Articles by Max Bowie
Ex-Bloomberg’s Sorenson Founds Fintech, Data Consulting Business
The former Bloomberg veteran will help vendors focus on "product vision."
MSCI Lands Lin to Grow Asia-Pac Business
Lin has more than 20 years' experience in senior roles at asset management firms across the Asia-Pacific region.
Avelacom Adds Second Warsaw PoP for Low-Latency WSE Connectivity
The new PoP in Warsaw's Altman datacenter will allow clients to co-locate in the same facility as the Warsaw Stock Exchange and local market participants.
Germany’s RSU Taps GoldenSource for Shared Landesbank Data Service
The RSU-GoldenSource service will allow participating German regional banks to use a multi-tenant, shared model to serve the needs of most of their reference pricing data.
Neudata Adds Ex-Goldman, Euromoney Exec Scibor-Kaminski
Officials say Scibor-Kaminski will be instrumental in the development of original alternative data products.
Ex-Expand Exec Watson Joins Appsbroker
Before running data consumer forums and benchmarking activities at Expand Research, Watson also worked at Thomson Financial and Market News International.
NovaSparks Bows Data Compressor to Boost Microwave Throughput Rates
The conflation feature will help clients sent more data than previously possible over ultra-low latency microwave networks.
Burton-Taylor Adds Analysts to Boost Research
The pair will contribute to developing and creating new research as the firm increases its areas of coverage beyond market data industry share statistics.
April 2018: ‘Power You Can’t Buy’
This month, Max runs down the contents of Inside Data Management, from potential solutions to regulatory dilemmas to the heroes who may save us from exchange data and index injustices.
Ex-Credit Suisse Banker Siegel Takes Reins at Lux FTS
The appointment of former Credit Suisse prime consulting exec Siegel as CEO follows a $6 million investment by Credit Suisse Asset Management's private equity arm last year.
Fenergo Adds Coughlan, Raises Watson for Sales, Marketing Drive
The pair have significant sales and marketing experience in the financial services sector, which officials expect to help Fenergo accelerate its growth trajectory.
Quandl Launches Corporate Jet Dataset for Predicting M&A Activity
Officials say the dataset of corporate flights provides an indicator of upcoming corporate activity thta could potentially impact a company's stock price.
Colt Taps NPL for Co-Lo Data, Trade Timing Info
The NPL timing data will help firms address regulatory time-synchronization requirements and competitive needs to avoid timing signal interference.
Bond Data Expert Petrunik Sets Up FiStrat Consultancy
Petrunik has more than 25 years of experience dealing with bond data—both as vendor and consumer.
Enyx Enlists O’Connor for US Sales
O’Connor brings experience of both hardware and software-based feed handlers, and a background in trading and market making.
IBM Taps Former CIBC Exec Dhot for Cognitive Analytics
Dhot previously spent seven years in data analytics roles at Canadian bank CIBC.
Data Sales Vet Chmiel Joins AlgoTrader
With more than 30 years in data sales and management roles, Chmiel will be responsible for growing AlgoTrader's business activities.
Data Science Boom Drives FactSet to Launch Alt Data Marketplace
In response to client demand, FactSet is making "alternative" datasets from a select range of partners available via its datafeeds, alongside its proprietary data.
Symphony Raises $67M More for Platform Expansion
Symphony CEO David Gurle explains how the vendor plans to use its latest funding round.
West Highland Unveils Caching, Monitoring Tool for Cutting Data Costs
West Highland's new RDF tool runs the gambit of data caching, entitlements and usage monitoring to support data cost management.
Former Bats Data Boss to Co-Head New Cboe Markets Division
Harkins' new division unites the exchange group's equities and derivatives markets and supporting business functions.
USAM Grows European Sales Presence
USAM is staffing up its European presence in response to demand from US clients seeking to enter--or expand their business in--European markets.
MT Newswires Preps Asia Equities News Ramp-Up, Expands IM Commentary Access
The vendor is expanding the breadth and depth of its international coverage, as well as the distribution channels for existing content.
Thomson Reuters Adds MSCI’s RiskMetrics Tools to Eikon
Officials say Thomson Reuters clients have consistently asked for access to RiskMetrics' models within hte Eikon desktop.