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Thomson Reuters Sows Crop Data App on Eikon
The app collects crowd-sourced crop data directly from farmers, aggregates it for traders, then provides actionable market insight back to farmers.
Equinix Completes LD6 Datacenter Phase 2 Expansion
Datacenter provider doubles co-location capacity following £26 million investment.
Bloomberg Develops Tool for Initial and Variation Margin Rules
New standards take effect worldwide in September
R3 Adds MetLife to Roster
Insurance company joins the blockchain consortium that has now grown to 60 financial firms.
Trendrating Unveils ‘Portfolio Momentum Rating’ for Aggregated Portfolio Analysis
The new capability enables fund managers to rate their portfolio by momentum to indetify underperforming stocks and ETFs.
Symbiont Appoints Caitlin Long as President, Chairman of the Board
Long will work to commercialize blockchain in Symbiont's bid to make the financial industry more efficient.
CFN Taps Equinix Vet for Sales
Hardie has spent almost 30 years in the technology and telecoms industries.
Eris Bows Streaming Prices for 3-, 4-Year Contracts
The move is in response to clients demanding liquidity in less active tenors for trading and hedging purposes.
Bloomberg Vows to Expand Barclays Index Unit Post-Acquisition, Keep Index Data Free
The vendor says it has been talking with clients to address any concerns about the transition of the index assets acquired from Barclays.
Basel III Progress Report: Some Jurisdictions' Banks Struggling to Adjust IT Systems to Meet Requirements
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision also found "significant gaps" in data accuracy and adaptability.
IPC Systems Partners with Post-Quantum Covering Cybersecurity, Blockchain
Biometrics, encryption and blockchain technologies will be integrated to Connexus Cloud.
BATS Seeks Consensus on MiFID 2 Trade Data Collection, Reporting Process
BATS is hoping to encourage other European trading venues to coalesce around its approach to handling client data.
Colt Preps Tokyo, CME, SGX Connectivity for TOCOM J-Gate Move
When TOCOM moves its trading engine, Colt will be able to provide client access via multiple datacenters and its PrizmNet global financial extranet.
IHS Markit to Release Mifid II Research Tool in 2017
The company will streamline access to four platforms as part of the product development.
Innotribe, Innovate Finance Create Global Fintech Hubs Group
Federation currently has more than 20 countries participating.
BGC Partners Acquires Canadian Brokerage Perimeter Markets
The Toronto-based broker grows BGC's presence in Canada and strengthens its electronic offering.
KGI Securities Taps Horizon for High-Frequency Trading Platform
Taiwanese securities firm implements Automated Trading platform, alongside existing Horizon Delta One solution.
StatPro Rolls Out Faster Analytics Engines
The vendor is employing new technologies and processes to improve processing speeds of its analytics.
UBS Heads Up Group of Four Banks Creating New Digital Currency
UBS, Deutsche Bank, Santander and BNY Mellon come together to create an industry standard for clearing and settlement over blockchain.
Bloomberg Closes Acquisition of Barclays Risk Analytics and Index Solutions
Acquisition includes Barclays fixed-income benchmark indices, Brais strategy indices, and the intellectual property of Point portfolio analytics.
Chi-X Australia Taps Dion for Price Data App
Officials say the vendor has received positive feedback about the new real-time pricing app.
SigOpt Raises $6.6 Million in Series A Funding
The startup has a machine learning platform that uses Bayesian techniques to improve model development and research.
Exegy Unveils Replay Tool for Testing BestEx, Infrastructure Performance
Exegy's Journal Replay device will make it easier for users to test against high-volume, high-frequency data, and to demonstrate best execution for clients.
Seed CX Gains SEF Registration from CFTC
There are now 23 SEFs fully registered with the CFTC.