Emerging Technologies
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.
Cordatum Appointed Sales Agent for Financial Machineries' Trade Data Analytics
Cordatum Associates, a London-based consultancy providing advisory services around market data sales and procurement to content providers has signed a global sales agreement to act as sales agent for Milan-based startup risk and quantitative analytics…
ISI Emerging Markets Rebrands as EMIS
Emerging markets data provider ISI Emerging Markets has changed its name to EMIS in a bid to simplify its branding and reflect its data product brands.
Twitter Buys Tweet Data Distributor Gnip to Grow Social Data Biz
Social media microblogging site Twitter has acquired Boulder, Colo.-based social media aggregator Gnip for an undisclosed sum.
Data Tech Vet McDowell Moves to Ullink
Simon McDowell, a veteran technology and operations executive at several data technology vendors, has joined trading technology and connectivity services provider Ullink as global sales operations director.
Citi Rolls out Pricing Tool on Bloomberg App Portal
Citigroup has made a new electronic block pricing tool available on Bloomberg's App Portal, to allow traders to request bespoke prices for block orders as part of their workflow on the Bloomberg Professional service.
CenturyLink Taps Misbin for Co-Lo Marketing
CenturyLink Technology Solutions (formerly Savvis) has hired Judy Misbin as a product marketing executive for the vendor's co-location services, responsible for marketing its hybrid infrastructure solutions that include co-location, managed services,…
KKR Sells Ipreo to Blackstone, Goldman
Investment and advisory firm Blackstone and Goldman Sachs' Merchant Banking Division have bought market intelligence and workflow solutions provider Ipreo from private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, in a deal that media reports value at $975…
Morningstar Promotes Holt to Lead Equity, Credit Research
Chicago-based data and investment research provider Morningstar has appointed Michael Holt global head of equity and corporate credit research in Chicago, with responsibility for a global team of about 120 research analysts, reporting to Haywood Kelly,…
Hackathon Generates Culture Change and Data Tool
SunGard's hackathon designed to foster innovation drew 425 participants across 17 cities around the world. And now one of the products of the 48-hour coding fest is being integrated into the vendor’s XSP solution.
SuperDerivatives Adds Icap G7 Data to DGX Store
Over-the-counter pricing and risk management software vendor SuperDerivatives is adding real-time market data from interdealer broker Icap to the third-party app store on its DGX market data terminal, to provide customers with an overview of rates from…
Bloomberg Integrates SIX Market Data
Bloomberg is integrating SIX Financial Information's MDFselect real-time data feed to its Bloomberg Platform managed market data distribution service.
Bellin Adds VWD Data to Treasury Platform
Ettenheim, Germany-based treasury management software provider Bellin has partnered with Frankfurt-based market data vendor VWD to offer its clients an “all-inclusive” package of foreign exchange and interest rate data from VWD.
Exploring the Buy Side in Japan
Anthony previews two events that will unfold over the coming two weeks.
S&P Cap IQ Boosts Content Acquisition, Partners Unit
McGraw-Hill Financial's S&P Capital IQ division has made three senior hires to its Content Acquisition and Strategic Alliances (CASA) unit, to strengthen the team as the vendor prepares to expand its function to include oversight of content acquisition…
Infinigon Taps Watkins to Grow Sales
New York-based Infinigon Group, a provider of social media analytics aimed at traders and risk managers set up by Belzberg Technologies founders Alicia and Sid Belzberg, has hired Dan Watkins as head of global sales and marketing.
IPC, TeleWare Announce Mobile Compliance Alliance
Jersey City-based IPC Systems, a provider of trading communication technology, and T-Ware Connect, the North American arm of global call compliance technology provider TeleWare Group, have announced an alliance that will offer capital markets firms in…