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Moody's Buys BQuotes as Rating Agencies Grow Securities Pricing
In response to growing demand from user firms for transparent pricing information, ratings agencies are expanding their securities pricing services and dedicating more resources to those services.
Diving into Data
Tine Thoresen talks to Bank of Scotland's Ross Gourlay about his new "data lifestyle" within the group
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Levi Hire to Drive SuperD Sales
Derivatives pricing vendor SuperDerivatives last week named Russel Levi, a former senior Bloomberg executive, as senior vice president of global sales and support, to head the vendor's global sales team, which he expects to grow significantly over the…
BGC, Cantor Merger Drives New Data Sets
BGC Partners, the company being created by the pending merger of Cantor Fitzgerald's eSpeed electronic trading subsidiary with its former voice-broking spin-off, is set to release a slew of new market data products as a result of combining data from the…
Markit Preps 'Second-Gen' Boat Data
UK-based data vendor Markit plans to launch new data products over the coming months based on data from pre- and post-trade data publication utility Boat, following Markit's acquisition of Boat from its consortium of nine bank owners last week for an…
Spryware Plans New York Expansion
Chicago-based low-latency data and ticker plant provider Spryware will open a sales and support office in New York at the start of February, to provide local service for the vendor's growing client base in the city.
FISD, SIIA Agree Market Data Certification Funding
Industry association FISD and parent the Software & Information Industry Association have agreed terms to fund a certification program for financial information professionals, officials tell IMD 's sibling publication Inside Reference Data
Kaskad Tech Closes, Founder Clark Joins StreamBase
Boston-based complex event processing software start-up Kaskad Technology has officially closed down, and founder and chief technology officer Colin Clark has joined rival CEP software vendor StreamBase Systems.
Latency, DMA Drive Asia-Pac Exchange Evolution
Direct market access and algorithmic trading demands from overseas firms are forcing the pace of change among exchanges in Asia-Pacific. But will they be able to keep up with their Western rivals? By Richard Man, head of Radianz sales for Asia-Pacific,…
Asia-Pacific Set For Message Volume Explosion
As the Japanese market recovers and exchanges increase system capacities, trading firms in the region-even those not directly concerned with low latency-must brace themselves for US-style increases in message traffic. By Sang Lee, managing partner, Aite…
Ranking Alpha-Applying Ratings to Research
An increasing focus on customized, quantitative research as a source of alpha is set to change the way that research is provided and rated in 2008. By Kei Kianpoor, chief executive, Investars