Data Management
ESMA Fines Moody’s €1.24M for Credit Ratings Breaches
ESMA says that between June 2011 and December 2013 Moody’s failed to explain decisions for 19 ratings.
ICE Acquires BAML Fixed Income Indexes
Following the London Stock Exchange’s acquisition of Citigroup’s fixed income indexes and analytics business, Intercontinental Exchange bolsters its fixed income assets with the acquisition of the Global Research Index Platform from Bank of America…
Screen Enlists AFO for South Africa Support
Screen is partnering with South African startup AFO to provide local support for its managed services to its growing client base in the country.
Red Deer, Westminster Ally for MiFID II Research Solution
The end-to-end solution will remove potential conflicts in research valuation and payment.
Glenmede Taps IHS Markit for Data Management
Glenmede officials say the investment firm is embarking on a “comprehensive transformation in its approach to managing data” supported by IHS Markit.
LSE Bolsters Fixed Income Arsenal with Citi Deal
Acquisition aims to boost FTSE Russell’s appeal to fixed income clients and “enhance and complement” LSE’s Information Services data and analytics offering.
T3 Bows E8 Emerging FX Indexes
Officials say the index covering eight emerging market currencies will help investors increase exposure to these currencies.
TickSmith Unveils Marketplace Analysis Tool
The new module enables market participants and exchanges to determine their performance and share of liquidity against other trading firms and exchanges.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 71: Social Data, Analytics and Trading
Stephen Morse gives a presentation on how traders are using information created via Twitter to derive trading insights.
NAFIS 2017: Firms Dip Their Toes into Data Lakes for Analytics
Panelists at the North American Financial Information Summit described the transformative potential of “data lakes” for supporting firms’ ever-increasing analytics and alternative data storage requirements. Joanne Faulkner reports.
NeoXam Appoints Execs to Head New Regional Structure
The vendor has shuffled its existing team and hired new executives to support the new structure.
Colchis, Alcova Tap AQMetrics for Risk, Reg Reporting
AQMetrics has added US investment management firm Colchis Capital Management and hedge fund Alcova Asset Management as clients of its Regulatory Risk and Compliance Software platform.
Credit Agricole Singapore Employs AxiomSL’s Regulatory Data Solution
Investment bank will use the solution to comply with mandates under MAS 610 and MAS 649 required by the Singaporean central bank.
Moscow Exchange to Distribute Market Data to Chinese Investors
Chinese investors will now have access to MOEX market data via local data providers.
RSRCHXchange, CorpAxe Partner for Consumption Data
RSRCHXchange is to make research consumption data available through the CorpAxe platform to help consumer firms comply with the research components of the upcoming MiFID II regulation
May 2017: Don’t Put All Your ESGs in One Basket
Max summarizes the highlights of the May issue of Inside Data Management.
Scrambled ESGs: Growth Prompts Calls for ESG Standards
Joanne Faulkner investigates changing attitudes towards ESG investments, and the resulting growth in demand for ESG data.
Are Collaborative Efforts Increasing or Is M&A Still the Trend?
Certain advancements are leading to more collaborative efforts between vendors. At the same time, M&A in the analytics space is still red hot. Anthony sorts through what this means for the industry moving forward.
BSO Offers Global Data Access to CME Co-Lo Clients
The arrangement will allow CME clients to connecto to other markets worldwide from CME's co-location center via BSO's network.
Bloomberg Updates on BRAIS Index ‘Evolution,’ Preps Customizable Indexes
Since buying the BRAIS index and analytics suite from Barclays last year, Bloomberg has been hard at work creating an integrated platform for data, analytics and indexes, while developing plans for expanding the indexes. Joanne Faulkner reports on the…
Best Credit Data Taps Data Vet Williams as Advisor
Williams' industry experience includes a stint at SIX Financial Information and a decade at Interactive Data.
Wolters Kluwer Nabs Citi’s Somany
Somany's years of experience at sell-side firms including Citigroup, Barclays and UBS will help the vendor "cement" its position in the regulatory solutions and reporting space, officials say.
StanChart to Join Thomson Reuters African KYC Service
Standard Chartered is the fourth bank operating in South Africa to sign up for Thomson Reuters' regional KYC service, which the vendor launched last year.
Silverfinch Adds Module to Address MiFID II
The new module will make it easier for firms to collect and aggregate the datasets required for MiFID II compliance.