Exchange-traded fund (ETF)
Tradewind Launches Blockchain for Gold
Fintech firm debuts its VaultChain platform to create a more efficient way of trading physical gold.
The Big Shorts: How Buy-Side Stock Holdings Disclosures Reveal Firms’ Short Sale Strategies
With short trading activity frequently accounting for more than 50 percent of a stock’s total traded volume, according to Finra, and some “spectacular” short trades recorded in the past year, short sales can be both profitable and risky. Max Bowie…
Morningstar Chronicles AI Quest to Replicate Analyst Ratings
With the fund industry growing at exponential rates, Morningstar turned to disruptive technologies to keep pace and ensure it could deliver sufficient coverage without compromising the processes used by its human analysts. Max Bowie chronicles the five…
YCharts Adds Crypto Data to Analysis Platform
YCharts is the latest vendor to wade into provision of cryptocurrency data, noting the challenges of cryptocurrencies' lack of fundamental data.
Top Stories of 2017: The Crypto Craze
The pick of Waters' coverage stretching from bitcoin becoming an asset class to exchanges launching futures.
Open Platform: Starting Blocks and Auction Blocks - The Importance of a Strong Start and Finish in Setting Prices
Oliver Albers, vice president of Global Information Services at Nasdaq, argues the case for the value of opening and closing auction processes, and the value of the data they create.
MT Newswires Expands Canadian News Services
The news agency is expanding its coverage of Canadian venture stocks, listed cannabis companies, and Canadian exchange-traded funds.
Ultumus Builds US Base with Redstone
Redstone has spent 40 years in the financial markets, much of that time in data and trading technology-related roles.
Trading Tech Vendor Horizon Taps Ultumus for ETF Data
Paris-based algorithmic trading platform provider Horizon Software has incorporated data on global exchange-traded funds from specialist data vendor Ultumus into its platform.
Morningstar Takes Stake in Fund Rating Partner Sustainalytics
The ownership stake will support the continued joint development of sustainable investment products and related tools.
Deutsche Börse Upgrades Xetra Trading Technology in Harmonization Push
Xetra, the Deutsche Börse's German equities and European ETFs platform, has moved to the T7 equities system, aligning with Eurex.
Donnelly Financial, ICE Data Services Ally for Fund Filing Tool
ICE Data Services' reference data, taxonomies and evaluated prices will be key to fund firms correctly filing N-Port forms under next year's regulation.
Bats Bows US ETF Feed
Bats has launched a dedicated feed for US-listed ETFs which provides data on individual funds as the exchange looks to strengthen its ETF offerings.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 58: Euro OTFs v. US SEFs, RFQ for ETFs
Dan, Anthony and Emilia discuss two features recently published on Waters.
EDI Adds ETF Global Data on US ETFs
EDI will carry a range of data points on US ETFs from ETF Global, under the distribution agreement between the vendors.
Xignite Adds Morningstar Global Funds Data
The new global fund dataset expands an existing deal for Morningstar's US funds content.
Nadig Returns to ETF.com as CEO
Nadig previously held senior roles at ETF.com and IndexUniverse prior to a stint at FactSet Research Systems.
Morningstar Revamps Ratings for Fund Comparisons
The move will allow investors to more easily compare ETFs and open-end funds, Morningstar officials say.
Trendrating Unveils ‘Portfolio Momentum Rating’ for Aggregated Portfolio Analysis
The new capability enables fund managers to rate their portfolio by momentum to indetify underperforming stocks and ETFs.
Rise of the Semi-Transparent (Nontransparent?) Active ETF
Eaton Vance is the first to launch an exchange-traded managed fund, with Precidian (and others) looking to release similar offerings.
Freedom Index Surveys Users on Expansion
The not-for-profit index provider faces a choice of how to make its indexes more valuable for users.
Open Platform: ETF Growth Means New Tools of the Trade
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have been on an evolutionary process since first debuting in the US more than 25 years ago. The ETF market has become wildly popular, but also increasingly complicated, requiring better analytics and tools to navigate its…
IPC Systems Offers ETF Trading Solution, Filling Void Left By Banks
The solution connects counterparties leveraging IPC's diverse community of buy-side firms.
As Asia Launch Looms, Bloomberg Tradebook Sees Strongest ETF Growth in Fixed Income, Commodities
Kiran Pingali discusses Bloomberg Tradebook's Exchange-Traded-Fund (ETF) Request-for-Quote (RFQ) platform and talks about where the market is heading.