Emerging Technologies
Opening Cross: At the End of the Day, It’s All Data
Data isn't just prices; it's unstructured text, charts, sentiment scores, and even analysis of photographs.
On the Record: Bringing Parity to FX Data in an Age of High-Frequency Trading
IMD's Faye Kilburn quizzes Dan Marcus, CEO of interdealer broker Tradition's ParFX foreign exchange trading platform on its approach to market data.
Open Platform: Two’s Not a Crowd: Market Data’s Dirty Secret
Will Bloomberg's recent outage make financial firms more willing to consider alternative offerings?
Market-Class Pushes Simulator for Data, Finance Professionals
UK-based portfolio management technology provider Market-Class is pursuing a new focus of selling its online fund management simulator to capital market firms and financial corporations, to provide practical experience of managing a portfolio to middle-…
TickerTags Gets Seed Funding, Pre-Launch
Startup vendor aims to begin beta testing in June.
ITRS Opens R&D Shop in Spain
Malaga-based research center is third for the provider.
The Waters Weekly Wrap: May 11-15
A look back at the best content published across all the Waters brands.
Update: Market Prophit Eyes Expanded ‘Social' Indexes
First index could pave the way for a range of industry, segment or style indexes based on social media data.
Redscan, Cordatum Ally for Data Security Sales
Vendor's product combats market data and client information security in financial firms.
Eze's DeRosa Goes into ‘Orbit'
FinTech sales vet will aid vendor's sales efforts to financial sector.
Updata Adds Quandl Data to Analytics Workstation
Technical analysis software provider Updata has added proprietary and third-party data from Toronto-based economic and financial search engine Quandl as the latest source on its Professional analytics workstation, to enable mutual customers to perform…
Capco Opens Singapore Office
Continued Asia-Pacific expansion in Singapore to follow Hong Kong operation model.
"Go Blackhawks!" and Other Options 2015 Miami Musings
Talk of playoff hockey cooled down the crowd at the annual event, but what else happened?
Lucena Integrates PsychSignal Sentiment Content
New dataset will support price forecasting and event signal analysis, officials say.
Tibco Taps Rao, Been for Big Data Platform
New hire and Tibco vet will drive the vision for the vendor's new Big Data analysis platform, officials say.
Options Panelists: Algos are the New Hope — and Target — in Cyber Wars
Tracking network behavior patterns is the latest priority as IP becomes a target.
BM&F, S&P DJI Launch First Co-Branded Indexes
Five smart beta indexes focus on volatility, quality and value.
Barchart Offers Free Data via OnDemand APIs
The fee-free offering will help developers test and launch new data products.
WorkFusion Taps Markit's Moorjani as VP of Financial Info
Markit, JPM FCS Vet will increase WorkFusion's focus on financial data.
Inside Market Data webcast: Latency──It’s Not Just About Speed Anymore
Sponsored by Thomson Reuters and Azul Systems
What's the rush? The CAT is a Waiting Game Worth Playing
Dan DeFrancesco talks about why showing forbearance while waiting for the CAT might be best thing for the industry.
Opening Cross: A New Hope for Data Agility
With publicity for a new Star Wars movie already underway, it seems timely to note that the original movies could have been quite different if not for an alleged last-minute casting switch. As the story goes, because of a joint audition session between…
Freedom Index Pursues Distribution Partners to Boost Index Uptake
Not-for-profit index provider the Freedom Index Company is seeking partners to distribute its free-of-charge indexes, in a bid to grow its customer base among the asset management community.
Exchange Revenue Figures Rise, Fall; Data Revenues Continue Steady Increase
A mostly positive mix of Q1 results also yield big increases in data revenues for some exchanges.