First Derivatives
Eagle Alpha Swoops on Data Vet Richards
The 35-year industry veteran will advise the vendor on product, strategy and business development.
First Derivatives’ Kx Goes Deep on Machine Learning
IDC estimates that the market for machine learning-related technology will increase from $12.5 billion in 2017 to more than $46 billion in 2020.
Data Vet Richards Joins Quandl Board
The alternative data platform hopes to leverage Richards' more than 30 years of data industry experience.
Thomson Reuters Taps FD-Kx for Velocity Analytics
The vendor will use First Derivatives' Kx technology to provide the underlying analytics and data management for Velocity.
First Derivatives Buys Kx Specialist Consultancy QuantumKDB
QuantumKDB founder Kieran Lucid was a Kdb+ engineer at First Derivatives before founding the consultancy in 2011.
FD CEO Conlon Replaces Lustgarten as Kx Shuffles Execs
Kx co-founder Lustgarten will become chairwoman of Kx and join FD's board.
Kx Systems Embarks on Middle-Office Expansion
The vendor is pushing its kdb+ database for middle office applications including real-time portfolio risk modelling, monitoring traders' behavior, and reacting instantly to regime-changing market events
First Derivatives Buys ActivateClients for €4.75M
Acquisition will accelerate First Derivatives' HTML5 and mobile capabilities
EBS Enhances Data Analytics Capabilities with First Derivatives
First Derivatives to deliver its Delta Stream data analytics product through EBS trading platforms to all customers.
First Derivatives Spends £36M to Up Kx Stake
Newry, Northern Ireland-based data technology provider First Derivatives has increased its shareholding in Palo Alto-based time-series database provider Kx Systems, giving the vendor a majority stake in the company.
First Derivatives Takes Majority Stake in Database Vendor Kx Systems
First Derivatives has announced the acquisition of a further 46.47 percent stake in time-series database specialist Kx Systems, bringing its overall interest to a majority share of 65.2 percent on a fully diluted basis.
IEX Taps First Derivatives for Market Surveillance
Alternative trading system IEX has selected the Delta software platform from First Derivatives for its trade surveillance and analytics capabilities.
Ex-Harco Execs Reunite at Datactics
Datactics, a Belfast, Northern Ireland-based provider of data quality software, has appointed former NYSE Technologies managing director Steve Cowler chief technology officer, replacing Sarah Bearder, who has served as CTO since 1999 and will remain as…
First Derivatives Launches Delta Tools for Calypso Platform
Software and consulting services provider First Derivatives has launched Delta Tools, a suite of monitoring, testing and application management tools designed for the Calypso cross-asset trading platform.
Data Vet Richards Starts New Advisory Firm
Data industry veteran Dale Richards has founded Island 20 Ventures, a Toronto-based advisory firm specializing in financial markets technology, including information products, Big Data, analytics and data management.
Ex-First Derivatives' Richards Starts Advisory Firm
Dale Richards, previously a data management executive and strategist at First Derivatives, has founded Island 20 Ventures, based in Toronto
Direct FX Taps First Derivatives to Deliver FX Rates, Trading to CQG Clients
Australian foreign exchange broker Direct FX is rolling out Newry, Northern Ireland-based software and consulting services First Derivatives' Delta Flow product to provide FX rates and order management capabilities to clients of US market data and…
New FX Liquidity Hub From Tullet Division
Foreign exchange (FX) agent and Tullet Prebon division Chapdelaine FX has deployed a liquidity hub, supported by UK-based First Derivatives’ Delta Flow technology.
First Derivatives Opens Singapore Presence
Software vendor and consultant First Derivatives has opened an office in Singapore, with the aim of consolidating its Asia-based activities.
ASIC Implements First Derivatives Surveillance System
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has gone live with a market surveillance system from First Derivatives, the vendor has announced.