Alliances, Mergers & Acquisitions
Spotware Systems Integrates Autochartist Technical Analysis
Alliance adds technical analysis tools to SpotWare's trading interface.
Icap Provides Currency, Treasury Data to Wind Info Clients in China
China's largest information provider taps Icap for non-domestic price data.
Broadridge Buys Trade Processing Platform from M&T
Vendor will take over Wilmington Trust Retirement and Institutional Services unit
CoreOne Creates RegOne Analytics, Reporting Division with TAG, TTA Acquisitions
New York-based data management technology provider CoreOne Technologies has acquired transaction cost analysis tools provider Transaction Auditing Group for an undisclosed sum to create a new market structure analytics and reporting division, dubbed…
MarketAxess and BlackRock's Open Trading Comes to Europe
MarketAxess and BlackRock expand strategic trading alliance to European marketplace.
Codestreet Gets VC Buy-In to Accelerate Development, Boost Sales
New York-based price discovery and distribution and bond trading software vendor Codestreet has sold undisclosed minority stakes in the company to two venture capital firms, Rochester Advisors and Cerium Technology, to help accelerate growth of its…
Diliger Scraps Crowdfunding Bid; Pursues Deals with Consultants, Research Partners
London-based market data and technology procurement platform Diliger has withdrawn a pitch to raise £500,000 on equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube, after a number of opportunities emerged to work with consultancies and research houses instead.
Codestreet Secures Cash Infusion from Rochester Advisors, Cerium Technology
Funding to go towards growth of Codestreet Dealer Pool
Ipreo Buys Private Company Financial Data-Mapping Vendor ClearMomentum
New York-based information and technology vendor Ipreo has acquired Canandaigua, NY-based portfolio monitoring applications provider ClearMomentum, which collects financial statements from private companies and automatically maps, validates and…
BGC Counters CME Bid with Offer Increase
Interdealer broker also extends offer deadline.
Rebuffing HFT, Nine Buy Sides to Launch Luminex Dark Pool
Fidelity will have the largest ownership stake in Luminex Trading & Analytics
CME Ups Bid for GFI as Vote Looms
CME Group now offering $5.85 per share for interdealer broker.
Misys, Intex Ally on Structured Fixed Income Data
Users of financial software vendor Misys' FusionInvest portfolio and risk management, analytics, order raising and pre-trade compliance platform will now have access to deals data on US, European, Asian and Australian collateralized loan obligations and…
JPX and Nasdaq Deepen Ties
Nasdaq to develop derivatives trading system for Osaka Exchange
FactSet Adds Markit Global ETF Data to Workstation in Buy-Side Push
FactSet Research Systems has integrated data on more than 5,000 global exchange-traded funds from data vendor Markit into its workstation, to provide clients—particularly buy-side firms—with fund-level and constituent-level data on ETFs to inform their…
The GFI Story to Date
Chronicling a lesson in corporate disruption.
Bidding War for GFI Surges
Both sides increase their offers for interdealer broker.
Fiserv and HedgeACT Announce Hedge Fund Alliance
Collaboration will allow investors access to hedge funds for as little as $100,000.
BGC Proposes Contingent Increase in GFI Offer
Interdealer broker ups the stakes as crunch time approaches for rival bid.
Fico Acquires Financial Crime Firm Tonbeller
Deal moves Fico firmly into growing financial crime and compliance space.
CBOE Launches VIX Indexes on CME FX Contracts
The Chicago Board Options Exchange has begun calculating and distributing index values for three new foreign exchange volatility indexes based on CME Group-listed US dollar-euro, dollar-pounds sterling and dollar-Japanese yen futures options contracts.
Blackstone Takes Stake in Data Management-as-a-Service Startup MDI
Investment and public backing provides growth funding and validation of MDI's business model
LSE, Borsa Istanbul Partner on Index Creation
The London Stock Exchange Group and Borsa Istanbul have agreed to cooperate and share expertise to support on the creation of new Turkish indexes, to broaden the country's exposure to international investors.
All Change
2015 is likely to be marked by foundational shifts.