Emerging Technologies
OTCGH's EOX Market Data Group Hires for ‘Rainey' Day
Over-the-counter energy and commodities broker consortium OTC Global Holdings (OTCGH) has hired Catherine Rainey as director of its technology and data subsidiary EOX Holdings' market data group.
Update: Cape City Command Calls on Quinn, Barker
Wilmington, NC-based Cape City Command, a provider of appliances that analyze trading session latency and enable trading applications to route to the fastest sessions in real time, has bolstered its sales and development functions with the hires of Terry…
Deutsche Börse, Philippine Exchange Sign Data MoU
Deutsche Börse has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Philippine Stock Exchange that will see the exchanges collaborate on the licensing of market data products and expand distribution channels for real-time data.
Abacus Appoints Lozada as Information Security Chief
The buy-side hosted solutions provider has tapped Brian Lozada as director of information security, reporting to CTO Viktor Tadijanovic.
Update: Q2 Exchange Data Revenues Rise, Despite Mixed Overall Financials
Major exchanges worldwide posted significant increases in market data sales in their latest round of their financial results, though they also recorded a mixed bag of total revenues as a consequence of low volumes and low interest rates.
With Three Hires, ConvergEx Refreshes Electronic Trading Leadership
Greg Voetsch and Charles Galligan have both joined the firm as CEO of ConvergEx Execution Services and head of program trading, respectively. Oliver Sung comes onboard in September as head of US electronic execution.
Software AG Partners with Adaptive Consulting
Software AG and Adaptive Consulting are entering a strategic partnership to expand their range of service offerings, including visualization, complex event -processing, fraud and surveillance monitoring, and data performance.
James Rundle: Rise of the Machines
While it’s popular to think of artificial intelligence as the harbinger of doom for humanity, James says AI has definite, critical applications for modern financial technology.
Leaving Room at the Start-Up Pond’s Edge
Can financial technology start-ups benefit from the Silicon Valley ethos, or are funding and mentoring programs modeled after other technology verticals more window dressing than the real deal? Tim Bourgaize Murray reflects on the nature of help in a…
Michael Shashoua: Protecting Valuable Data
Recognizing the increasing value of data, and with more worthwhile data being discovered or generated every day, cloud computing resources could aid in managing that data. Michael explores the parameters under which firms can do this securely and with…
Max Bowie: Colleagues, Consolidators, Where Are They Now?
As Waters bids farewell to one colleague and welcomes a new one in his place, Max wonders where the vendors have gone from the data industry’s glory days, and who will replace them.
August 2014: Start Me Up
There are no prizes for anyone identifying the August issue of Waters as the “start-up” issue. That is down to coincidence as opposed to design. Marina Daras travelled to Israel recently with the view to visiting a number of the country’s technology…
Flexenet Acquires Network Services Division from Speakerbus
Communications provider Flexenet has announced the acquisition of Speakerbus's Network Services division.
Corr Appointed Scivantage CFO
The provider has tapped Jim Corr as executive vice president and CFO.
Opening Cross: Consumer Power, Or the Power of Consumer Data?
It has always seemed ironic to me that the building at 628 Broadway in New York City, now an Urban Outfitters store, was once home to the New York Mercantile Exchange, trading the very materials used to make the clothes sold in the building’s current…
Don't Cry For HFT, Argentina
This week, Argentina was declared to be in technical default after years of legal wrangling and misfortunes, with even greater consequences possible for the debt markets overall. Those working on HFT concerns should take heed: beware of the details.
60 Seconds with Portware's Alfred Eskandar
Alfred Eskandar is CEO of Portware.
Technologically In-Klined: Seer Capital CIO Jack Kline
Seer Capital, founded only a few years ago in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, today invests in a broad array of securitized credit. That’s possible because of the flexible architecture implemented by CIO Jack Kline, who knows that traders can’t be…
Milestone Group Appoints BNP Exec to Head Asia-Pacific
Milestone Group, a provider of fund processing solutions, has appointed former BNP Paribas executive Enrique Gonzales as head of product management for the Asia-Pacific region.
Eagle Promotes Sales Executives
Greg Farrington, a US executive at Eagle Investment Systems, gains responsibility to cover the Americas, while John Boggis expands his European role to include the entire EMEA region
Quandl Adds Nasdaq Index Data to Free Financial Search Portal
Toronto-based online economic and financial data search engine Quandl has added Nasdaq OMX's global index family to its web-based platform for financial, economic and sociological datasets, to provide analysts, traders and economists with daily index…
Update: HP Vet Potter Joins Solarflare Board
High-performance network technology provider Solarflare has appointed Mark Potter, senior vice president and chief technology officer of hardware supplier HP's Enterprise Group, to its board of directors, to help "guide" the company to a leading position…
Top Sales Role for Eagle’s Farrington
Wellesley, MA-based Eagle Investment Systems, a provider of investment management-focused technology and a subsidiary of BNY Mellon, has promoted Greg Farrington to head of sales, Americas.
ITG Acquires RFQ-Hub
Agency broker ITG has announced the acquisition of derivatives platform RFQ-hub.