Emerging Technologies
Dash Departs Bloomberg Indexes
Srikant Dash has left his role as global head of indexes at Bloomberg, Inside Market Data has learned.
Data Vet Farrell Joins FX Trading Tech Vendor Integral
Palo Alto, Calif.-based foreign exchange trading technology provider Integral Development has hired Richard Farrell as managing director in charge of new client segments, with responsibility for expanding the vendor's products into new business areas.
Batteries Not Included
Japanese exchanges and the Waters Rankings lead this week's coverage.
Nasdaq OMX NLX Expands Board of Directors
London-based derivatives trading venue Nasdaq OMX NLX has appointed Anthony Belchambers, Rod Banus and Andrew Chart as non-executive directors of NLX.
Opening Cross: Innovation Isn’t Just About Being Faster; It’s About Being Smarter and Better
The recent furor over high-frequency trading prompted by Michael Lewis’ book Flash Boys has led many to think that the only source of innovation in financial markets is making things faster, so that some kind of banker-sandman phantom can steal Granny’s…
Divine HFT Providence?
Public investors are about as important as institutional clients come for buy-side shops. Tim wonders what we should make of the class-action civil suit brought this week by one of them—the City of Providence, Rhode Island—alleging high-frequency…
Liquidnet Expands Market Surveillance Team in Europe
Institutional trading network Liquidnet has expanded its market surveillance team in Europe with the appointment of Christopher Wall as head of market surveillance in Europe and David Stockwell as market surveillance specialist.
Instinet Makes Necakov CTO
Instinet, the equity execution services arm of the Japanese bank Nomura, has appointed Tony Necakov as CTO.
Alasdair Haynes Named Chairman of Neonet
Swedish agency broker Neonet Securities has appointed Aquis Exchange founder Alasdair Haynes as its non-executive chairman, replacing Peter Melbi.
BI-SAM Unveils Structural Changes to Support Growth Plan
Paris-headquartered buy-side performance, attribution and risk management vendor BI-SAM has made a number of executive appointments.
Lombard Risk Appoints Groetch as Director for the Americas
Lombard Risk Management has appointed John Groetch as its new regional sales director for the Americas.
Tradier Gets $3M Funding to Expand API, Developer Base
Cloud-based brokerage platform and supporting data, trading and analytics application hosting environment provider Tradier has raised $3 million in new funding from Devonshire Investors-the private investment arm of Fidelity Investments' owners, the…
Liquidnet Appoints Bob Garrett as Head of Technology
Institutional trading network Liquidnet has hired Bob Garrett as head of technology to lead the firm's technical development and for coordinating product developments between the executive team and product managers.
FTSE-TMX Index JV Preps LatAm Indexes
FTSE TMS Global Debt Capital Markets, the index joint venture between London Stock Exchange-owned index provider FTSE and Canadian exchange group TMX, is preparing to launch a family of Latin American indexes, in partnership with Mexico-based pricing…
Rain, Snow and Architecture
Natas coverage and European regulatory efforts lead this week's coverage.
Data Vet Richards Starts New Advisory Firm
Data industry veteran Dale Richards has founded Island 20 Ventures, a Toronto-based advisory firm specializing in financial markets technology, including information products, Big Data, analytics and data management.
D.E. Shaw Technologist: 'Eliminate IT'
The conflict between IT and business is well documented. One soldier in that fight suggested something more than baby steps.
Ex-First Derivatives' Richards Starts Advisory Firm
Dale Richards, previously a data management executive and strategist at First Derivatives, has founded Island 20 Ventures, based in Toronto
Moving Mission-Critical Functions to the Cloud
Anthony believes that more firms are moving mission critical functions to the cloud. As they do, though, it's important to note that there's a major difference between a public and private cloud.
Estimize Hires Product, Design Heads
Estimize, a New York-based provider of crowd-sourced earnings estimates and mergers and acquisitions predictions, recently hired Josh Dulberger as head of product and analytics, and Cynthia Koo as head of design, to support the creation of its new…
Twitter Acquires Firehose Provider Gnip
Social media network Twitter has announced its acquisition of Gnip, a data provider that is one of the few to have access to the so-called "firehose" of the micro-blogging service's information.
BYOD, Mobile Offer Banks a Chance to ‘Get Cool Again'
As bring-your-own-device (BYOD) strategies grow inside banks, mobile data management has also emerged as a pressing issue, according to panelists at this year's North American Trading Architecture Summit.
Seeking Alpha Mulls Breaking Out Research Platform into Separate Subscriptions
Financial news, analysis and transcript website Seeking Alpha is considering spinning off components of its investment research platform into standalone products in order to reach a broader audience of hedge funds, investment advisors and retail traders.