Articles by Max Bowie
Opening Cross: School’s Out!
Simple ways to keep data professionals happy when they return from vacation to the daily grind... assuming you let them take vacation.
West Highland, Ropnoy, Kaimian Ally on ‘Evo-One’ Notification Management Venture
The three vendors are joining forces to address the inefficiencies surrounding the processing and management of vendor data changes and notifications.
UPDATE: Fixnetix Adds Sales, Tech Execs
Lopez Lansdowne and Salmon continue the vendor's hiring this year to bolster its sales and technical expertise.
Recognia Bows Bull/Bear Summary Score
The score gives online brokers a tool to help investors determine short-, medium-, and long-term bullish or bearish sentiment for stocks.
Cambridge Semantics Taps Data Scientist Keen for Financial Services Push
Keen has spent more than 25 years in data science and analytics technology roles.
ICE Benchmark Admin Adds Economist DeAnne Julius to Board
The economic policy veteran will strengthen ICE Benchmark Administration's board of directors.
RSJ Algo Trading Taps Activ for Managed Tick Data
The firm will use the new Activ-Big Xyt joint offering to test trading models before entering new markets and asset classes.
Excel Add-in MarketXLS ‘Adds in' Barchart Data
Spreadsheet users will be able to access Barchart's US and international equities, futures, indexes and foreign exchange data via the add-in.
Bell Direct Rings in Charting Changes with Markit Chartworks
The charting package will allow Bell Direct's clients to utilize technical analysis to support investment analysis and trading decisions.
Opening Cross: My Campaign for Data Democracy Will ‘Trump’ Donald and Hillary
With US political conventions in full swing, Max outlines his manifesto for data democracy.
ESMA Fines Fitch for Ratings Rules Breaches
Over an 18-month period, ESMA found nine instances where Fitch analysts shared information with Fitch's parent company, in breach of ESMA rules.
TMX Group Names Jay Rajarathinam CIO
In a career spanning almost 20 years, Rajarathinam has worked at exchanges, banks and technology vendors.
TMX Taps Ex-ICE, NYSE Tech Exec Rajarathinam as CIO
In a career spanning almost 20 years, Rajarathinam has worked at exchanges, banks and technology vendors.
Vela Hiring Spree Boosts Sales, Marketing Ops
Officials say the new hires will bring a wealth of experience to Vela's sales, marketing and account management functions.
Mexico's GBM Expands Solace Platform to Market Data
Migrating its trading infrastructure to the Solace-based platform will enable GBM to better spot trends and trading opportunities.
Quandl Adds CLS FX Trade, Volume Data to Online Platform
The data provides greater granularity and frequency than CLS' existing offerings, and will appeal to traders, risk and portfolio managers and those managing currency risk.
Opening Cross: If Data and Standards Were Easy…
Whether dealing with utility startups or commercial offerings, should you throw your weight behind making something a "standard," or back alternatives in the spirit of healthy competition?
XPansion Expands XMon Bloomberg Support
The vendor has added support for Bloomberg's latest pricing matrixes and discount factors, as well as for requests for data from Bloomberg's BVal service.
Markit Unveils ‘Digital’ Biz, Chartworks Suite
The vendor is revamping the former Markit On Demand business with a packaged charting product suite, in addition to its existing custom offerings.
Aqumin Supports Snapshot Data Download
Buy-side clients can now download underlying data behind teh vendor's charts for historical analysis.
Citi Fined $7M by SEC for Trade Data Errors
The fine is the highest imposed by the SEC for violations relating to reporting of "blue sheet" data, which encompasses various types of trade data.
Disclosure Tech Vendor Certent Buys Reporting Provider DisclosureNet
The acquisition will improve the reporting and filing process, while making it easier for clients to extract information from disclosures.
OptionMetrics Adds Staff to Support Growth
Kim and Villanueva are two of a number of new hires appointed to support the company's growth after experiencing three quarters of record revenue.
TickSmith Unveils File Management Module
Officials say the new tool will make it easier for clients to find content held in millions of files.