Data Management
To build or buy?
Ask most chief information officers whether they build or buy their technology and most would say they do a bit of both, with a heavy emphasis on the build side of the equation. Many firms have large in-house IT staffs - although those head counts are on…
Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks
In today's fast-paced financial markets, one could be forgiven for thinking that speed of raw prices is the be-all-and-end-all of market data. In fact, old-school inputs like financial research and commentary are alive and well, and adapting to the new…
Barchart Readies International Data
Chicago-based data and analytics provider Barchart.com is planning to expand the data and news available via its datafeeds and Web products this year, to grow its business with existing clients, and to appeal to a wider potential user base.
AQ Launches Online Research Procurement Platform
London-based investment research analysis provider AQ Research has unveiled the soft launch of a new online broker research selection and procurement platform, dubbed AQrex (AQ Research Exchange), that will simplify the research procurement and payment…
PGR Preps 'Interactive' Commentary
Mountain View, Calif.-based research provider Primary Global Research is beta testing a new product, dubbed Primary Perspectives World View, that will be part of its Client Portal that provides analysis from the firm's expert network of commentators and…
Economic Woes Drive Sourcing Decisions
While Nordic data managers may have escaped some of the strictest data cost pressures facing other firms, as a result of the region's lower exposure to the US sub-prime meltdown, the ongoing global financial crisis is still forcing banks to take strict…
CMA Splits Out Sovereign CDS Data
CME Group subsidiary Credit Market Analysis has developed DataVision Sovereign, a standalone product of data on credit default swap contracts on sovereign issuers, to meet increased client demand for this data.
Content Quality Remains Key Concern
The quality of data continues to be a major concern for market data users, who are looking for more industry standardization to help define clearer quality benchmarks, as well as simpler and more accommodating licensing policies in light of restrained…
Switching Into High Gear
As liquidity continues to fragment and algorithmic trading grows, crossing networks that once experienced relatively low messaging volumes now boast performance on par with the major exchanges. DWT editor Rob Daly sits down with C. Thomas Richardson,…
Nasdaq Launches ‘Basic' Level 1 Data
Nasdaq OMX will this week launch Nasdaq Basic, a new data product comprising the exchange's top-of-book and last sale data, to provide customers with a lower-cost alternative to Nasdaq Level 1 data provided as part of the Consolidated Tape Association's…
SocGen Aims DART at Bloomberg Spend
Société Générale has expanded a contract with NYSE Technologies to use a service based around the Data Access Reporting Tool (DART) usage monitoring system to cover its Bloomberg terminals and help manage data spend by providing monthly reports on data…
Index Oasis Integrates Xignite Index Data
Index Oasis, a Chicago-based start-up provider of software for index and investment analysis, has rolled out index data in its client platform using a new Web service from on-demand data provider Xignite.
Exchange "Dinosaurs" Bite Back
Anyone who thought in recent years that exchanges might soon become a thing of the past in the face of start-up, bank-backed trading venues should check out the various exchange initiatives detailed in this week's Inside Market Data . Far from going the…
Breakingviews to Widen Distribution
Financial commentary and news analysis provider Breakingviews.com plans to broaden the distribution of its content, including expanding its coverage and commercial relationships in Asia, in a bid to establish itself as a global content provider.
NYSE Standardizes Unit of Count
NYSE Euronext has changed the unit of count by which vendors count and charge for market data from the exchange, to recognize "subscribers"-to include individual traders or applications-rather than "devices."
Roberts Group Boosts FITS Automation
Market data inventory and management service provider The Roberts Group has released a new version of its Financial Information Tracking System, which incorporates additional features to help users speed up and automate processes.
NSX Eyes Direct Feeds in Latency Drive
The National Stock Exchange is setting up direct connections to other US equity exchanges to cut data latency by capturing quote and trade data from direct feeds rather than from the Securities Information Processors that support the consolidated…
SIX Signs Vendors for Low-Latency Feed
The SIX Swiss Exchange is conducting conformance testing with a number of data vendors to carry data from its recently launched, low-latency Market Data Interface feed.
LSE Readies FAST Feed for Borsa Data
The London Stock Exchange is to launch a new feed of Italian market data from subsidiary Borsa Italiana that will utilize the FAST (FIX Adapted for Streaming) Protocol for data compression, as part of version 5.0 of its TradElect trading engine, which…
Fixnetix Bows Arca Europe
UK-based data and trading technology vendor Fixnetix last week launched low-latency data and order-routing connectivity to NYSE Euronext's new multilateral trading facility NYSE Arca Europe.
Harris Compiles Asia Financial Directory
Keiren Harris, chief executive of Hong Kong-based data consultancy Information Concepts, has launched Open-Asia.info, a Web-based resource of financial industry organizations in the Asia Pacific region, including trading firms and investment managers,…