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Panel: Buy Side Should Build Consolidated Tape for FX
Speakers at a conference organized by Inside Market Data stablemate FX Week believe a consolidated tape of FX data is needed to support increasingly data-intense analytics. FX Week editor Eva Szalay reports on the arguments behind calls for an…
TruValue Bows ESG Scores Data Service
TruValue's tests show that stocks with good ESG scores plucked from the S&P500 outperform the index as a whole over five years.
ICE Taps Former CFTC Commissioner Bowen for Board
Bowen fills a newly created seat on the exchange operator's board of directors.
R3's Corda Now Available on Amazon Web Services
Users can build Corda applications on the AWS cloud, bypassing the need for individual permissions on local machines.
Thomson Reuters Bolsters Estimates System with Date-Transparency Tool
The solution aims to help provide users with improved backtesting and historical analysis capabilities.
Tora Adds AI Tool For TCA
The tool allows firms to better meet strict best-execution requirements under incoming European regulations.
ASX Gives Green Light to Clearing Blockchain
The exchange expects to release the proposed timing for transition for market feedback by the end of March 2018.
Axioma Taps UBS Delta’s Ian Lumb to Lead Risk Solutions
Lumb joins New York-based risk management technology vendor after nearly a dozen years at UBS Delta.
Selerity Nabs Former Goldman Sachs Exec Nakai for BizDev
Before joining Selerity, Nakai spent more than a decade in sales roles at Goldman Sachs, involved in automation and digitization initiatives.
Quantitative Brokers Taps Roth for CEO, Ascher as Chairman
Between them, new CEO Roth and chairman Ascher have more than 50 years of experience in financial markets and technology.
Thesys CAT Appoints President and CTO
The Consolidated Audit Trail provider created the role of president to better oversee development of the CAT.
PitchBook Goes Public with Morningstar Data
PitchBook has integrated more than 50,000 public datasets from its parent company Morningstar.
Debt Platform Overbond Hires Ex-Bloomberg Exec Harrington
Before his most recent role at Eris Exchange, Harrington spent a decade at Bloomberg.
American Financial Technology Awards 2017—All the Winners
The winners of this year’s AFTAs were announced at a dinner in midtown Manhattan on December 4.
Former JPM Asset Management CDO Glasser Joins FRG to Build Data Practice
Glasser will bring her 30 years of experience in finance, technology, data and regulatory compliance to FRG to build a data practice.
DTCC Debuts ‘Same Day’ LEIs
Issuer anticipates demand for one-day delivery of Legal Entity Identifiers after Mifid II comes into force.
BMLL Hires Activ's Collins to Lead Sales Push
Former Activ Financial sales head joins BMLL Technologies.
House Prepares Bill Delaying CAT amid Ongoing Difficulties
Thesys, in a hearing at a Congressional committee, also said it has lined up over 20 candidates for a chief information security officer post.
Börse Stuttgart Acquires Data Startup Sowa
The acquisition will boost the exchange’s data analyticsand innovation capabilities, officials say.
UBS Hires Former MTS Data Head Linwood
Linwood has almost 20 years' experience in the debt markets, including senior roles at MTS Markets and Interactive Data.
EPFR's Ringrose Moves to Wall Street Horizon
Ringrose joins the events data provider after a decade at Informa-owned EPFR, following stints at Reuters and Bridge.
RSRCHXchange Adds Quant Insight Macro Research
Officials say Quant Insight's quantitative analysis will complement the traditional research already available via RSRCHXchange.
JPX to Build New Backup Datacenter
JPX will build the new datacenter further away from its main site to avoid potential disruption to both locations simultaneously.
Money.Net Buys Scout Finance to Grow Mobile Apps, Debuts HTML5 Web Terminal
The acquisition of Scout's apps and development of a new interface will bolster its mobile presence nad facilitate client adoption.