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EBS to Enforce Ultra Participation Criteria from Mid-June
Firms wanting to benefit from the value of EBS’ fastest datefeed will have to also contribute value by making markets for 40 percent of the time. Eva Szalay reports on the move and market participants’ reactions.
Deutsche Börse Revamps Content Lab to Harness Internal Datasets, Plans FX Feed
The unit's new remit is to leverage content already being captured and stored internally by the exchange.
Modal Patterns in Market Data Stump Morgan Stanley Quants
The bank's quant team discovered strange patterns around the timing of trades that neither they--nor quants at other firms--have yet been able to explain with certainty.
Tradeweb APA Signs BNP Paribas, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, Societe Generale for Mifid II Reporting
Four institutions join Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan on APA Mifid II reporting service.
Pragma Adds NDFs to Algo Trading Platform
Pragma expands its Pragma360 platform to meet growing NDF demand.
RSRCHXchange Introduces Desktop Application via OpenFin
The new application is available to all RSRCHXchange clients, and it will connect to the firm’s existing platform.
Linedata Releases New Version of Global Hedge Platform
The new version includes improved order management features and Mifid II compliance tools.
Symphony Gets $63 Million Funding Round
Officials say the investment will allow Symphony to "deliver a new wave of innovation to enterprises and replace traditional collaboration tools."
NovaSparks Adds SIP FPGA Handler
NovaSparks has added support for Nasdaq's two Securities Information Processor feeds.
Ipreo Lands Ex-Thomson Reuters Exec Lojko
After years in the Thomson family of companies, Lojko will lead Ipreo's corporate client solutions business.
UPDATE: Moody’s Buys Company Data Vendor BvD for €3 Billion
Bureau van Dijk’s platform will be integrated into Moody’s Analytics’ suite of risk management solutions.
Money.Net Bolsters News Content with Dataminr, MT Newswires Upgrade
Money.Net says the Dataminr content will fill a gap in the market for social media data that is not being addressed by other terminal vendors.
Misys Releases AI Functionality for Trade Validations
The component helps financial institutions spot booking errors, anomalies and unusual activity with machine learning.
After ECC, EEX Clearing Rollout, KB Tech Eyes Data Deals
KB Tech's initial deal with ECC covers post-trade and clearing-related data, though, this may expand to other areas in future.
Oppenheimer Expands GoldenSource Deal to Hosted Services for KYC, AML
New York-based investment bank and fund manager Oppenheimer & Co has begun using hosted data management services from enterprise data management platform provider GoldenSource in conjunction with its existing in-house deployed installation of the vendor…
Finra to Sunset Oats Over a Two-Year Period
Shutting down Oats may take two years and depend on CAT data accuracy.
NEX Launches EBS JPY Benchmark Index
Benchmark will provide price information for the dollar-yen rate during Japanese trading hours.
xCelor, Ciara Ally for High-Frequency On-Server Feed Handling, Book Building
Officials say the integration will eliminate latency associated with the processes of book-building from market data feeds.
Opus Debuts Resolve KYC, Entity Data Management API
The Resolve API will make it easier for users to search for and validate company information from a range of data sources.
Thomson Reuters Adds S&P Transcripts Content
The agreement will provide Thomson Reuters' clients with access to tagged and machine-readable corporate events transcripts data from S&P.
Wolters Kluwer Adds Finance, Risk Market Manager in APAC
Officials say Ahmed's experience in addressing IFRS 9 will support the vendor's growing business in the region.
Horizon Expands Platform with Algo Trading Templates
The new strategy templates are fully customizable, giving in-house capabilities to an outsourced solution.
European Commission Puts €500,000 Into ‘Blockchain Observatory'
The project is designed to provide a further understanding of distributed-ledger technology and its impact on financial services.
Cinnober Acquires Surveillance Vendor Ancoa Software Out of Administration
UK-based surveillance technology provider bought out of administration after failing to secure necessary funding.