S&P Global Market Intelligence
IMD/IRD Awards 2018: All the Winners
This year's winners comprised a host of different companies, across more than 30 individual categories.
S&P Shuffles Execs Following Divisional Restructure
After a New Year restructure that spun Platts out of S&P Global Market Intelligence as a separate, standalone division of S&P Global, the vendor has announced senior executive changes within the GMI division.
S&P Global Makes $550 Million Bet on AI with Kensho Buy
Information giant will pick up Goldman Sachs-backed AI startup for over half a billion dollars.
CQG Shuffles Execs for China Push
After three years as president, Rod Giffen moves to China to lead the vendor's push into the region, while Ryan Moroney (pictured) rejoins the vendor to take over his role.
TRG Hires Two in Sales, Customer Service
Data cost management software vendor TRG (formerly The Roberts Group) has hired two new sales and customer services executives to support its ongoing organic and strategic growth.
S&P Adds Tagged, Linked ‘Alternative’ Data to Xpressfeed for Quant Funds, Banks
Key to deriving value from the data are the linkages and cross-references between each dataset and their components--from companies and securities to individual people.
S&P Eyes Buy-Side Performance with Portfolio Analytics Tool
S&P Global Market Intelligence’s new Portfolio Analytics platform combines the vendor’s data with clients’ own proprietary content to allow portfolio managers to assess and communicate the drivers of their performance, officials tell Joanne Faulkner.
Maude Ditches Fitch for S&P
Maude joins S&P after a 20-year career in the industry, working at data vendors, marketplace operators, and brokers and asset managers.
Thomson Reuters Adds S&P Transcripts Content
The agreement will provide Thomson Reuters' clients with access to tagged and machine-readable corporate events transcripts data from S&P.
Visible Alpha Hires Research, Data Vets McNerney, Stemberger
In addition to McNerney and Stemberger, Visible Alpha hired 51 new staff in teh first quarter of 2017 -- a headcount increase of almost 30 percent.
SGX Debuts Smart Beta Index
The new index will appeal to investors seeking alternative index strategies, SGX officials say.
Burton-Taylor: Regulatory Data Requirements Drive Global Data Spend Above $27Bn
Burton-Taylor's latest research shows industry data spend higher than anticipated, driven by spend on data to comply with new regulations.
Xignite Hires Data, Finance Execs to Boost Sales in 2017
Since October, the vendor has hired a trio of execs, kicking off expansion plans for the coming year.
S&P Sells QuantHouse Back to Founder
The deal marks another about-face on real-time data for S&P, which sold Comstock in 2003, then re-entered the space by buying QuantHouse in 2012.
Vela Taps Cassin, Cadman for Product Strategy
The long-standing data execs will help the vendor work more closely with clients and develop future strategies.
Intercontinental Exchange Hires Ex-S&P Chief Data Officer Reeve
Reeve will lead the exchange's Connectivity and Consolidated Feed business, which combines assets from its NYSE and Interactive Data acquisitions.
Symphony Orchestrates Partner Expansion
Symphony unveiled the new partners at its Symphony Innovate conference in New York on Oct. 6.
Visible Alpha Taps Content Acquisition Vet Greening
Greening has many years' experience of managing contributor relations and associated processes across the data vendor community.
CFRA to Buy S&P Research Business
The deal will combine CFRA's forensic accounting principles with S&P's fundamental equities and funds research service.
BiG XYT Adds Cairns to Lead Sales
Cairns has more than 15 years in sales and account management roles at data and trading technology vendors and financiail institutions.
TIM Group Adds to NY Sales Team
The trade ideas provider is building its presence in North America.
Platts to Buy Energy Analytics Provider PIRA
The acquisition, which is expected to close before the end of September, will accelerate the development of S&P Global Platts' commodities analysis offering.
Ex-Alacra, Fitch Exec Samuels Moves to Bloomberg
Former Fitch MD will work on Bloomberg's new buy-side KYC platform.
Vela Hiring Spree Boosts Sales, Marketing Ops
Officials say the new hires will bring a wealth of experience to Vela's sales, marketing and account management functions.