Alliances, Mergers & Acquisitions
Infront, Neonet Ally for Data, Trading Solution
Norwegian market data vendor Infront and Swedish broker Neonet Securities have inked a partnership that allows Infront terminal clients to route trades via Neonet's infrastructure and gives Neonet customers access to Infront data.
BGC Reaffirms Intent as GFI, CME Stay Silent
Says offer is “very much for real” in analyst call.
Interactive Data Taps Sowa Labs for Social Media Analytics Feed
Interactive Data has rolled out a social media analytics feed from Stuttgart-based data analytics and consulting services provider Sowa Labs, to allow its clients to better assess financial markets and individual stocks.
Global Switch Taps Custom Connect for Connectivity, Managed Services
Alliance will reduce costs for Global Switch clients while expanding their global reach
Moody's Acquires Pricing, Analytics Vendor Lewtan Tech
Moody's Corporation, the parent company of credit ratings agency Moody's Investors Service and Moody's Analytics, has acquired Waltham, Mass. -based structured finance analytical tools and market data provider Lewtan Technologies for an undisclosed sum.
Zacks Estimates Becomes First Premium Dataset on Quandl Financial Search Engine
Toronto-based economic and financial search engine Quandl has added North American earnings estimates data from Chicago-based Zacks Investment Research as the first instance of fee-liable data on its web-based platform for financial, economic and…
Canadian Advisory Firm CFSI Signs MDA, Quartet to Vendor Partner Ecosystem
Canadian business development advisory firm Collaborative Financial Services Inc. (CFSI) has signed deals to represent two Toronto-based companies──startup market structure and transaction cost analysis provider Market Data Authority and managed IT…
BGC Bid for Rival Broker Turns Hostile
A $675 million offer by BGC Partners to acquire its rival GFI Group is now being presented directly to shareholders, following weeks of protracted negotiations between the firms.
Teradata, Datawatch Ally for Data Visualization
Big data storage and analysis provider Teradata is making analytics from data visualization software vendor Datawatch available to its clients, allowing them to visualize data sources held in Teradata data warehouses, such as documents, PDFs and log…
TMX Atrium to Distribute NPLTime
TMX Atrium, the network provider subsidiary of Canadian exchange group TMX, has signed a distribution agreement with the UK's national measurement institute, the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), to distribute NPLTime, a certified precise time signal…
Markit, Hang Seng Indexes Roll Out Offshore RMB Bond Index
Markit and Hong Kong's index provider Hang Seng Indexes have launched a bond index series that track the performance of offshore renminbi-denominated sovereign and corporate debt, in response to increased demand from regional and international investors…
First Derivatives Spends £36M to Up Kx Stake
Newry, Northern Ireland-based data technology provider First Derivatives has increased its shareholding in Palo Alto-based time-series database provider Kx Systems, giving the vendor a majority stake in the company.
Numerix Preps for IPO, Mulls Acquisitions
Over-the-counter derivatives pricing, analytics and risk management software vendor Numerix is gearing up to go public, and is weighing potential acquisitions that will help the vendor boost its scale ahead of an IPO, officials say.
First Derivatives Takes Majority Stake in Database Vendor Kx Systems
First Derivatives has announced the acquisition of a further 46.47 percent stake in time-series database specialist Kx Systems, bringing its overall interest to a majority share of 65.2 percent on a fully diluted basis.
Thomson Reuters Bows M&A Arbitrage Data
Thomson Reuters has unveiled a new collection of mergers and acquisitions data within its Deals database targeting the needs of event-driven hedge fund managers.
ICE Completes SuperDerivatives Acquisition
The IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) Group has completed its acquisition of SuperDerivatives, in an all-cash deal worth $350 million.
Bloomberg to Carry U.Michigan Consumer Data from 2015
Bloomberg will begin distributing consumer sentiment index data created by the University of Michigan from January 2015, in a non-exclusive partnership that runs until 2019, with provisions to extend the deal longer.
IHS Adds SIX FI Equities Pricing
Market and economic information provider IHS has added global daily and historical equities pricing data from SIX Financial Information to its market intelligence, economic forecasting and research services.
Hillier-Brook Launches MCO Europe as McObject Tech Distributor
Data industry veteran Ian Hillier-Brook has established a new company, MCO Europe, to act as the exclusive European distributor for Issaquah, Wash.-based in-memory database provider McObject's eXtremeDB Financial Edition data management technology for…
TFG Financial Systems to Acquire RTS
TFG Financial Systems (TFG) has announced it has acquired US-based Risk Technology Solution (RTS) to support its portfolio risk management system and expand in the US.
Symphony CEO David Gurle Discusses Goldman Sachs/Consortium Deal, New Platform
Yesterday it was announced that a consortium of 14 financial institutions led by Goldman Sachs had acquired Palo Alto-based software vendor Perzo for $66 million. The resulting acquisition led to the new company Symphony Communication Services, whose…
Symphony CEO David Gurle Discusses Goldman Sachs/Consortium Deal, New Platform
Yesterday it was announced that a consortium of 14 financial institutions led by Goldman Sachs had acquired Palo Alto-based software vendor Perzo for $66 million. The resulting acquisition led to the new company Symphony Communication Services, whose…
Gurle: Goldman Consortium's $66M Symphony Will Make Harmony with Markit Messaging
Symphony, the secure messaging platform being created by the $66 million acquisition of Palo Alto-based software vendor Perzo by 14 major financial firms, will complement──rather than compete with──data vendor Markit's Collaboration Services suite of…
Goldman-Led Consortium Unveils Symphony Communication Services
In what's seen as an effort to compete with the likes of Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters and Markit, Goldman Sachs and 13 other industry partners have invested in a new company called Symphony Communication Services Holdings, after it acquired Perzo Inc.,…