Emerging Technologies
Top Stories of 2014: The Buy Side Beefs Up
Variety and volatility framed this year's tech developments
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Top 10 Features of 2014: A Year in Headlines, Part 2
Discover which stories stood out in 2014.
The Waters Weekly Wrap: December 15-19, 2014
A look back at the best content published across all the Waters brands
Top 10 Features of 2014: A Year in Headlines, Part 1
The following will help you recap what were the best stories that shaped 2014.
Corvil Hires Kennedy, Promotes Giblin
Latency and systems monitoring technology provider Corvil has hired Dan Kennedy as general manager for the Americas and vice president of sales, responsible for building a team to help clients "leverage the full power" of data flowing over their networks…
Options Hires Ex-KPMG Exec as CFO to Support Growth
Infrastructure-as-a-service provider Options has appointed Brian McKimm as chief financial officer, to support the vendor's continued growth plans by overseeing the development of a global finance function.
Vanare Acquires NestEgg, Creates Hybrid Wealth Management Offering
Integrates automated allocation with traditional services
FISD Awards Thai Exchange ‘Outstanding Data Provider'
Data industry association FISD's Service Level and Communications Working Group has named the Stock Exchange of Thailand as its Outstanding Data Provider for 2014, an annual award given to the exchange or data provider that the group believes best…
Top Stories of 2014: The Compliance Challenge
The best of our regulatory and compliance-focused coverage in 2014.
BGC Increases Offer for GFI Group
Firm's tender offer is now for $5.45 per share, a 20-cent increase from its previous price.
Index Provider Solactive Grabs Grabbe for COO
Frankfurt-based custom index calculator Solactive AG has named former bank exec Christian Grabbe chief operating officer, to oversee operational processes at the company that will contribute to continued growth.
Push-Out Pushback & A Devastating Dismissal
Two events in the past week portend dramatic consequences
Top Stories of 2014: Risk's Multiple Tech Vectors
Market, counterparty, credit, liquidity ... operational, cyber ... what's next?
Metamako Taps NYSE, Wombat Vet Kennedy for US
Australian low-latency switch vendor Metamako has hired Ciaran Kennedy as New York-based business development manager to run the vendor's newly opened US operations.
Waters USA 2014: Revisiting the Kill Switch Debate
Are kill switches efficient, or more trouble than they're worth?
Custodians, Spaulding Create Benchmark Data Cost Transparency Principles
BNY Mellon, State Street and Northern Trust, along with performance measurement provider The Spaulding Group, have created a set of principles to improve transparency around fees associated with the use of benchmark indexes and their data, to help asset…
Update: Trading Central's Recognia Buy Will Enable Analytics Cross-Pollination, Institutional Expansion
Vendors eye lengthy company integration, but speedy product integration roadmaps
Trading Central Buys Analytics Vendor Recognia
Acquisition of Recognia to create "market leader" in technical and fundamental analysis.
Waters USA 2014: FX Primed to Suffer More Trading Scandals
Panel talks possibility of rogue trader in FX
2014 Review: Firms Stretch Tight Budgets to Meet Regs, ID New Data
Data consumers continued to feel the pressure of tight budgets and new regulation in 2014, but also faced the added pressure of trying to find ways to generate alpha from data within those budgetary constraints.
2014 Review: Infrastructure Deals Drive M&A, Funding Activity in 2014
This year saw its fair share of mergers, acquisitions and investments, with some deals driven by expansion plans, others by strategic opportunism, and others spurred by unforeseen circumstances.
2014 Review: Vendors, Venues Diversify Services to Meet Demand
Data vendors and exchanges sought to broaden their reach and diversify their offerings through new content and partnerships in 2014, while retiring legacy products and setting new market data policies.
2014 Review: Data Industry Sends a Message on Chat Platforms
Only a year ago, data vendor Markit had just unveiled its Collaboration Services initiative, an open messaging network, directory and set of collaboration tools designed to allow firms to share information with each other across different communications…