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In a world of data-cost overruns, inventory systems are a rising necessity
The IMD Wrap: Max says that to avoid cost controls, demonstrate the value of market data spend.
Banks Begin Testing MDSL-FactSet Auto-Procurement
The service automates the process of permissioning and ordering market data services—initially from FactSet, though MDSL is extending it to cover other vendors' services.
IMD Hall of Fame: Ben Mendoza, Chairman, MDSL
IMD/IRD Awards 2018
IMD/IRD Awards 2018: All the Winners
This year's winners comprised a host of different companies, across more than 30 individual categories.
Industry Vets Harris, Toomey-Wilson Create Data Compliance Consultancy
Toomey-Wilson and Harris say their many years of experience can assist firms that lack expertise around dealing with data licensing, audits and compliance issues.
MDSL to Continue Data Focus After Sale to PE Firm SEP and Merger with Telesoft
MDSL CEO-turned-chairman Mendoza says the acquisition will enable MDSL to become a leader in technology expense management.
Indexes’ Long Walk to Freedom
Can Morningstar's decision to make more than 100 benchmarks available free of charge shake up the index licensing business?
Opening Cross: Don’t Let a Wine Week Be Data-Weak
Many readers will know that I’m fond of a nice glass of wine. But this wasn’t always the case. In fact, I was well into my twenties before my then-publisher persuaded me to try a spectacular Australian shiraz-cabernet blend by Penley Estate. I was…
MDSL Aims to Add Clients, Functions to Index License Manager Product in 2016
The vendor plans to expand ILM with new features and new versions aimed at different market segments.
LSE–Deutsche Börse Merger Deal Would Create ‘World’s Largest Index Provider’
The merged entity would include a combined index business bigger than S&P-DJI or MSCI, analysts say.
MDSL, Diliger Ally for Data Inventory Sourcing
Officials say integration will speed up the data sourcing process.
MDSL Opens Florida Support, Development Office
Office will provide local support and development resources for MDSL's US clients
2014 Review: Firms Stretch Tight Budgets to Meet Regs, ID New Data
Data consumers continued to feel the pressure of tight budgets and new regulation in 2014, but also faced the added pressure of trying to find ways to generate alpha from data within those budgetary constraints.
Data Vets Sigillo, Johnson Establish MDI ‘Data Management-as-a-Service’ Practice
Market data management veterans Rich Sigillo and Cindy Johnson have set up a new company focused on providing market data expense management and optimization as a managed service for firms that are not large enough to have a dedicated market data…
MDSL Taps Ex-Deutsche Bank Data Exec DeMaio as COO
UK-based cost and inventory management software vendor MDSL has hired Lou DeMaio, former global head of market data service delivery at Deutsche Bank, as Americas chief operating officer to spearhead growth of the vendor's MDX (Market Data Expert)…
Can Alternative Providers Disrupt Index Inertia?
Though there are almost a hundred mainstream index providers in the industry today, the market remains dominated by a small and elite group of providers—MSCI, S&P Dow Jones Indices, Russell Indexes and FTSE Group. With the industry clamoring for change…
FWI Taps MDSL for Market Data Management
Fidelity Worldwide Investment, the non-US asset management spinoff from Fidelity Management and Research, has selected market data usage and contract management software vendor MDSL's Market Data Manager (MDM) inventory management platform to improve the…
MDSL Preps Index, Trading Cost Management Tools
UK-based market data inventory management and usage monitoring technology provider MDSL is rolling out two new services aimed at helping financial firms manage their index data and FIX trading connectivity spend similar to how they manage market data…
MDSL Preps Trading Cost Management Tools
UK-based MDSL is rolling out a new service aimed at helping financial firms manage their Fix trading connectivity spend, similar to how they manage market data spend using the vendor's market data management (MDM) platform.
Roundtable: A Very Market Data Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving─the fourth Thursday in November─is when Americans traditionally give thanks for the year's harvest, stemming from the celebrations of the first European pilgrim settlers on American soil. Since our industry is blessed (or cursed) with a…