Emerging Technologies
Constructing the Greek Ideal
As smaller exchanges continue to face competition from the large global exchange operators, they need to find the balance between innovation and nimbleness. DWT European reporter Tanzeel Akhtar sits down with Spyros Capralos, chairman of the Athens…
SEC Plans HFT, Co-Lo Reviews
US regulator the Securities and Exchange Commission last week initiated a formal review of the current US equity market structure, with commissioners agreeing unanimously to issue a concept release seeking comment on issues around high-frequency trading,…
EPFR Global Hires for Buy-Side, Asia Drives
Fund flows data provider EPFR Global has hired two new executives to help the vendor raise its profile with buy-side clients and with potential users in the Asia-Pacific region.
New Hires Bolster Fixnetix Data Ops
Low-latency data and trading technology provider Fixnetix has bolstered its London-based technology and support capabilities with a slew of new hires in its technical engineering and operations areas to support its growing client base.
Dow Jones Targets ‘Unified Voice' With EMG, Consumer Combo
Dow Jones' decision to combine its Enterprise Media and Consumer Media groups, announced last week, is intended to create a single operating structure for some of its key businesses that will enable the vendor to build better technology solutions and…
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Data Consumers Form Working Group to Prevent Intro of Bloomberg SPA Contracts for Fund Admin Clients
LONDON - Data professionals affected by Bloomberg's planned New Year introduction of service provider agreement (SPA) contracts for fund administration clients have joined forces to oppose the change, which now appears to be delayed, officials tell…
Users Rethink, Re-organize as Costs Remain Key
With budgets strained by weak economic conditions, firms across the industry embarked on a series of initiatives this year to wring out cost savings and reap efficiencies across their global data operations.
StreamBase Bolsters Sales with New Hires
Complex event processing software vendor StreamBase Systems has made a number of hires in its sales organization to support increased growth and recent client wins.
StreamBase Grows Sales Force
NEW YORK-Complex event processing (CEP) platform vendor StreamBase Systems has added a number of new people to its sales organization to support the vendor's growing client base, vendor officials tell sibling publication Inside Market Data .
STAC Readies Time-Series Group
The Securities Technology Analysis Center is setting up a working group to develop and implement benchmarks for time-series data technologies such as historical databases and tick capture and query engines.
Arcontech Adds Atradia's Anderson
David Anderson, founder of Atradia Consulting and editor of Inside Market Data Reference, has joined London-based market data platform and contributions technology vendor Arcontech as director of sales and marketing.