Articles by Max Bowie
Opening Cross: Simplicity Is the Best Policy
Every business is ultimately a sausage factory of sorts, differentiated by quality and complexity.
Screen to Broaden InfoMatch Base for Two-Pronged US Push
New hire aims to broaden InfoMatch to users among exchanges, energy companies and private equity firms.
cPacket Preps Active Data Load Monitoring
The tool allows users to run different data traffic scenarios to see how networks and applications would handle them.
Dataminr ‘Mines' Industry Vets for $130M Funding
New individual investors in the 2009-founded company include former CEOs of Morgan Stanley, Citigroup and Thomson Reuters
Barchart Cultivates Successful Farming Partnership for Agri Data App
The app allows users to filter data by grain elevator, location or zip code.
Xignite Adds OTC Markets Level 1 Delayed Data
The deal makes OTC Markets' delayed quote data available via Xignite's cloud platform Web Services APIs.
With New Funding, Orbital Insight Expands Satellite Image Analysis for Commodities
Vendor plans to grow usage of satellite imagery to new areas of sales forecasts and commodities supply data.
Opening Cross: Fresh Season, Fresh Faces, Fresh Ideas
Regular readers will know that I like to (over) use metaphors to make a point, and one old chestnut I return to again and again is Formula One racing. Though most often employed by myself and others to illustrate low-latency issues, the sport—which gets…
Poon Succeeds Poon as HKEx Data Head
Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEx) has named former head of market data Daniel Poon managing director and head of cash and derivatives clearing within the exchange's global clearing division, effective March 1.
Former Markit, TRACE Exec Lefferts Makes Swift Move
Lefferts was also responsible for the TRACE fixed income reporting feed at FINRA.
Beast Apps, Icap, CME Ally on OTC vs. Exchange-Traded Analysis Tool
The application displays and analyzes trading opportunities between Icap's OTC brokered derivatives and CME's listed futures markets.
GlobalRisk Integrates Interactive Data Content for Real-Time Risk Exposure
New service combines GlobalRisk's FirmRisk software with data from IDC's Consolidated Feed.
CQG Adds Eris Connectivity
CQG clients will be able to access data, analytics and trading on Eris-listed contracts.
Opening Cross: Performance Anxiety Doesn't Only Apply to High Performance
With the 2015 Formula One racing season almost upon us, cue the inevitable comparisons between high-speed trading technologies and the high-performance cars that compete in the sport──cars that hit top speeds of over 200 miles per hour, and whose…
O'Connor Swaps SR Labs for Firm58
Chicago-based Firm58 manages issues such as commission-sharing agreements and soft-dollar arrangements.
J&J Bows Managed Data Reporting, Compliance Tool
New York-based market data and management consultancy Jordan & Jordan has unveiled a new managed service for automating exchange and vendor data reporting requirements, dubbed Market Data Reporting (MDR), which is designed to help clients comply with the…
TT Integrates Fundamental Analytics Data, Tools
Officials say combining price and fundamental data will allow clients to identify new trading opportunities.
Morningstar Names HelloWallet CEO Chief Innovation Officer
HelloWallet founder will also retain his existing responsibilities.
Aequitas Taps Solarflare Networking, Monitoring Tech
Solarflare's monitoring tools will help Aequitas achieve its ambitions of providing a fair and transparent market.
Max Bowie: Hidden Indicators within the Data Itself
Max Bowie argues that analyzing data supply and demand might yield indications of future market movements.
Raskin Heads to Processing Platform Vendor GBST
SIX veteran will drive US expansion through new business and partnerships.
Raskin Returns as US CEO of Processing Platform Vendor GBST
SIX veteran will drive US expansion through new business and partnerships.
Opening Cross: Dealing with a Diaperful of Data Do-Do
Market data's a dirty job, but someone's got to do it...
Not-So-Secret Agents, Part Two: The Pros and Cons of Using—and Being—External Sales Agents
As data and related technologies become more sophisticated, so too does the process of identifying the correct audience and selling them. And while suppliers across the industry have tightened their belts in recent years as the slow recovery prompted…