Data Management
Xtrakter launches mark-to-market valuation service
Xtrakter has launched XM2M, a mark-to-market valuation service designed to assist inter-dealer brokers and market makers with the accurate valuation of their securities.
MarketAxess integrates Markit's CDS quotes to e-trading platform
MarketAxess and Markit have agreed an alliance to integrate Markit Quotes into the MarketAxess client-to-multi-dealer trading platform. Markit Quotes is a real-time quote parsing service that extracts indicative over-the-counter prices from electronic…
Spotlight on Ryan Pierce
FIX Protocol Limited (FPL), the organisation driving adoption of the FIX protocol, has appointed Ryan Pierce as its new technical director. He discusses the challenges of expanding implementation of FIX among financial services firms in the midst of an…
MiFID Changes Spur EU Consolidated Tape
One year after the introduction of the European Commission's long-anticipated and dreaded Markets in Financial Instruments Directive, the European equity markets have undergone a huge facelift.
Economy Weighs Heavy on Data Spend in '08
This year's troubled economic climate has forced firms to delay investments in market data in some areas, and find ways to do more with the same resources, as many firms face uncertainty following the collapse of Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers, and the…
Exchanges, Users Face Off Over Data Fees
Exchanges faced increasing push-back from their subscribers over market data fees in 2008 as new charges and price hikes met hostility from user firms battling to reduce their data budgets.
User Deployments Center on Cost Control
Budget restraints played a major role in the decision-making process behind deployment of products and services at user firms during 2008, with many looking to vendors to provide cost-saving solutions to replace in-house systems and processes.
Data Industry Increases Focus on China
Exchanges, index providers and data vendors continued to make inroads into China during 2008, as the mainland became a subject of increased focus for data providers.
Athens Exchange Weathers Riots, Strike
ATHENS-The civil unrest triggered by shooting of a 15-year-old boy and a general strike in the Greek capital put the Athens Exchange on alert; however, the events did not impede exchange operations, say exchange officials.
Exchanges Betting On New Business Models
Over the past few years the industry has seen an energetic rebirth of alternative trading systems (ATSes) that has put new pricing, performance and innovation pressures on the staid exchange community. In response, exchanges are exploring numerous new…
CME Readies RLC-FAST Feed Cutover
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange is preparing to discontinue its legacy RLC data format within the next two weeks and consolidate data distribution on the bandwidth-reducing FIX FAST (FIX Adapted for Streaming data) format that it first rolled out in…
Micex Beta Tests FIX FAST Datafeed
The Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (Micex) last week began testing a new datafeed based on the FIX protocol and FAST (FIX Adapted for Streaming data) compression algorithms, officials tell Inside Market Data .
The Gift That Keeps on Giving
The appearance of Santa Claus outside the New York Stock Exchange last week alongside NYSE chief executive Duncan Niederauer for NYSE's annual Christmas tree-lighting ceremony was no coincidence. Christmas certainly came early last week for NYSE, in the…
Interactive Data Adds Pure Trading to PlusFeed
Interactive Data has added real-time data from Canadian alternative trading system Pure Trading to its PlusFeed low-latency datafeed, in a move designed to continue the vendor's ongoing expansion in coverage, and to bring increased transparency to firms…
NYSE Secures SEC Go-ahead for Arca Fees
The New York Stock Exchange is to begin charging fees for its ArcaBook market depth feed from January, after receiving final approval to charge for the data from the Securities and Exchange Commission last week.
Crunch Time for Data Management
The age-old challenge of managing market data becomes even harder in an increasingly hostile and complex environment. Ron Troy, former associate director of market data at WestLB in New York, sets out the key issues, and offers some suggestions for…
LSE Reshuffles Italian Info Services
The Borsa Italiana division of the London Stock Exchange Group has reorganized the business development arm of its information services business, resulting in new responsibilities for Milan-based product management staff.
Market Crisis Pushes IT Agility
LONDON-The economic downturn is forcing firms to reassess their IT strategies in order to keep ahead of the competition in the coming year, according to industry participants.