Emerging Technologies
Liquidnet Acquires OTAS for Best Execution Analytics
OTAS analytics will be folded into Liquidnet’s VHT platform to “deliver market context directly to the trader at the point of execution.”
Metamako, MayStreet Ally for High-Precision Analytics
Firms can now run MayStreet’s data analytics software on Metamako’s MetaWatch data capture and network monitoring software tool.
Symphony Gets $63 Million Funding Round
Officials say the investment will allow Symphony to "deliver a new wave of innovation to enterprises and replace traditional collaboration tools."
Ipreo Lands Ex-Thomson Reuters Exec Lojko
After years in the Thomson family of companies, Lojko will lead Ipreo's corporate client solutions business.
UPDATE: Moody’s Buys Company Data Vendor BvD for €3 Billion
Bureau van Dijk’s platform will be integrated into Moody’s Analytics’ suite of risk management solutions.
Money.Net Bolsters News Content with Dataminr, MT Newswires Upgrade
Money.Net says the Dataminr content will fill a gap in the market for social media data that is not being addressed by other terminal vendors.
Finra to Sunset Oats Over a Two-Year Period
Shutting down Oats may take two years and depend on CAT data accuracy.
Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 69: AQR's CTO, Neal Pawar, on Engineers & Open Source
Neal Pawar, AQR's CTO, joins Dan and Anthony to talk about attracting talent, the future of open source, and his love of Liverpool football club.
xCelor, Ciara Ally for High-Frequency On-Server Feed Handling, Book Building
Officials say the integration will eliminate latency associated with the processes of book-building from market data feeds.
Thomson Reuters Adds S&P Transcripts Content
The agreement will provide Thomson Reuters' clients with access to tagged and machine-readable corporate events transcripts data from S&P.
Wolters Kluwer Adds Finance, Risk Market Manager in APAC
Officials say Ahmed's experience in addressing IFRS 9 will support the vendor's growing business in the region.
Future of Equities Is Survival of the Fittest as Mifid II Accelerates Market Structure Changes
The importance of adaptability for equities market participants is only set to increase as Mifid II changes the landscape, says TradeTech panel.
European Commission Puts €500,000 Into ‘Blockchain Observatory'
The project is designed to provide a further understanding of distributed-ledger technology and its impact on financial services.
Cinnober Acquires Surveillance Vendor Ancoa Software Out of Administration
UK-based surveillance technology provider bought out of administration after failing to secure necessary funding.
LiquidityBook Adds Les Vital to POEMS Team
Vital served stints at Broadridge, Eze Software and Morgan Stanley.
Web Financial Nabs Naumann to Expand North American Footprint
Naumann's hire follows the appointment of former YCharts and Morningstar exec Jeremy Diamond in Chicago a year ago.
ICE Partners with NPL for Atomic Timestamping
Intercontinental Exchange has linked up with UK's National Physical Laboratory to ensure co-location customers at its Basildon datacenter, home to its European derivatives exchange, meet MiFID II timestamping requirements.
Rival Systems Taps QuantHouse for Ultra-Low Latency Market Data Feed
Rival Systems has integrated QuantFEED into its Rival Trader and Rival API platforms as it looks to expand into equities.
Where Are the Women?
Why the lack of gender diversity in finance leads to less revenue for the buy side.
Fearless Girls and the Board Seat
Diversity is in the news these days and Emilia points out women are looking for inspiration to reach leadership roles in banks.
OpenFin Looks to Grow Developer Usage with Community Edition, Open-Source Rollouts
Mazy Dar speaks with Waters about the company’s new Community Edition offering and its decision to open source its core platform.
Analytics, Research Needs Pushing M&A and Value of Infrastructure Providers
Rush Kapashi of McKinsey says we should expect further M&A in the space, specifically to bolster analytics and research needs.
Thomson Reuters Bows API for Desktop Apps to Access Eikon Data
The Side-by-Side Integration API will allow users and third-party application developers to incorporate content from Eikon into other applications used alongside the workstation on clients' desktops.
DTCC Adds Wotton as Managing Director
Wotton will help oversee DTCC Deriv/SERV's product development and strategy.