Data Management
Ipreo Automates Meetings Data
Ipreo, the business created by the merger of Hemscott, i-Deal and MarketPipe, is preparing to launch a new service aimed at automating meeting communications as part of the investment research process between broker dealers and investment managers.
Dealers Gain TradeWeb Stake
NEW YORK-Electronic trading of interest rates swaps is heating up as nine major global dealers have invested $180 million to gain a minority interest in electronic dealer-to-client over-the-counter (OTC) trading network Thomson TradeWeb.
Evolving Risk
With the front office trading faster and more creatively, can a firm's risk management system ever keep up? DWT European reporter Cecilia Bergamaschi sits down with Andrew White, global head of trade and risk management with Reuters, to discuss the…
Euronext Preps Feed; Brings SFTI to Europe
NYSE Euronext is preparing to launch a new, low-latency feed later this year to consolidate data from its cash equity NSC trading platform with full derivatives order book depth from its Liffe Connect platform, and is also preparing to provide clients in…
CS Preps TF-Paladyne Data for Hedge Funds
Hedge fund clients of Credit Suisse's prime brokerage service unit will be the first end-users to go live on a software platform that integrates portfolio management, analytics and accounting components from Paladyne Systems with a datafeed from Thomson…
TheMarkets.com Scores a Bullseye
Investment bank consortium-owned research portal TheMarkets.com will this week unveil a new real-time query tool that melds broker research and information gathered from the Internet, dubbed Bullseye.
New York Sweeps Boston... Sort Of...
For the benefit of non-US readers, we're in the Post-season. The baseball season is over, and the winners now battle it out for the World Series-the Cubs, Indians, Diamondbacks, Angels, Rockies and Phillies, and of course arch-rivals the Yankees and Red…
Compustat Beefs Up Emerging Markets, Industry Data
& Poor's is planning a major upgrade to its Compustat feed in December, which will include company data from emerging markets, new industry-specific datasets and indicators, and improved analyst notes.
NSX Drops Data Credits, Ups Rebates
The National Stock Exchange has increased its liquidity rebates for approximately 500 exchange-traded funds, while scrapping market data revenue transaction credits for those shares.
CSAs Enable Firms to Price Proprietary Research
US investment managers are taking steps toward placing firm values on proprietary research provided via soft-dollar arrangements-increasingly by the use of commission-sharing arrangements (CSAs)-though industry experts say some stumbling blocks to…
LSE, ICMA Gain ARM Status
LONDON-The exchange reporting service (ERS) of the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and the Trax2 system of ICMA Limited-the market services division of the International Capital Market Association (ICMA)-are now Approved Reporting Mechanisms (ARMs), say…
Data Key to Nasdaq's Boston Buy
Nasdaq officials say the exchange will leverage quote data and symbology assets acquired via its $61 million purchase of the Boston Stock Exchange last week to increase data revenues and attract new listings.
CAPIS Deploys Pivot for Trading, Research
Dallas-based agency broker and research provider Capital Institutional Services is deploying technology from trade messaging and collaboration infrastructure provider Pivot, to automate trade order messages and for distribution of investment research.
CME Rolls Out FIX FAST For Data
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange has begun using a FIX FAST (FIX Adapted for Streaming data) format in live production for distributing market data at lower latency and reduced bandwidth consumption, officials say.
Standardizing Asia
Asia faces complex reference data challenges, with diversity leading to a lack of market harmonization. Carla Mangado reports on the nature of these barriers and how the market is striving to achieve greater standardization in a period of globalization