Articles by Max Bowie
eVestment Builds Private Fund Data Alliance
The alliance will establish standards for reporting private equity fund performance data.
Is Buy vs. Build Just Another Bell-Bottoms vs. Skinny Jeans?
One of the toughest choices firms face is whether to buy or build technology.
Perseus Debuts Self-Service Performance, Procurement Portal
The portal will enable clients to do online anything they can do via a salesperson, and to obtain more detailed usage and performance metrics.
Jordan & Jordan Taps Moody's Vet Weinstein for Cost Management
Before joining J&J, Weinstein spent more than two decades at Moody's Investors Service.
Vela Adds to Global Feed Handler Tally, Ups Asia Markets Coverage
The new feed handlers bring the total number of venues supported by Vela to more than 250.
Kx Sets New Performance Record for STAC-M3 Analytics Benchmarks
Kx's Kdb+ tick database outperformed previous versions, even against a larger dataset.
Morningstar Hires Chief Data Officer
Newly created CDO role expands Morningstar's senior data staff with former Rocaton, IBM exec Rhodes.
Morningstar Names Chief Data, Technology Officers
New appointees bring a wealth of experience in financial modeling and analytics.
Opening Cross: All Good Things Must Come to An End
Max examines some recent developments in the data industry that demonstrate how the end of one era can usher in a new era of opportunities.
Industry Seeks Alternative Access to Brazil As CME, BM&F End Data, Order-Routing
Connectivity providers vie to capitalize on demand for access to the Brazilian market after exchanges end historic data-sharing and order-routing arrangement.
YCharts’ New CEO Shuffles Execs, Hones Strategy
New CEO Sean Brown outlines what makes him right to lead YCharts, and what he's done since joining the vendor.
Benzinga Names Former William Blair, SAC Trader Laverde Director of Content
Laverde brings a trader's perspective to management of Benzinga's breaking news content.
Veteran Data Exec Jeff Parker Joins Wall Street Horizon Advisory Board
Parker brings more than 35 years as an entrepreneur in the data industry, having founded FirstCall and StreetEvents.
Nasdaq Rolls Out SIP Feed Resiliency, Latency Improvements
The moves are designed to make the SIP's infrastructure more robust and lessen the chance of any market-wide impact from technical issues.
Datactics Hires Data Sales Vet Chuck to Lead London Sales
Chuck brings Datactics 25 years of experience in data and trading-related softwrae sales.
RSRCHXchange Adds Ned Davis Research
The addition continues RSRCHxchange's ongoing content expansion.
CME Enlists TickSmith for Datamine Revamp
The vendor's tick data management platform will form the basis of a revamped CME Datamine historical data portal.
Opening Cross: Buy, Build or Bust?
In light of two recent developments in the market data world, Max looks at the pros and cons of each side of the buy versus build debate.
Money.Net Preps AI News, Taps Ex-Bloomberg's Pearlstine
Pearlstine will be responsible for hiring a mix of journalists and developers to create a news service that uses artificial intelligence to capture key elements of news.
Rimes Boots Up Benchmark Data-Tracking Workstations
The two new workstations will help firms analyze benchmark indexes, as well as their usage of benchmark data to comply with vendor licenses and new regulations.
The Roberts Group Buys Priory Solutions to Boost Web Content Usage Tracking Capabilities
The deal will give The Roberts Group the ability to track usage of web-delivered content and apply that to clients' data cost management decisions.
Smartkarma Opens Hong Kong Office, Hires Research Vet Blennerhassett
The Hong Kong office will support Smartkarma's expansion in the region.
CFN Services Creates ‘UltraFast' Cloud Data, Rebrands as Apcela
The new service will provide data to the increasing number and variety of infrastructures and applications being hosted in cloud environments.
Morningstar to Buy Private Equity, M&A Data Vendor PitchBook
Morningstar will add its own research capabilities to PitchBook's data and tools, enabling it to target a new audience among private equity investors.