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FactSet Sells Research Arms to Asset International
FactSet will use the $165 million sale to extend its share repurchase program by $165 million.
OpenFin Names Account Director, Europe COO
Harvey and Ruiz have backgrounds in bank technology operations management and fixed income e-trading.
GLEIF CEO Addresses Concern About Muni Bond Registration
Savings and efficiency rather than regulatory mandates will promote identifier adoption, Wolf says
Anadolubank Picks AxiomSL for Netherlands Reporting
Dutch bank will use XBRL solution for submitting reports to central bank
Nasdaq Readies First ‘Lab-Grown’ Analytics
Though still under wraps, the exchange is preparing to launch five data products developed by the recently created innovation lab unit.
Flow Traders Enlists Corvil For Monitoring Datafeeds, Trading Systems ‘Integrity’
The firm is using Corvil's latency monitoring equipment to monitor its datafeed and trading platform infrastructure.
Avelacom Makes Low-Latency Network Play with Addition of CME Group Data
The move is the telecom and low-latency network provider's first move to become an actual provider of market data.
FXecosystem Taps Metamako Switch for Network Monitoring, MiFID 2 Compliance
The switch allows users to tap inbound and outbound message flows to perform various types of monitoring, and to meet regulatory transparency requirements.
Hall of Fame: CBOE's Tom Knorring, ‘The Mathematician’
Tom Knorring, vice president of business development, CBOE
Activ Plans to Leverage Prime Analytics to Help Fill Gaps in Data Coverage
Demand from Prime Analytics' global client base for niche regional markets will give Activ the impetus to pursue exchange data that would otherwise be uneconomical to carry.
IMD/IRD Awards Winners 2016
Complete list of all 2016 winners, honored on May 18
JPMC's Afshar: Use Data Science for Real Business Problems, Not ‘Fishing Expeditions'
Users seeking to employ data science techniques must be "laser-focused" on the business problems that they need to solve, Afshar told attendees.
NAFIS 2016: Capital One CDO Charts Journey into Big Data
Scott Hallworth describes how good, simplified data models will aid a multitude of analytical tasks.
NAFIS 2016: CDOs Still Struggle for Board Understanding
Chief data officers are now widely accepted in finance and other industries, but CDOs themselves still face the challenge of defining, communicating and enforcing their duties.
NAFIS 2016: ‘Partner' with Vendors for Mutual Gains
If consumer firms and suppliers wotk as true business partners rather than just on a buyer-seller basis, users can get better deals, and vendors can leverage licensing opportunities.
NAFIS 2016: Latency Key But No Longer Killer
Raw speed is no longer the differentiator it once was, forcing traders to consider datasets that deliver "smarter" sources of alpha.
FactSet, ICE Score Big in 2016 IMD/IRD Awards
Intercontinental Exchange's acquisition of Interactive Data paid off and brought in new award wins fo rthe exchange.
Fenergo Expands In Middle East
Regulatory compliance software provider opens office in Abu Dhabi
Schroders Joins Clarient Entity Hub
Asset manager to use hub for KYC data processing in Luxembourg
Blockchain Will Be Biggest Operations Disruptor, NAFIS Attendees Say
Informal polling finds managed services; LEI may also have influence
Axioma Names Data Vet Webster COO
Prior to his five years at Axioma, Webster has also served at UBS, Barclays Global Investors and Barra
New Client Highlights Markit's New Reg Services
Darren Thomas tells Waters the vendor is looking to roll out the services for new ISDA protocols and margin requirements.
BST European Summit 2016: Blockchain as an Opportunity
The buy side should embrace blockchain technology by joining forces, says Igor Lobanov, head of systems architecture at Legal & General.
NAFIS Live: Big Data Analytics
Capital One data executive covers effects on data operations decisions in conference remarks