Data Management
Offshoring's Domestic Front
With recession fears and the U.S. dollar's decline, India's IT firms weigh increasing their focus on their local market.
Santander Plans Data 'Service Center'
Spanish banking group Santander is planning to create a global service center for IT and operations, covering market and reference data, to establish service benchmarks and define roadmaps for future data usage, officials say.
Turquoise Unveils Pricing, Test Schedule
European multilateral trading facility Turquoise last week unveiled preliminary fee levels that it plans to charge for its feed of quote and trade data, after a one-year fee waiver that will apply from when the trading venue goes live in August this year.
Pioneer Expands TheMarkets.com Rollout
Dublin-based asset manager Pioneer Investments plans to deploy TheMarkets.com's equity and fixed-income research platform for investment staff at offices in Eastern Europe, in an ongoing rollout of the vendor's platform as part of an internal research…
The Magic of Metrics
T Rajah, head of electronic trading and chief information officer at Hong Kong-headquartered CLSA, speaks to IRD about the importance of defining metrics and measuring the success of EDM activities
A Measured Approach
The focus on metrics in data management is growing and firms are increasingly measuring the success of their enterprise data management (EDM) strategies. Carla Mangado explores the role of metrics in the industry going forward
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Spotlight on Mark Froese
Sky Road, the Illinois-based financial technology developer that first made a name for itself by rolling out an ASP version of Calypso Technology's trading and risk platform in 2006, has now launched its own pre-trade analytics and research application,…
The single front-office platform: not only feasible - it's happening already
Eze Castle Software, the fifth participant in Buy-Side Technology 's integrated front-office roundtable, could not be present at the New York-hosted event due to logistical constraints. The Boston-based vendor therefore chose to participate in a 'virtual…
Markit unveils multi-bank valuations service
Markit, the global provider of OTC derivatives trade processing and pricing services, has revealed plans to launch Markit Valuations Manager, a bank-backed cross-asset valuations platform which will aggregate valuations of multiple dealers for the…
Fitch Solutions Launches ABCDS Pricing Service
Fitch Solutions, the division that consolidates all non-rating products and services of Fitch Group, will unveil a new pricing service for asset-backed credit default swaps (ABCDS) today, Monday, March 31, officials tell Inside Market Data .