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EMIS Bows Industry-Focused Energy Data Product
Emerging markets information provider EMIS (formerly known as ISI Emerging Markets) has launched EMIS Energy, a new product providing industry-specific daily news, research reports, company profiles and financial data, market statistics and M&A data…
Reval Hires Mitchell as Executive Vice President of Global Sales
Reval, a global provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and integrated Treasury and Risk Management (TRM) solutions, has announced the appointment of John Mitchell as its executive vice president of global sales.
EEX Goes With TT's Trading Platform
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) has decided to implement Trading Technologies' SaaS-based trading platform.
Industry Addresses Solvency II Readiness
For some firms, data management operations necessary for compliance with the regulation will take right up to the January 2016 deadline. Others may need more time, industry sources say
Anova Unveils Sub-185us CME Wireless Net
Chicago-based low-latency connectivity provider Anova Technologies has rolled out a new network connection that offers data latency of sub-185 microseconds between CME Group's co-location datacenter in Aurora, Illinois and the Digital Realty Trust…
ITG to Launch Bond-Trading Dark Pool
Agency broker and technology provider ITG has announced that it will launch a fixed-income version of its POSIT alternative trading system (ATS), or dark pool, focusing on US corporate bonds.
Doctoroff to Depart Bloomberg at Year-End
Bloomberg president and chief executive Dan Doctoroff is to leave the data giant at the end of this year, to be replaced by his predecessor, Bloomberg founder Michael Bloomberg, officials announced Sept. 3.
Finwire Sells Stake to PE Firm Pegroco to Fund Expansion Plans
Swedish news provider Finwire has sold a combined 25 percent stake in the company to Swedish private equity firm Pegroco Invest and Finwire chairman Peter Benson for an undisclosed amount, to help the vendor fund an international expansion for its…
Algomi Chief Takes Non-Exec Position at Baymarkets
Stuart Taylor will become a non-executive director of derivatives, fixed income and commodities software vendor Baymarkets AB, the firm has announced.
ConvergEx Enhances Open-Close Algorithms
New York-headquartered brokerage ConvergEx has upgraded its opening and closing auction algorithms for the NYSE, NYSE Arca and Nasdaq exchanges.
Dion Global Solutions Completes Acquisition of SwissRisk
Technology provider Dion Global Solutions has announced the completion of its acquisition of SwissRisk Financial Systems to reinforce its presence in Europe. Dion had initially acquired a controlling stake of SwissRisk in January 2012.
Doctoroff Stepping Aside as Bloomberg Rejoins
Michael Bloomberg will resume the post of CEO at the eponymous company he founded in 1981, having finished his term as mayor of New York City.
BST Awards 2014: Three Categories Added to this Year's Line-Up
WatersTechnology is pleased to announce that three new categories have been added to the existing 26 categories on offer in this year's Buy-Side Technology Awards.
Quincy Adds Eurex Futures Data to QED Microwave Data Service
Oakland, Calif.-based low-latency market data vendor Quincy Data has added futures data from Deutsche Borse's Eurex derivatives exchange to its Quincy Extreme Data (QED) service, a normalized feed of market data sourced from exchanges worldwide and…
Morningstar IM Promotes Earnshaw, Hires Fane
Morningstar Investment Management, the consulting arm of Chicago-based investment research and data vendor Morningstar, has appointed Diane Earnshaw head of UK Consulting, and has hired Edward Fane as senior investment consultant and portfolio manager to…
SimCorp Appoints Corrigan as MD of North America
SimCorp has named James Corrigan the managing director of its North American operations.
Fidessa Adds Alliance News to UK Broker Offering
Data and trading technology vendor Fidessa has added Alliance News to its service for UK broker clients, in response to customer demand for new content.
SR Labs Taps Lava Founder for CEO, Post-Wombat Buy
New York-based low-latency data platform and feed handler provider SR Labs has appointed veteran technology industry executive Richard Korhammer as chief executive, following its recent acquisition of the Wombat data platform business from…
smartTrade Adds New OMS Functionality
smartTrade Technologies has added new functionality to its Order Management System (OMS) to support both e-orders and manual trading books and optimize clients' trading flow across multiple desks on a global scale.
CME Clearing Europe Selects BNY Mellon as CSD
CME Clearing Europe has become a client of the central securities depository (CSD) operated by BNY Mellon, the bank has announced.
LuxCSD Goes Live with LEI Registrations
The Luxembourg securities repository has launched its legal entity identifier service, powered by the DTCC
SunGard Wins Big in Singapore
SunGard has announced a raft of contract wins in Singapore for its managed services offering.
Saxo Appoints Ex-FOA CEO
Saxo Capital Markets UK has announced that Anthony Belchambers, former CEO of the Futures and Options Associations (FOA) will join the firm as a non-executive director.
Interactive Data Lures Vendor Vets Babarinde, Burtsal for EMEA Sales
Interactive Data has hired data industry veterans Olakunle Babarinde and Richard Burtsal as head of sales for real-time feeds and 7Ticks EMEA, and sales manager for trading solutions, respectively.