Articles by Max Bowie
Responsibility Without Authority
"Consumers must be able and willing to walk away and either buy elsewhere or forgo something."
Endace Readies On-Probe Data Provenance Capabilities
The new features will help users prove the origin of data packets
Opening Cross: Alternatives, Alternatives...
Looking for exposure to alternative investments? You'll need alternative types of data.
Southland Capital Management Preps BDC Loan Analysis Service
The firm will change its existing free commentary into a paid subscription service, developed using data from Advantage Data.
FT Partners Hires Tech Investment Vet Stout as NY MD
Stout's previous experience includes building JP Morgan's practice of investing in Fintech firms, and serving as global head of strategy at First Data.
S3 Switches on Blacklight on Bloomberg
The vendor's analytics around crowded short-sale trades will now be available as an app via Bloomberg's App Portal.
Thomson Reuters, HKEx Ally on RMB Indexes
Officials say the indexes will help investors make better decisions when trading the Chinese currency.
Empirasign Hires in Engineering, BizDev
The vendor is adding to its technology and sales expertise witih hires in New York and London.
Perseus Cancels Infrastructure Work Amid Concerns over Brexit-, Russell-Related Volumes
Freezing everything but emergency maintenance will allow the vendor to ensure stability during a period of what it expects to be abnormally high trading volumes.
Markit to Buy Prism Valuation
Officials say the deal will expand Markit's coverage of OTC derivatives and structured products while expanding its client base.
Moscow Exchange: First Phase of Datacenter Move Complete
The first phase will see the exchange use the datacenter as a disaster recovery site for its trading and clearing operations, before it becomes the exchange's primary datacenter in November.
Opening Cross: ‘Perceived’ Value and Playing to Win in the Name Game
What's in a name? It's not just your brand; It's also your calling card.
Empirasign Adds IDC, TR Evaluated Prices
Adding the evaluated prices will provide front-office users of Empirasign's platform with a "second opinion" to compare to market prices, officials say.
Platts Debuts US Gulf LNG Price Assessment
Platts analysts say the product will bring transparency to an emerging spot market dominated by clauses that restrict trade.
Kx Snags Mr Wright
Wright has more than 20 years of experience around high-performance technologies.
BondWave Nabs Bond Trading Vet Miscimarra
Miscimarra has spent more than 40 years in fixed income trading and technology management and sales.
CBOE Taps SMA for 'Social' Benchmark Indexes
CBOE will use SMA's social media-based metrics to develop a range of indexes to help investors identify potential trades.
Thomson Reuters Expands OTC Markets Content
The addition of end-of-day prices and other data expands an existing distribution agreement under which Thomson Reuters already carries OTC Markets' real-time data.
Former S&P, Thomson Data Vet Manchee Joins Blockchain Startup BNC
Manchee's experience will help Brave New Coin grow its data and index business around digital currencies and Blockchain applications.
HKEx Adds Webstock Info, Zhengzhou Esunny to Mainland Data Program
Eight Mainland China-based data vendors currently partiipate in HKEx's program to expand access to its derivatives markets and data.
Awards 2016 Winners' Review
Winning is about consistency, not just speed
Project Finance Startup Infraccess Preps Infrastructure Funding Database
The vendor's database will bring transparency to the infrastructure project finance market
Opening Cross: There’s Nothing to Fear But Fear Itself… And Data Fees
Fees aren't immoral or unethical... mostly.
Numerix Buys R2 Code Copy from S&P to Fuel Response to Banks’ ‘Transformation’ Efforts
The deal is one step towards the vendor being better able to serve the "transformation" trend unfolding among its clients.