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Max Bowie
Max is editor-at-large at WatersTechnology, based in Infopro Digital's New York office.
Max joined then-Risk Waters Group (prior to its acquisition by Incisive Media) in 2000, and has worked as a reporter on Risk Magazine, FX Week, Trading Technology Week (now Sell-Side Technology) and Buy-Side IT (now Buy-Side Technology), before joining Inside Market Data as European reporter in 2003. He moved to New York as US reporter in 2005, and became editor in 2006. He was a contributor to sibling Inside Reference Data, and was founding editor of Inside Data Management, which merged the IMD and IRD newsletters into a monthly glossy magazine.
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Articles by Max Bowie
Hard Labor: Dealing With Alternative Data
Everyone’s excited about the potential untapped alpha promised by “alternative data,” yet those who work with it are far from excited about the prospect of evaluating unwieldy and unstructured datasets. Max Bowie looks at the practical challenges of…
Former Macrobond Sales Director Eklund Joins Buy-Side Startup Limina
Eklund, who previously spent seven years at Swedish data vendor Macrobond Financial, will play a key role in Limina's global expansion plans.
Thomson Reuters LPC, DealVector Ally for Bond Messaging
The integration will give LPC clients access to liquidity on DealVector's platform, and give DealVector clients access to data adn news from LPC.
Platts Builds Blockchain Oil Supply Data Collection Network
The Blockchain network will capture and aggregate oil inventory data and distribute it to clients and the local regulator.
EDI ‘Solves’ for Real-Time Fixed Income Pricing
The alliance will provide real-time data parsed from client communications and submitted by market participants.
Network Vet Ellis Joins Wave2Wave from Ciena
Ellis has almost 20 years of systems engineering experience in secure, low-latency microwave networking.
BNP Paribas Asset Management Names First CDO
Bonnefoux, a long-time consultant at Accenture, Ernst & Young, and Arthur Andersen, will have overall responsibility for all aspects of data strategy and quality.
Open Platform: A Data Edge in the Cloud Age
OneMarketData's Louis Lovas outlines the key concerns facing firms considering migrating data management functions to a cloud environment.
Screen Opens Singapore Datacenter to Host InfoMatch for Asia Clients
The Singapore facility will allow Screen to better serve InfoMatch clients in the region, as well as to expand the range of services it can offer locally.
CLS Unveils Predictive FX Report
The forecasting tool will enable traders to identify movements and liquidity, while helping risk and compliance staff to adjust models based on market events.
BNY Mellon Taps Barr for CDO
Barr has 30 years of industry experience, much of that time in market data and enterprise data management roles.
Indian Exchanges Ban Data, Index Use for Overseas Derivatives
Three Indian stock exchanges have said they will immediately terminate data licenses that allow non-Indian exchanges and trading platforms to create derivates from their securities and indexes.
Ex-CME’s McElligott Emerges at Tradeweb
The former CME veteran will be responsible for monetizing Tradeweb's market data, and for finding ways to use its data and analytics to drive trading on its platforms.
Balyasny AM Hoists Antenna for Evaluating Alternative Datasets
Antenna will shorten the time needed to evaluate new datasets, and allow BAM to begin using the data faster than its rivals.
Data Head Jones Departs BarCap
Jones spent a combined 22 years at Barclays and UBS in data and technology management roles.
MDX Confirms Wurster as US Sales Head
Wurster, who has been wiorking with MDX for over a year as a consultant, will bring 20 years of experience of sales from the banking and brokerage industries to grow MDX's presence in North America.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 107: An Examination of the Thomson Reuters-Blackstone Deal
Anthony, James and Max Bowie dig into the Thomson Reuters-Blackstone announcement and try and figure out the winners and losers, industry-wide.
Twitter, Neudata’s Morse Joins AI Banking ‘Assistant’ Finn.ai
Morse, a former speaker on social media usage and alternative data at IMD's North American Financial Information Summit, will help Finn.ai grow its "strategic" accounts business.
Options Offers NYSE Integrated Feed in Co-Los
By making NYSE's Integrated Feed available via its managed connectivity platform, officials say the vendor now supports NYSE's entire suite of datafeeds.
TNS Adds Co-Lo Hosting Centers in NY, Chicago
Expanding the managed hosting service to key market centers in the New York and Chicago metro areas will help firms gain access to data and trading on "hundreds" of platforms without having to buy proprietary infrastructure.
Thomson Reuters, Blackstone Agree $20B Financial & Risk Unit Spin-Off
Thomson Reuters has agreed to sell its Financial & Risk unit to a new company minority-owned by the vendor and majority owned by a consortium led by Blackstone Group.
Thomson Reuters in Talks to Sell Stake in Financial & Risk Unit
The vendor confirms it is in discussions to sell a portion of the financial data business it acquired in 2007 as a result of Thomson Corp.'s purchase of Reuters.
TRG Licenses DART Terminal Usage Tracking Capabilities from Vela
Under the deal, TRG will sell Vela's DART Terminal Usage Analytics tool, though Vela will continue to provide support services and ongoing development.
Smartkarma Opens NY Office for US Push
The office and hire of industry veteran Warren Yeh will boost takeup of Smartkarma's Asia-focused research in North America.