Alliances, Mergers & Acquisitions
Orbital Insight Raises $15M In Series B Funding Round
The vendor will use the funding to expand the items that it monitors satellite imagery for, and will also invest in more data scientists.
FT Partners Hires Tech Investment Vet Stout as NY MD
Stout's previous experience includes building JP Morgan's practice of investing in Fintech firms, and serving as global head of strategy at First Data.
S3 Switches on Blacklight on Bloomberg
The vendor's analytics around crowded short-sale trades will now be available as an app via Bloomberg's App Portal.
Thomson Reuters, HKEx Ally on RMB Indexes
Officials say the indexes will help investors make better decisions when trading the Chinese currency.
Markit to Buy Prism Valuation
Officials say the deal will expand Markit's coverage of OTC derivatives and structured products while expanding its client base.
WSE, Haitong Bank Ink Data Cooperation Deal
The exchange and bank will share market information to encourage Chinese investors to trade on the Polish exchange, and to support the develop joint products in the future.
Deloitte Bolsters Asset Management Service with Acquisition of Casey Quirk
The consultancy was established in 2002 and has worked with several of the top asset managers in the world.
Empirasign Adds IDC, TR Evaluated Prices
Adding the evaluated prices will provide front-office users of Empirasign's platform with a "second opinion" to compare to market prices, officials say.
CBOE Taps SMA for 'Social' Benchmark Indexes
CBOE will use SMA's social media-based metrics to develop a range of indexes to help investors identify potential trades.
Thomson Reuters Expands OTC Markets Content
The addition of end-of-day prices and other data expands an existing distribution agreement under which Thomson Reuters already carries OTC Markets' real-time data.
HKEx Adds Webstock Info, Zhengzhou Esunny to Mainland Data Program
Eight Mainland China-based data vendors currently partiipate in HKEx's program to expand access to its derivatives markets and data.
Horseshoe Nabs Ikonic Fund Services
The company will have offices in Bermuda, the US, the Cayman Islands and Gibraltar.
BCS Global Markets Close to US Debut Via Alforma Acquisition
Entry to US market on target as Finra approves BCS’s acquisition of New York-based inter-dealer broker.
LSE, Deutsche Börse Outline Role of Data, Indexes in Merger Deal
Information services and indexes are expected to contribute 25 percent of the merged exchange group's revenues, five years after the merger is complete.
OTAS Clients Get WSH Earnings, Events Data
The addition of Wall Street Horizon's earnings, dividend, expiration and investor conference date information will allow OTAS' clients to make faster decisions.
Morningstar Buys InvestSoft to Boost Bond Analytics
The acquisition was driven by customer demand for "more robust" fixed income analytics capabilities, Morningstar officials say.
Open Text Closes In on Recommind Buy
The vendors expect the acquisition to close in the first quarter of 2017.
FlexTrade Partners with RSRCHXchange for MiFID II Compliance
FlexTrade has added a separate research function to its EMS
Taifex Taps Deutsche Börse for International Data Licensing
Deutsche Börse already provides licensing for other exchanges, including BSE India, and the Irish and Bulgarian stock exchanges.
Smartkarma Raises $4.7 Million to Fund Research, Data Additions
The latest funding round brings the total raised by the compamy to $7.5 million.
Deutsche Börse, Taiwan Futures Exchange Form Data Partnership
Taifex clients gain access to real-time, delayed and end-of-day data products from both exchanges.
Rimes Adds Best Credit Data Muni, Corporate Prices to Managed Services
Rimes clients worldwide will be able to access Best Credit Data's municipal and corporate bond data via Rimes' managed services.
Infront Adds Freedom Index Data
Infront will roll out the indexes to more than 12,00 clients, free of charge.
CBOE Makes Minority Investment in Eris Exchange, Announces Partnership
CBOE and Eris will develop product solutions aimed at Basell III and other swaps regulations.