Data Management
SGX Prepares Cash Feeds Revamp
The Singapore Exchange plans to roll out a new feed of securities data in the second half of next year that will provide greater scalability and improved data functionalities, as part of an ongoing technology refresh program at SGX.
New RTS Policy Cuts Cost of Bundled Data
Russia's RTS Stock Exchange is revising its data policy to offer access to all of its data for one fixed price, in an attempt to simplify the administrative burden for its clients.
Xinhua News Agency Adds Icap FX Data
Interdealer broker Icap is to expand its presence in China's foreign exchange data market by distributing its broker data via the Xinhua 08 financial information platform of the government's data and information vendor Xinhua News Agency, under the terms…
Sinara Offers Dividend Data Feed
UK-based data technology vendor Sinara Consultants has launched an intra-day feed of company dividend announcements based on the London Stock Exchange's Regulatory News Service.
Tapping Data's Eastern Promise
Many trading firms and vendors alike see the Asia-Pacific markets as a growth region. But to take advantage of that growth, one must understand what each wants from the other-and how to overcome challenges ranging from fragmented markets with regulatory…
BATS Sinks its Fangs into Europe
As competition among exchanges and multilateral trading facilities heats up, BATS Trading is taking on both markets at once, gaining exchange status in the US and approval to launch a multilateral trading facility in Europe. BATS says its model of…
Going Native: Avoiding the Common Mistakes in Entering Emerging Markets
As global markets tank and institutional investors continue to demand good returns, more broker-dealers find themselves expanding into new emerging markets. Most firms are faced with either routing an order via a local broker or setting up shop…
Dow Jones Postpones Global Dow as Index Providers Weigh Strategies
Dow Jones has delayed the launch of its planned Global Dow Index as a result of turbulent market conditions, officials tell Inside Market Data .
CNQ Migrates to New Feed Format, Delivery
Canadian stock exchange CNQ has revamped its datafeed offering and has begun distributing data direct to subscribers, as well as via the Toronto Stock Exchange, following the migration of its market onto a new trading platform.
Tabb: European Broker Spend to Rise
Broker-dealer spend on market data-related technologies is likely to increase in Europe over the next two years, despite budget cutbacks triggered by the ongoing economic crisis, as firms adapt to rising numbers of new trading venues, according to new…
YouDevise Speeds Up Trade Ideas
Trade ideas distribution utility YouDevise has rolled out changes to its technology in response to demand from sell-side and buy-side firms to be able to speed up distribution and capture of trade ideas, which is being driven by current market volatility…
NYSE Ramps Up Arca Bandwidth
NYSE Euronext last week almost doubled the bandwidth required by trading firms to receive the ArcaBook multicast feed of equities data from its NYSE Arca market in the face of rapidly rising data volumes, giving subscribers only a few hours' notice to…
Capital IQ Buys Reuters Research, Estimates Copies
Standard & Poor's subsidiary Capital IQ has launched a proprietary estimates service and plans to unveil access to proprietary aftermarket research by year-end, after acquiring copies of the Reuters Estimates and Reuters Research on Demand databases from…
Asia Passes U.S. in 2009 IT Spending Growth
HONG KONG-Asia is expected to hold steady, while IT spending in the U.S. will likely slow next year to more than originally expected, according to a recent report published by Forrester Research.
Knight Unveils Data Capacity Projects
Knight Capital is in the midst of a series of technology upgrade programs designed to enable the broker to cope with ever-increasing volumes of market data, officials tell Inside Market Data .
Winterflood Preps Fixnetix MTF Data
UK-based market maker Winterflood Securities is implementing data and connectivity services from low-latency data infrastructure provider Fixnetix, to support trading on three pan- European multilateral trading facilities, officials tell Inside Market…
Capital IQ Expands Credit Content
Standard & Poor's subsidiary Capital IQ has released an upgrade to its Web-based data terminal that adds new content and capabilities, with a focus on the credit markets, officials say.
User Firms Tighten Data Spend
Continued economic uncertainty is forcing user firms to step up their data administration efforts in order to cut per-user market data spend, according to a panel of institutions at last week's European Financial Information Summit.
Credit, Risk Top Demand for 'Hot' Data
Accurate data for performing valuations, structuring complex securities and risk management-particularly in the credit markets-is a hot topic, and is being demanded in ever-increasing volumes by end-user firms, according to a panel at last week's…
Burgundy Preps Free Scandinavian Data
Burgundy, a pan-Nordic multilateral trading facility being set up by a consortium of 10 Scandinavian banks, will offer its market data free of charge when it begins trading in the second quarter of 2009, officials say.