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Ex-Reuters, Savvis Exec Thomas Joins TradingScreen
Thomas will be responsible for initiatives and partnerships that fill out the vendor's service offering.
ICE Buys TMX Atrium
The acquisition adds low-latency connection between Toronto and New York.
TMX Sells Atrium Network to Intercontinental Exchange
ICE will use the acquisition to expand the reach of its SFTI network, while TMX can pursue its new focus of investor analytics rather than infrastructure.
FactSet Adds Bats One Premium Data
The Bats One Premium feed adds levels of market depth to the existing basic Bats One feed.
Colt Hires BT Vet Housden in Capital Markets Drive
Housden will be responsible for growing Colt's capital markets vertical with major financial clients in Europe, Asia and North America.
BNP Paribas Securities Services Names Gallagher Head of Americas Region
Former head of securities services for North America adds Latin America to her mandate.
Quandl Integrates ICE Treasury Pricing
The partnership will ultimately expand to cover agency and corporate bonds, plus EMEA and Asian securities.
Activ, Big XYT Unveil Online Tick Data Store
The platform will open Activ up to new users and use cases, by enabling easier access to datasets via multiple delivery mechanisms.
Symphony Software Foundation Adds Three New Members
ChartIQ, The Beast Apps, and Tick42 join the open source innovation group.
TradAir Improves Processing Times by 40%, Cuts Down on CPU Usage with Latest Release
The latest version of the firm's front-office optimization solution has improved execution quality and fill ratios, and reduced latency.
Alior Bank Deploys Misys’ FusionCapital Platform for Treasury and FX Trading
The Polish firm is seeking to boost its operational efficiency by streamlining its processes, and meet the regulatory obligations.
Visible Alpha Launches Live Research Platform
The platform captures and normalizes the data behind analysts' research models, giving investors the ability to compare underlying assumptions.
Platts Incorporates ICE Data into Gas Price Assessments
The new methodology will incorporate more data to strengthen Platts' benchmarks and increase price transparency.
LSE Postpones Introduction of Delayed Data Fees
The fees could have added thousands of pounds to spend by firms that consume delayed data, which is generally provided free of charge.
Objectway Releases Enhanced Wealth Management Platform
Two years after the initial release of its Illumas platform, the Milano-based vendor released a new version, adding real-time analysis and expats business management.
Neptune Adds Nomura, Jefferies to Bond Utility Network
Collaborative network for pre-trade bond indication sharing adds Nomura and Jefferies to liquidity pool.
CIBC Expands Wolters Kluwer Reporting Hub to Asia
Canadian financial group expands its existing use of OneSumX's monitoring and reporting solution.
Qineqt Hires Former Dataminr Exec Budnik to Head Delivery, Analytics
Budnik's experience includes spending 27 years at IBM in various software engineering roles.
Xignite Adds Morningstar Global Funds Data
The new global fund dataset expands an existing deal for Morningstar's US funds content.
FactSet Integrates Narrative Science NLG Portfolio Commentary
Integrating Narrative Science's tools will enable FactSet clients to automate commentary generation and client reporting functions.
Insider Dealing Doubled in a Year as Dark Web Access Got Easier
A new report claims that the main threat to financial institutions is coming from its people.
IHS Markit and Pirum Systems Join Forces for SFTR Solution
The two vendors are building a reporting solution for the Securities Financing Transaction Regulation coming into force with Mifid II.
McKay Sells Minority Stake to HFT Firm Tower Cap
The microwave network provider has sold 25 percent of its business to raise funding over the past six months to continue reducing network latency.
Convergex Taps Ancoa for AWS-Hosted Market Surveillance Platform
Agency-only brokerage taps Ancoa for hosted platform in response to increasing regulatory demand for market surveillance tools.