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Fincad Preps New Functionality; Ups Buy-Side, Asia Focus
Fincad's F3 analytics platform now includes more data and tools to support MBS valuations.
Money.Net Previews ‘Disruptive' Algo News Service for Q4
Money.Net CEO Morgan Downey declines to give specifics of the news offering, but says it will address shortfalls of other wires.
Acadian AM Names Buzzelli Head of Data Governance
The Nomura, Thomson Reuters and BNY Mellon veteran will oversee policies and standards for market and reference data at the firm.
Solarflare Improves Capture Techs, Targets Big Data Analytics for Network Traffic
The updates will help users more precisely monitor data networks for potential intrusions.
BSO Bows Borsa Istanbul PoP for Data, Trading
The new PoP will also provide connectivity between the exchange and markets in other regions, via BSO's network.
Morningstar's Wickham Returns to Australia in Asia Pacific-Wide Product Role
In his new role, Wickham will run product and client solutions for Asia-Pacific clients, based in Australia.
Solarflare Opens Second California R&D Center in San Diego
The new facility will initially house around six staff, and will complement other facilities in the US, the UK and India.
SIX Agrees Sale of Index Businesses to Deutsche Börse
The sale of SIX's stakes in the Stoxx and Indexium joint ventures is set to complete on July 31.
CreditSights Integrates BondScore, Ratings on Single Web Platform
The move will allow investment professionals to access CreditSights' risk estimates and ratings via a single platform.
Datawatch Steps Up Automation in Managed Analytics Platform
The move is designed to make it easier for analysts and other users to automate data preparation and analytics.
S&P Capital IQ Parent McGraw Hill Buys SNL Financial
Acquisition will allow the vendor to enhance the content and capabilities of its S&P Capital IQ and Platts businesses.
Euronext, Morningstar Ally for Investment Portal
The agreement initially covers France, but will ultimately cover data on Euronext's other markets.
Opening Cross: A Misplaced Sense of Entitlement?
Last week, we at Inside Market Data experienced a problem that’s already an all-too-frequent issue for data industry participants—unauthorized and non-compliant usage of proprietary data. After all, just like the major data vendors and newswires, we…
Japan Exchange Announces New Data Policy
The exchange is introducing new policies for those that connect to its data directly.
RavenPack Revamps Sentiment Analysis, Focuses on Unstructured Data Beyond Twitter Analytics
The vendor is changing the way it calculates sentiment scores to be more useful to traders.
FTSE Russell Canada Bets on Black
Black has previously held index and data sales roles at MSCI and TMX Group in Canada.
RepRisk Readies New ESG Reporting, Analysis Tools
After a year working with academics, the vendor has revamped how clients can access its data.
YCharts Hires Regional Directors as Base for Sales Expansion
YCharts expects to grow its field salesforce from scratch to around 30 staff in 2017.
UPDATE: NY Authorities Scrutinize Legality of Symphony's Data Deletion Claims
The New York regulator is concerned that the vendor will make it hard to obtain communications records.
Ipreo Buys iLevel to Boost Private Capital Transparency Solutions
The deal builds on Ipreo's previous acquisitions to form an integrated Private Capital Markets group.
OpenMAMA Creates Advisory Group, Seeks Vendors for Steering Committee
The advisory group will comprise firms that are unable to participate in OpenMAMA's steering committee.
Tick42 Eyes Social Media Data Integration with Glue for HMTL
Tool Allows Financial Firms to Standardize Social Media
Japan Exchange, S&P Dow Jones Ally for Bond Volatility Index
The index will leverage methodologies created by the Chicago Board Options Exchange for its VIX index.
MetaQuotes Integrates Alliance News with Equities, FX Trading Apps
The integration will provide MetaQuotes clients with access to UK equities news.