Quality Management
The VMX EndToEnd platform will allow data consumers and providers to replace solutions from multiple vendors that only address part of the monitoring spectrum.
ValuEngine Bows Chinese-Language Reports
The analysis provider has begun providing its stock reports and newsletters in Chinese, in part via an agreement with online broker SogoTrade.
Symphony Preps Apps, Life Beyond Chat
The messaging startup has laid out its roadmap for forays into the mobile and content-sharing spaces.
Perseus Pushes Global ‘Spend Mobility’ Program
The program allows firms to reassign connectivity spend without penalty as they switch strategies between geographical markets.
SIX Nets Crabb to Claw in New P&RD Sales
A former associate publisher of Incisive Media's Credit magazine, Crabb has spent a decade in sales of fixed income pricing, ratings and analysis solutions.
Interactive Data Adds European, Asian Bonds to Liquidity Indicators
The indicators will help users estimate the volume of liquidity to support a trade, and to estimate how long they should hold a position.
IPC Suffers eSpeed Connectivity Outage
Nasdaq says IPC's service at eSpeed's primary datacenter was impacted by a power issue.
Icap Buys Out Hedge Fund Analytics Provider ENSO
The acquisition follows two prior investments in ENSO by Icap since 2013.
FXone Taps Beeks Cloud for NY-Tokyo Connectivity
The FX trading technology vendor is using Beeks' cloud capabilities to enter the Japanese market, where Beeks has had a presence since last year.
Corvil Launches MiFID 2-Compliant Latency Monitoring Tool
The vendor has adapted its existing latency management tools to cover the time-synchronization requirements of Europe's MiFID 2 rules.
Perseus Grows Asia Sales, Support
New hires Chan and Ng both have years of experience in the trading technology vendor and banking sectors, respectively.
BME, BSO Ally on Lower Latency
The agreement will reduce latency for BSO clients accessing BME's markets via the exchange's Visual Trader workstation.
Platts Pitches NGL Curves for Risk, Procurement Management
When paired with Platts Bentek's forecasts, the new forward curves will give a complete short- and long-term view of NGL price expectations.
NovaSparks Adds CBOE As First FPGA Direct Options Feed
NovaSparks has designed its own FPGAs to cope with the high-volume, bursty nature of equity options feeds.