Emerging Technologies
FactSet Integrates MSCI ESG Research, Ratings
Partnership will bring MSCI's environmental, social and governance ratings and analysis to FactSet clients
With Redkite Acquisition, NICE Gains Real-Time Surveillance Capabilities
Compliance software vendor NICE Actimize has acquired Redkite Financial Markets, a provider of cloud-based surveillance technology, in a deal that completed earlier this week.
Capco: European Firms Yet To Embrace Unstructured Data
Survey of European financial firms identifies a lack of uptake of content such as social media by trading operations
Russia's Otkritie Selects New CEO
Ruben Aganbegyan has been named the new CEO of Moscow-based financial services group Otkritie, and will also chair the firm's managing board.
Bloomberg Hires Mason in London
John Mason, previously chief operating officer at Netik, has joined the enterprise products and solutions group at the data provider
Eagle Selects Vermilion for Client Reporting Package
Eagle Investment Systems has announced a partnership with Vermilion Software, in which it will provide the vendor's reporting product to clients.
Orange Boosts UK Team with MD Hire
Nigel Warner has been appointed as the UK managing director of Orange Business Services - Trading Solutions.
SS&C Acquires Hedgemetrix
SS&C has announced that it has acquired fund services provider Hedgemetrix, based in Irving, Texas.
Knowles Joins RIMES from JPMorgan
Compliance specialist Andrew Knowles has joined RIMES Technologies, a provider of index and benchmark data management technology and services primarily to the asset management industry, to spearhead the business development for RIMES' Compliance Services…
BI-SAM Appoints Juma To Lead Americas Expansion
BI-SAM Technologies, the Paris-based provider of data management, performance, attribution, risk, and reporting technologies to the asset management industry, has appointed Sami Juma general manager of its regional operations in the Americas.
LSE Restructures as FTSE Chief Heads Information Services
The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has announced a reshuffle in its senior management, with FTSE CEO Mark Makepeace taking over from David Lester as group director of information services.
NYSE Euronext Forges Partnership with Bank of China
NYSE Euronext has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bank of China, as the European exchange seeks to attract trading flow from the Far East.
Industry Set to Battle Patents via Courts, Rewrites, M&A
Companies are turning their attention from the IP in their content to the IP in their content delivery mechanisms, prompting firms fearful of litigation to ditch incumbent technologies and demand contracts that indemnify them against infringement.
Thomson Reuters 2013 Price List Signals Standard Fees
Increases of up to 10 percent for some products are seen as a strategy to streamline product pricing