Emerging Technologies
Interactive Data Combines Exec Roles
Interactive Data is combining several management roles across its divisions, as part of an effort to unify its units and operate as "one company."
MiFID Challenge Is Integration, Not Volumes
The market data infrastructures of data vendors and end-user firms in Europe should be able to cope with the increases in market data expected as a result of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive's transparency rules and from new trading venues…
Xignite, WSH Ally for Earnings Calendar
Xignite, a provider of market data and applications via Web services, has partnered with Boston-based corporate actions calendars and analysis tools vendor Wall Street Horizon, to incorporate WSH's earnings calendar into the range of components Xignite…
Beat Koch Departs Telekurs
Long-time Telekurs Financial executive Beat Koch has left the Swiss data vendor after more than 15 years at the company, Inside Market Data has learned.
StarMine Buy Bolsters Reuters Analytics
Reuters is planning to use the recent acquisition of San Francisco-based equity analytics and research performance data provider StarMine to develop new analytics on Reuters' data sets and to broaden its offering for buy-side firms.
S&P's Rieger Defects to… S&P
JR Rieger, former vice president of securities evaluations at Standard & Poor's, has taken on a new role within a different department of the ratings agency and data vendor, after two weeks of confusion about his position.
Microsoft Acquires Parlano
NEW YORK—Operating system and application provider Microsoft has inked a deal to purchase persistent group-chat vendor Parlano, say vendor officials.
Standardizing Standards
Lack of standards for securities data has been an ongoing concern for financial institutions, and global harmonization similar to that experienced by the retail industry does for many seem like a far-away dream. But as Swift's business manager for…
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Spotlight on George Handjinicolaou
Stewart Eisenhart speaks with George Handjinicoloau, ISDA’s recently appointed deputy chief executive, about his short-term plans for the organisation, and the reasons for the creation of this new role and his appointment.
Options Exchanges Squeeze Data Traffic
US options exchanges are moving forward with plans to refine their quote mitigation plans and in some instances to make the strategies a permanent addition to their markets, following the Securities and Exchange Commission's expansion of the options…
Banks Scuttle Yellow Submarine
Project Yellow Submarine, a consortium of four continental European banks, has halted the process of selecting a vendor partner following a lack of management support at the banks pursuing the initiative, according to sources familiar with the situation.
Murdoch: No DJ Sell-Offs or Layoffs
News Corporation chairman and chief executive Rupert Murdoch last week committed to preserve the businesses and staff of Dow Jones, and to expand its real-time information business against key news rivals Reuters and Bloomberg, during News Corp.'s Q4…
KTS-Arcontech Targets In-House Deploys
UK data display software vendor Knowledge Technology Solutions last week bought Arcontech, a London-based provider of feed handlers and market data technology, in a move intended to accelerate KTS's strategy of licensing its browser-based data software…