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Opening Cross: Location, Location, Consolidation and Diversification
Today’s data industry certainly isn’t that of 25 years ago, or even a dozen years ago when I started writing about it. A key difference is the change in pace of modern markets, shifting to low-latency trading where location—i.e. proximity of trading…
Quincy Taps O’Sullivan’s USAM for US Sales Push
Oakland, Calif-based low-latency microwave connectivity and market data provider Quincy Data is to use USAM Group—a New York-based outsourced sales agency recently set up by Feargal O’Sullivan, a former sales and solutions executive at NYSE Technologies,…
Sales Agency USAM Hires in NY, Chicago
Hires will allow USAM to offer outsourced sales agents in New York and Chicago to startups
The Waters Weekly Wrap: December 1-5, 2014
Introducing a new best-of roundup
Swedish Pension Fund Opts for Advent’s Geneva Platform
Stockholm-based two billion dollar pension fund will access the Geneva platform via a hosted provider.
Quandl Adds ORATS Options Data to Financial Data Search Engine
Toronto-based economic and financial search engine Quandl is adding fee-liable options data from Chicago-based options analytics provider Option Research and Technology Services (ORATS) to its online data portal to support users' equities technical…
Icap to Merge EBS and BrokerTec
The FX and fixed income trading platforms will be combined to form EBS-BrokerTec
Japan, Singapore Exchanges Cooperate on Co-Lo Centers
The agreement between JPX and SGX will boost connectivity in the Asia-Pacific region.
Crédit Agricole Launches Derivatives Post-Trade Utility with FIS
The solution will allow investment banks to share IT services and resources, reducing costs and increasing efficiency.
Data Boiler Taps Ex-Goldman Exec as CTO
Big Data management and analytics provider Data Boiler Technologies has hired former Goldman Sachs executive Homer Cheng as chief technology officer, based in Irvine, Calif.
Data Boiler Hires CTO
Homer Cheng Joins From Goldman Sachs
Burton-Taylor Report: Exchange Data Revenues Grow as Marketplaces Diversify
Higher revenues reflect increased focus on data services and indexes among exchanges, according to the Burton-Taylor report.
WSI Names Josling Head of Strategy, Marketing
London-based data management technology vendor Web Services Integration recently appointed Kevin Josling as head of strategy and marketing.
Soltra Threat Intelligence Sharing Platform Now Live
Platform created to secure critical infrastructure entities from cyber threats
Calypso Opens Managed Service Center in Dublin
Vendor will enhance implementation services and offer pre-implementation, testing, post-implementation, and support.
Update: CME Matches BGC in Battle for GFI
Increases offer to $5.25 per share, matching BGC's premium.
ITRS Readies Malaga R&D Center
Spanish presence will be the vendor's sixth global location and third R&D facility.
Markit to Exit Messaging Play as Symphony Conducts Acquisition of Chat Assets
Acquisition will unite rival messaging initiatives to create a stronger competitor to Bloomberg's messaging service
Symphony's First Movement: Symphony Acquires Markit's Collaboration Services
Consortium hopes to release the fully-integrated platform in July 2015
Malaysia Brokers Tap Bloomberg for MYR FX Rates Distribution
The Malaysia Money Brokers Association, a group of six licensed money brokers in Malaysia, will use Bloomberg as its primary platform for the dissemination of foreign exchange rates, in move to increase price transparency in the country and support…
Silver Lake Sells IPC to Centerbridge for $1.2Bn
Private equity firm Centerbridge Partners has entered into an agreement to acquire data network and trading telephony provider IPC from current owners Silver Lake Partners for about $1.2 billion.
SmartStream Buys Credit Suisse's Fee, Expense Management Platform
TLM specialists buy platform from bank, sign it as customer.
Centerbridge to Buy IPC for $1.2 Billion
Silver Lake finds buyer in massive deal.