Data Management
eVestment Adds HFR Hedge Fund Data
Atlanta, GA-based investment analytics software vendor eVestment is integrating alternative investment data and indexes from Hedge Fund Research-a Chicago-based provider of hedge fund industry databases, reports and indexes-into its suite of analytics…
Morningstar Unveils UK Passive Funds Analyst Ratings
Chicago-based data and investment research provider Morningstar's UK subsidiary has launched a proprietary set of analyst ratings for passive funds, initially covering 25 of the most popular index funds in the UK.
BBVA Chooses Markit EDM For Spanish, Mexican Data Hubs
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Asset Management will use the locally installed version of the Markit Enterprise Data Management platform to create data management hubs in Spain and Mexico
IBOR Breakfast Briefing: Projects Should Make a Firm Feel ‘Small’
Jon Rushman, professor of practice in the finance group at Warwick University Business School, said in his keynote address to an investment book of record (IBOR) breakfast briefing hosted by Waters, that the central idea behind an IBOR is making a…
The Perils of Data Outsourcing
Dublin-based consultant Michael McMorrow finds lessons for the financial industry in a consumer purchase data security scandal close to home
Aite Report: Alternative Data, Visualization, Historical Analysis Top Buy-Side Wish List
Hedge funds and asset managers are integrating middle-office datasets into their front-office portfolio management workflows to support investment decisions, and are seeking more interactive ways to view and manipulate data, according to a report…
Considering Trends and Milestones
High-net-worth investors' data management needs and less reliance on multiple tactical data solutions could shape data management plans in the new year
BATS Chi-X Touts 2014 Data Price Cap, BXTR Reporting as Basis for EU Tape
BATS Chi-X Europe has pledged not to increase market data fees in 2014 for its US and European subscribers, following several well-publicized fee increases at regional exchanges, including the London Stock Exchange, which notified clients in October of a…
Data Governance Webcast: Accepting Accountability
If last year’s industry buzzwords were “big” and “data,” this year is all about data governance — the variables that all financial services firms need to develop and implement in order to improve the accuracy, transparency and accountability around their…
FX Bridge Preps Options Volatility Commentary
Foreign exchange spot and options trading platform provider FX Bridge Technologies is rolling out two new subscription-based FX volatility measures designed to help traders and investors identify trading opportunities in FX options and less common…
Evaluation Stand-Outs
Regulatory demands push evaluated pricing providers to reveal more details of how they produce the data they have on offer. Max Bowie hears how end-users of data are collaborating closer with the providers as a result
Nordea Markets Adopts Millistream’s HTML5 Graphs
Nordea Markets, the international operations arm of Nordic-based Nordea Bank, has adopted Millistream's new HTML5 graphs for the presentation of market data on its web and mobile pages.
Bloomberg Feeds European Asset Swap Spreads Into New Benchmark
Bloomberg Index has launched a benchmark that provides market-driven measurement of credit risk and funding rates of high-quality European banks
Platforms and Analytics to Address the Big Data Challenge -- Webcast
WatersTechnology gathered leading industry experts for a webcast on November 21, 2013 to discuss how financial trading firms are not only dealing with mounting data volumes, greater data varieties, and increased data velocity, but how they are deriving…
LSE to Consolidate Data, FTSE Contracts
The London Stock Exchange Group is embarking on a project to simplify contracts within its Information Services division, which will see customers’ existing real-time market data contracts combined with licensing agreements from index provider subsidiary…
EOX Readies Near-Real-Time OTCGH Data
EOX, the technology and data division of energy and commodities broker consortium OTC Global Holdings, is planning to make the entire universe of over-the-counter data from its parent company’s 16 brokerages available in near-real time to support risk…
Tabb Builds Practice to Map DnA (Data and Analytics)
Research firm Tabb Group has set up a Data and Analytics practice to advise financial firms on opportunities to leverage emerging data management and analysis technologies and processes across their business.
Rimes Survey: Buy-Side Data Governance Growing in Priority
The provider's recent study of head technologists at 42 asset management firms, custodians, and other asset holders reveals that data governance has become obligatory, if not yet well-developed.
Stoxx Moves Plagge from Frankfurt to NY
Index provider Stoxx's US business has appointed Jan-Carl Plagge senior market development manager, based in New York, to provide the vendor with a research and product development specialist to serve clients in North America.
Deloitte Spain Taps SuperDerivatives' DGX Terminal for Corporate Treasury Clients
The Spanish business of accounting and consultancy firm Deloitte has rolled out derivatives pricing, data and risk management software vendor SuperDerivatives' cloud-based DGX data terminal platform to provide its customers with access to real-time cash…
Deutsche Börse Adds Order/Trade Analytics
Deutsche Börse will next week introduce analytics calculated in real-time from raw, unpublished Xetra order book data to enhance transparency in the German market by giving users more insight into market trends and conditions, Deutsche Börse officials…
Dutch Private Equity Manager Egeria Live on iLevel
iLevel's first European client, based in Amsterdam, will use its private capital data platform for data collection, analysis, and reporting across its approximately €1 billion ($1.35 billion) in investments.
ICE Moves Hutcheson from Liffe to LIBOR
IntercontinentalExchange, the new owner of NYSE Euronext and its NYSE Liffe derivatives market, has appointed Liffe chief executive Finbarr Hutcheson president of ICE Benchmark Administration, the renamed NYSE Euronext Rate Administration business, which…
Interactive Data CEO Promotes Data Transparency
As global head of operations and technology at Morgan Stanley, Stephen Daffron's biggest problem was a lack of transparency in the data he bought from vendors. Now that he's moved over to the CEO's office at one of those data vendors, he has a chance to…