Alliances, Mergers & Acquisitions
HKEx, SSE Sign Mainland China Data Distribution Deal
The distribution agreement complements existing data-sharing arrangements under the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect program
TickSmith Taps CFSI to Target Toronto Firms
Enlisting Canadian industry vets will help startup grow in its home market.
Collaborative Security a Matter of 'Social Responsibility', CyberRisk Panelists Argue
Several CISOs gave their take on the state of play.
SunGard Fires up MarketMap with Platts Real-Time Energy Data, News
The Platts data will provide real-time data for a range of commodities, and allow SunGard to create new data packages for commodities traders.
Continuum Provides Futures Data to Money.Net
Deal expands low-cost data terminal vendor Money.Net's asset class coverage.
PFSoft Adds Alliance Equities Newswire to Protrader
Under the agreement, Protrader can display Alliance News stories alongside real-time prices.
First Derivatives Buys ActivateClients for €4.75M
Acquisition will accelerate First Derivatives' HTML5 and mobile capabilities
FactSet Incorporates RavenPack Sentiment Indicators to Meet Buy-Side Demand
The RavenPack scores will provide FactSet clients with sentiment scores and abnormal sentiment.
MSCI, Nigerian Exchange Ink Index Deal
US index provider MSCI has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) to develop and co-brand a family of indexes for the Nigerian equity markets, which can be used as performance benchmarks and as the basis for index…
Four More Asset Managers Join Plato Partnership
AXA Investment Managers, Union Investment, JPMorgan Asset Management and Fidelity Worldwide Investment Sign Up.
Koris Adds FTSE Index Data to ETF Analysis Platform
Alliance sees companies collaborate on index data, as well as ETF education initiatives for institutional investors.
HKEx, LME, Borsa Istanbul Agree LCH, Data Deals
Deals divest LME's stake in LCH.Clearnet, while allowing Borsa Istanbul to distribute data from LME and HKEx
Dataminr ‘Mines' Industry Vets for $130M Funding
New individual investors in the 2009-founded company include former CEOs of Morgan Stanley, Citigroup and Thomson Reuters
Credit Suisse Signs on for FXSpotStream Liquidity Service
Bank to offer liquidity to FXSpotStream clients.
Xignite Adds OTC Markets Level 1 Delayed Data
The deal makes OTC Markets' delayed quote data available via Xignite's cloud platform Web Services APIs.
Xignite Shares Data Toys in FinTech Sandbox
Vendor will provide startups witht free data for six months.
With New Funding, Orbital Insight Expands Satellite Image Analysis for Commodities
Vendor plans to grow usage of satellite imagery to new areas of sales forecasts and commodities supply data.
CenturyLink Taps Cognilytics Buy for Financial Big Data Analytics Vertical
CenturyLink will ultimately make the analytics tools available as a managed service in its cloud infrastructure.
SocGen Prime Services Takes Stake in Eris
Former Newedge unit makes play in swap futures.
Beast Apps, Icap, CME Ally on OTC vs. Exchange-Traded Analysis Tool
The application displays and analyzes trading opportunities between Icap's OTC brokered derivatives and CME's listed futures markets.
R.J. O’Brien Announces Acquisition of GFI Subsidiary Kyte Group
US brokerage and clearing firm to take ownership of derivatives clearing agent.
ClearStructure Adds Fitch Ratings to Sentry Portfolio Management Platform
Agreement will give ClearStructure's clients access to Fitch's fixed income ratings.
GlobalRisk Integrates Interactive Data Content for Real-Time Risk Exposure
New service combines GlobalRisk's FirmRisk software with data from IDC's Consolidated Feed.
Markit Buys Lloyds' Halifax Housing Index
Vendor will use the index to create financial products based on the UK housing market, officials say.