Data Management
EDI Expands African Economic Database with Beta Client Feedback, Preps Options Corporate Actions Data
Exchange Data International, a London-based provider of pricing and reference data, is finalizing beta testing of its African Financial & Economic Data (AFED) database, and is in the middle of developing a new pricing and reference data product to help…
Vendors Begin Testing GMEX Feeds, Driven by Buy-Side Demand
Data vendors have begun testing new market data feeds from derivatives exchange operator and exchange technology platform provider Global Markets Exchange Group, ahead of the launch of its trading platforms for futures, fixed income and currency markets…
OTCGH's EOX Market Data Group Hires for ‘Rainey' Day
Over-the-counter energy and commodities broker consortium OTC Global Holdings (OTCGH) has hired Catherine Rainey as director of its technology and data subsidiary EOX Holdings' market data group.
Interactive Data Rolls Out FutureSource 4.0
Interactive Data has released version 4.0 of its web-based FutureSource market data and analytics platform, featuring new content sets and capabilities.
Choosing Tools and Setting Models
Efforts to raise data quality require both coordination of data processes and resources, and clearer definition of expectations in data modeling and contracting with service providers. Michael Shashoua reports on data managers' insights about how to…
Interactive Data CEO Emphasizes Partnership For Quality, Transparency
By partnering with clients, Interactive Data aims to improve the quality of reference data and offer transparency into data sourcing to inspire confidence in its services. Michael Shashoua hears from Stephen Daffron, in his first year as CEO of the…
Swearing the Oath of the Data Watch
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Deutsche Börse, Philippine Exchange Sign Data MoU
Deutsche Börse has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Philippine Stock Exchange that will see the exchanges collaborate on the licensing of market data products and expand distribution channels for real-time data.
Update: Q2 Exchange Data Revenues Rise, Despite Mixed Overall Financials
Major exchanges worldwide posted significant increases in market data sales in their latest round of their financial results, though they also recorded a mixed bag of total revenues as a consequence of low volumes and low interest rates.
ICE Begins ISDA Benchmark Calculation
ICE Benchmark Administration, the benchmark rate administration subsidiary of IntercontinentalExchange, began its role as administrator of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association's ISDAFIX swaps rate benchmark on August 1, as agreed earlier…
Thomson Reuters Taps Celoxica Tech for FPGA Feed
Thomson Reuters has rolled out Elektron Direct Feed, a hardware-accelerated datafeed, using FPGA cards from UK-based data technology vendor Celoxica to deliver single-digit microsecond latency.
Big-Time Data Terminology
Larger-than-life terms aren't necessarily the best way to describe data management issues. As an S&P data strategist points to integration and scalability concerns, IRD's editor writes that quality and consistency are really what it's all about
StockViews Eyes Institutional Market for Retail Ratings, Research Platform
London-based startup crowdsourced investment platform StockViews plans to start selling its product to institutional investors within the next 18 to 24 months, to respond to demand for cheaper and more accurate research, officials say.
Wiener Börse Bows Intraday Corporate Actions Data to Grow Trader Appeal
Wiener Börse, the Vienna Stock Exchange, has released a new service designed to attract new investors to the region's markets, by providing data vendors, analysts, traders and index trackers with timely, intraday access to corporate actions data from…
Aspect Enterprise Expands Commodities, Shipping Data
UK-based commodities data and technology vendor Aspect Enterprise plans to expand the coverage of its AspectDSC data and analytics solution with the addition of data from marine fuels and shipping prices provider Bunkerworld, and chemical, energy and…
The Critical Asset: Buy Side Embraces Data Governance, but Challenges Remain
While the concept of data governance has been around for several years, regulation is providing a fresh impetus to convert theory into practice. However, changing the perception of data and established cultures in buy-side organizations is harder than it…
Quandl Adds Nasdaq Index Data to Free Financial Search Portal
Toronto-based online economic and financial data search engine Quandl has added Nasdaq OMX's global index family to its web-based platform for financial, economic and sociological datasets, to provide analysts, traders and economists with daily index…
Redline Gets $5M VC Funds, Adds Ex-Thomson CEO Harrington to Board
Woburn, Mass.-based low-latency ticker plant and feed handler provider Redline Trading Solutions has raised $5 million in new funds from Cue Ball Group, a Boston-based venture capital firm chaired by Richard Harrington, the former president and chief…
Bloomberg Touts New Toronto Ticker
Bloomberg has gone live with a new ticker plant in Toronto, to provide financial firms with faster access to data captured from Canadian exchanges, reducing latency by 71 percent compared to its previous offering.
Barchart Rolls Out Canadian Securities Exchange Data
Chicago-based data and analytics vendor Barchart has added market data from the Canadian Securities Exchange to its data services.
Fincad Snaps up Garfield for Product Marketing Role
Canadian over-the-counter derivatives pricing and risk software vendor Fincad has hired Rob Garfield as global head of product marketing.
CME to Buy GFI's Fenics and Trayport Pricing, Trading Tech Businesses
CME Group has announced plans to acquire interdealer broker GFI Group's Fenics suite of pricing, risk management, analytics and straight-through processing software and its Trayport commodities and energy trading technology.
Updata Powers Energy Feed with NGX Data
UK-based technical analysis software provider Updata has added futures and index data from Canada’s Alberta-based Natural Gas Exchange (NGX) to its Professional analytics workstation to provide natural gas and commodities traders with prices for illiquid…
Nasdaq Targets Q3 for ITCH eSpeed Feed
Nasdaq OMX is set to release a new market data feed for its eSpeed fixed income platform on Sept. 30, based on its ITCH data protocol, to provide algorithmic and high-frequency trading firms with a higher-performance alternative for distributing data on…