Emerging Technologies
Inglis Set for AIMA Helm
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the global hedge fund industry association, has announced that Jack Inglis will take over as its CEO from February 1.
BCS Appoints Barker Executive Chairman
BCS, the largest trader of equities and FX on the Moscow Exchange, has appointed John Barker as executive chairman of the BCS Financial Group in London. Barker assumed his new role at the start of January 2014.
Conde joins Calastone Board
Calastone, the global funds transaction network, has appointed former SunGard chief executive, Cristóbal Conde, as non-executive director. Conde will take a seat on the Calastone board and has also purchased a minority stake in the privately held…
Nasdaq Quits SIP Over Lack of Tape Progress
Nasdaq OMX plans to cease operating the Securities Information Processor (SIP) that collects data on Nasdaq-listed stocks, calculates a best bid and offer, and distributes the consolidated feed of quote and trade data─known as Tape C or the Unlisted…
Market Prophit Adds ‘Maven' Filter to Crowd Sentiment, Ranks Individuals' Performance
New York-based social media sentiment analysis provider Market Prophit has created a filtered version of its sentiment feed, which creates sentiment scores for companies based on mentions in social media, and has added a feature that ranks the most…
Markit Hub Adds Roubini Economic Data
Markit has added economic research and analysis from Roubini Global Economics (RGE) to its Markit Hub research platform, which aggregates research, analysis and news from banks, data vendors and news providers.
Fidessa Promotes Thomas, Hires Jeffrey
Trading technology and market data provider Fidessa has appointed Emily Thomas as global head of new business sales and Phill Jeffrey as Asia-Pacific regional sales director.
Data Boiler Names Former JP Morgan Exec COO
Edward Lai, former vice president of the chief investment office at JP Morgan in Asia, has joined Big Data analytics startup Data Boiler Technologies as managing director and chief operating officer, responsible for product development, compliance and…
D&B, FirstRain Ally for Integrated Company Data
Information providers Dun & Bradstreet and FirstRain announced a partnership that will see the integration of FirstRain's company, industry and customer research and social analytics with D&B's structured company data.
Trefis Taps S&P Capital IQ for Interactive Research
McGraw Hill Financial-owned S&P Capital IQ Equity Research, the independent research arm of S&P Capital IQ, has partnered with data visualization technology vendor Trefis to allow Trefis users to access research models for roughly 600 companies and 1,500…
DTCC's Arthus Appointed Omgeo President, CEO
Paula Arthus will take over from Marianne Brown as president and chief executive officer of Omgeo on February 21
IDC Adds BCG FX, IRS Rates to OTC Data
Interactive Data will this week make pricing data for foreign exchange and interest rate contracts from interdealer broker BGC Partners available via its Consolidated Feed of data from more than 450 exchanges and over-the-counter sources worldwide, as…
Markit Eyes Front-Office Push with thinkFolio Acquisition
Markit has acquired London-based portfolio management system (PMS) provider thinkFolio, in a deal that will see the buy-side stalwart join Markit’s enterprise software division.
Financial Machineries Buys Data Contributions Ahead of Aggregated Repository Data Launch
Milan-based startup risk and quantitative analytics provider Financial Machineries is preparing to launch a feed of cleansed, aggregated data from trade data repositories, dubbed GTR Analytics, and has acquired London-based contributed data consultancy…
Deutsche Börse Continues Asia Push With CLTX Grab
Deutsche Börse’s Leipzeg-based subsidiary, The European Energy Exchange (EEX), has taken on a majority 52 percent share in ClearTrade Exchange (CLTX), a futures exchange based in Singapore. The move completes a deal that was agreed to in Q4 of 2013.
Deutsche Börse Buys Impendium Systems for Compliance Offering
Deutsche Börse Market Data + Services has acquired Impendium Systems, a London-based firm that deploys cloud-based compliance software solutions. The deal was completed on Jan. 10 for a price "in the single digit million euro range," according to the…
IPC: Firms Eye Managed Data Services in ’14
Firms will continue to increase investment in new managed services offerings for market data in 2014 to increase competitive advantage, trading efficiency and productivity, according to a survey from network and trading turret provider IPC.
Waves of Senior Appointments at Euronext
Euronext NV, now part of the IntercontinentalExchange Group (ICE), has restructured its senior management team to reinforce its leadership in the region as the company is preparing to go public in the coming months.
Dow Jones Sues RANsquawk for $5 Million
Dow Jones has filed a lawsuit against London-based news aggregator and audio "squawk" provider RANsquawk, accusing the vendor of systematically stealing Dow Jones' news headlines and stories without a license to distribute its news, and seeking at least …
Industry Optimistic for Innovation in 2014
At the start of the New Year, it’s customary to say goodbye to the past year and look ahead to the opportunities and challenges of the next. In keeping with this theme, Inside Market Data asks vendors what they expect to drive or hinder innovation in the…
As the OTC Marketplace Evolves, More SEFs May Rise
Equinix's Barry Smith discusses the trends he expects to see in the OTC markets in 2014 and beyond.
Post-Merger, Inet BFA Lays Out Integration, Execs
Inet BFA, the South African data provider formed by last year's acquisition of I-Net Bridge by McGregor BFA from Times Media Group, has finalized its combined management team and is laying out plans to integrate the two vendors' datasets and delivery…
Rutschmann Named Infront COO
Norwegian data vendor Infront has appointed Urs Rutschmann as chief operating officer, responsible for managing all the vendor's operational activities, including strategy, sales, marketing, product development and client services.