Articles by Faye Kilburn
AFPIC 2014: Data Managers Highlight Need for Standards, Compliance
Lack of contract standards hinders firms' ability to switch to cheaper providers, panelists say.
APFIC 2014: Regulation, Flexibility, Legacy Upgrades Drive Managed Services
Regulation and flexibility are the key drivers for the uptake in managed services globally according to a panel of managed services providers, at this week's Asia Pacific Financial Information Conference in Hong Kong.
APFIC Day 2 Keynote: Data Industry at Inflection Point, says IDC CIO Goor
The data industry is currently at an inflection point where the cost of consuming and processing data outweighs the revenues generated, but firms who embrace the "deluge of data" rather than attempting to reduce their intake are more likely to succeed in…
FactSet Embeds Revere GeoRev Data into Portfolio Analytics
FactSet Research Systems has integrated San Francisco-based research and industry classification provider Revere Data's Geographic Revenue (GeoRev) Exposure data into the portfolio analytics section of its workstation, after procuring the dataset as part…
APFIC 2014: HK Gov't Deputy CIO Warns Firms Must Strengthen Data Security
Official says Hong Kong's valuable data makes it a target for hackers, so firms must remain vigilant
MDX Tech Unveils Server Contribution Platform
UK-based MDX Technology, a provider of Microsoft Excel add-ins for real-time data publishing and distribution, has launched MDXT Contribute, a new server-based multi-vendor contributions system, as part of ongoing efforts to reposition itself as a…
GlobalView Taps CapIQ for Real-Time, Delayed Data
Chicago-based energy data management provider GlobalView has selected S&P Capital IQ, the data and analytics business of McGraw Hill Financial, as its primary source of real-time and delayed market data, officials say, replacing Interactive Data, which…
Exegy ‘Lite’ Ticker Adds Consolidated Feed
St Louis, Mo-based hardware ticker plant vendor Exegy is rolling out a new version of its Trading Application Platform (TAP), a lightweight ticker plant that normalizes data on the same servers that host clients’ trading applications, with added…
Thomson Reuters Moves Users to New ‘Last Mile’ Comms
Thomson Reuters is migrating customers to a new “last-mile” communications infrastructure, dubbed Thomson Reuters Delivery Direct, to provide more choice over how market data is delivered to customer sites from the vendor’s local points of presence.
OTCGH Expands Oil Data With Middle Distillates Contracts
The broker will tap data from a new trading desk to offer daily and intraday updates
Wall Street Horizon Ups Buy-Side Focus, Hires Research Director
Woburn, Mass.-based corporate earnings and event data provider Wall Street Horizon is increasing its focus on the buy side after a recent academic study found that the vendor's earnings date revisions data could be used to predict stock movement, and has…
Reg-Room Adds Intra-Day Alerts To Tracking System
Tech Startup Increases Frequency of Updates on Proposed Regulations, Rules and Guidance
Moody's Acquires Pricing, Analytics Vendor Lewtan Tech
Moody's Corporation, the parent company of credit ratings agency Moody's Investors Service and Moody's Analytics, has acquired Waltham, Mass. -based structured finance analytical tools and market data provider Lewtan Technologies for an undisclosed sum.
McObject’s eXtremeDB Financial V6 Adds SQL, Python, Data Compression
Enhancements will make McObject's high-performance database more accessible to developers and reduce storage requirements.
Zacks Builds Operating Metrics Estimates Dataset
The vendor will add estimates of key company operating metrics to its datasets.
Zacks Estimates Becomes First Premium Dataset on Quandl Financial Search Engine
Toronto-based economic and financial search engine Quandl has added North American earnings estimates data from Chicago-based Zacks Investment Research as the first instance of fee-liable data on its web-based platform for financial, economic and…
Reg-Room Preparing to Add Intraday Alerts to Reg-Track
New York-based technology startup Reg-Room is adding intraday alerts to its Reg-Track global regulatory tracking system to enable financial firms to receive timely updates on new and proposed rules and regulations that are tailored to their specific…
Reg-Room Readies Add Intraday Alerts for Regulatory Tracking System
New York-based technology startup Reg-Room is adding intraday alerts to its Reg-Track global regulatory tracking system to enable financial firms to receive timely updates on new and proposed rules and regulations that are tailored to their specific…
Enso Gets More Cash from Icap to Fund Expansion
Interdealer broker Icap has made a second undisclosed investment in market intelligence and analytics provider Enso, which provides portfolio analytics on counterparty credit risk, collateral management, and portfolio financing and treasury functions to…
TMX Atrium to Distribute NPLTime
TMX Atrium, the network provider subsidiary of Canadian exchange group TMX, has signed a distribution agreement with the UK's national measurement institute, the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), to distribute NPLTime, a certified precise time signal…
Velocimetrics Taps TS-A Vet McDowell as CFO
Latency monitoring technology provider Velocimetrics has hired Karen McDowell as chief financial officer, responsible for overseeing the vendor’s financial health and for producing consolidated accounts for its proprietary product set and the Precision…
Velocimetrics Eyes Expansion
Latency monitoring technology provider Velocimetrics is seeking to expand its business globally, particularly in Asia, after securing a larger customer base in the region as a result of its recent acquisition of an exclusive license to sell and maintain…
MTS Preps Adds to MTS Bonds.com Data
London Stock Exchange Group-owned MTS Markets International (MTS US) is planning to launch a new market data service that will enable users to subscribe to individual bonds and groups of bonds traded on its recently acquired MTS Bonds.com trading…
'Kill Switch' Capabilities Move Corvil Beyond Latency
Dublin-based network and latency monitoring technology vendor Corvil has adapted its monitoring tools to support the creation of automatic "kill switches" to protect trading firms' infrastructures and trading strategies, as part of its efforts to…