Inside Market Data/News
Exchange Data Revenues Make Positive Start to 2015
Acquisitions made up for some shortfalls in exchange revenues
Money.Net Builds Chat System, Adds Twitter-Enhanced Commodities Mapping Tool
Adding Chat and Twitter geo-tag data will make low-cost terminal more sticky, officials say.
Data Head Hyndman Exits Nasdaq
The exchange is sharing Hyndman's responsibilities between other data staff.
Poon Succeeds Poon as HKEx Data Head
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx) has named former head of market data Daniel Poon managing director and head of cash and derivatives clearing within the exchange's global clearing division, effective March 1.
CenturyLink Taps Cognilytics Buy for Financial Big Data Analytics Vertical
CenturyLink will ultimately make the analytics tools available as a managed service in its cloud infrastructure.
Airex Content Market Preps Major Data Expansion by Year-End
Online financial content marketplace Airex is planning a significant expansion of data available via its platform over the course of this year, after announcing three content distribution deals within the past week, and aims to have "many hundreds of…
Former Markit, TRACE Exec Lefferts Makes Swift Move
Lefferts was also responsible for the TRACE fixed income reporting feed at FINRA.
Aequitas NEO Gets Regulatory Nod for Data Fees, But Preps Initial Fee Waiver to Boost IPOs
Startup Canadian stock market Aequitas NEO Exchange will offer its market data free of charge under a fee waiver program from when the market goes live on March 27 until it achieves a five percent market share of the Canadian market, after receiving…
Fitch Unveils Heatmap for Monthly CDS Changes
The tool will help Fitch clients to understand the risks and opportunities of CDS investments.
Beast Apps, Icap, CME Ally on OTC vs. Exchange-Traded Analysis Tool
The application displays and analyzes trading opportunities between Icap's OTC brokered derivatives and CME's listed futures markets.
FME Taps Object Trading for Normalized Data, Trading
Object Trading will provide the trading firm with data from 13 markets immediately, and can add up to 60.
ClearStructure Adds Fitch Ratings to Sentry Portfolio Management Platform
Agreement will give ClearStructure's clients access to Fitch's fixed income ratings.
GlobalRisk Integrates Interactive Data Content for Real-Time Risk Exposure
New service combines GlobalRisk's FirmRisk software with data from IDC's Consolidated Feed.
Markit Buys Lloyds' Halifax Housing Index
Vendor will use the index to create financial products based on the UK housing market, officials say.
CQG Adds Eris Connectivity
CQG clients will be able to access data, analytics and trading on Eris-listed contracts.
McKay Launches Slough-Frankfurt Microwave Route
New microwave route will connect Equinix datacenters hosting key marketplaces in each financial center.
Velocimetrics Integrates AHA Accelerated Data Compression with TipOff Latency Tech
More efficient data capture, compression and storage will help reduce datacenter costs.
StatPro Releases Upgraded Revolution Data Model
New model will provide an alternative to StatPro's existing model options.
Tick42 Launches Glue42 to Stick Applications Together
'Glue' will seamlessly bond different applications and datasets, officials say.
MVS Eyes Expansion After Acquisition by Platts
Vendor will leverage Platts' resources to grow its commodities data business.
Opening Cross: Performance Anxiety Doesn't Only Apply to High Performance
With the 2015 Formula One racing season almost upon us, cue the inevitable comparisons between high-speed trading technologies and the high-performance cars that compete in the sport──cars that hit top speeds of over 200 miles per hour, and whose…
O'Connor Swaps SR Labs for Firm58
Chicago-based Firm58 manages issues such as commission-sharing agreements and soft-dollar arrangements.
J&J Bows Managed Data Reporting, Compliance Tool
New York-based market data and management consultancy Jordan & Jordan has unveiled a new managed service for automating exchange and vendor data reporting requirements, dubbed Market Data Reporting (MDR), which is designed to help clients comply with the…
Roberts Group Releases First Phase of Analytics Suite for Inventory Analysis
First components of suite reduce reliance on spreadsheets, and to automate data consumption from FITS into spreadsheets, respectively.