Articles by Max Bowie
Opening Cross: Don’t Undervalue the Unusual
Vendors are finding innovative ways to capture proprietary content, and to mine value from its increasing volumes.
AlphaSense Gets $33M to Grow Financial Search
The funding will allow the vendor to almost double its headcount and expand its search platform to new markets and asset classes.
West Highland Taps Canada for Chicago
Canada has previously been responsible for datacenter businesses at KVH and CME Group.
Estimize Unveils Forcerank Crowd-Sourced Predictive Stock Ranking Tool
Users will be able to gather predictive sentiment on stocks, based on the rankings of participants in weekly "contests."
Max Bowie: Data Romance Isn’t Dead; It’s Just in an Open Relationship
"The more clients you can provide access to, the more attractive a channel your platform becomes, and more third-party vendors will be willing to make their content available via your platform."
OTAS, TIM Partner for Trade Idea Analytics
The move will combine TIM Group's trade ideas analytics with OTAS' existing analytics tools.
ICE Buys S&P Evaluations Biz, CMA to Boost OTC Evaluations
S&P is pulling out of the evaluated pricing business after failing to attract critical mass, officials say.
Possible Counter-Bid May Put LSE-Deutsche Börse Merger ‘on ICE'
An ICE takeover would end plans to create the world's largest index provider.
Pico Quantitative Trading Buys AlgoSpan to Boost Europe Infrastructure Play
The acquisition will accelerate Pico's expansion plans in Europe, officials say.
Update: OPRA Message Change Prompts Bandwidth Increases
The expanded header message increases OPRA message sizes by 30 percent overall, participants say.
Activ Adds MT Newswires Content as Affordable Alternative News Source
The addition of MT Newswires' news will appeal to Activ clients seeking an alternative news source to accompany Activ's data.
Opening Cross: Forget the Harlem Shake; Do the Deutsche Shuffle
Even before they confirmed merger negotiations, it was clear to see that the London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Börse had much in common.
Exegy Bows Data Tone-Edge Cache Combo for Mid-Tier Buy-Side Firms
Combining two of its existing solutions will allow the vendor to serve the needs of enterprise applications in remote locations.
BME Buys Out Infobolsa Partner Deutsche Börse for €8.2M
Officials say the deal will support BME's expansion plans in Latin America.
LSE Hires Asplund, Barrachin for Data Product Management
Asplund and Barrachin join the LSE in New York from Thomson Reuters' Lipper business and Markit, respectively.
Startup Analytics Vendor MayStreet Taps Ex-Knight, Citadel Exec for BizDev
Streltsoff will be based in San Francisco and report to MayStreet CEO Patrick Flannery.
Opening Cross: Eco-system Warriors: It’s All About Access
The proposition of a third-party ecosystem of content and capabilities is simple: What can you offer me in return for what I can offer you?
OneMarketData Opens Chicago Office
The vendor has hired two local staff to provide a presence to support Chicago-based clients and new business.
Goor, Hepsworth, Chippari Join IDC Exec Exodus
After its sale to Intercontinental Exchange, Interactive Data's executve management no longer comprises Warburg Pincus appointees.
Credit Benchmark Names Smith CEO
The former Thomson Financial EMEA CEO takes over from Elly Hardwick, who has left the vendor.
AgriCharts Adds Free Features to Grains.com
The new data will provide a range of additional information for producers and buyers of agricultural commodities.
WSH Incorporates Drug Approval Dates from BioMedTracker for Pharma Traders
The dataset will provide all relevant and potentially market-moving event dates around drug trials and approvals.
Rival Adds ICE Futures Quoting, Trading Access
The Ronin trading tech spinoff is epanding its range of connectivity in response to client demand.
FinEx Takes Stake in MDX Tech After Deploying Data Platform
MDX officials say FCP is helping the vendor expand the uses of its data distribution platform.