Analytics
Recognia Hires TD e-Trading Vet Harvie
Ottawa, Canada-based technical analysis software vendor Recognia recently hired Jeff Harvie as vice president of global sales, responsible for growing the vendor's reach worldwide and setting strategy for its sales organization.
SunGard Survey: Firms Still Face Tech Challenges to Extract Value from Data
Financial organizations are struggling to fully utilize analytical tools and data management technologies to extract value or "business intelligence" from raw data because of a lack of adoption of new techniques, a multitude of inconsistent data formats,…
Money.net Adds ETF, Mutual Funds Data, Bows Mobile Apps
New York-based low-cost market data display vendor Money.net has added new content to its datasets and has rolled out native mobile apps to accompany its data desktop and web-based terminals, and is planning significant analytics enhancements for future…
Citic Taps Fincad F3 for New Equity Derivatives Unit
Chinese investment bank Citic Securities has rolled out Canadian OTC derivatives pricing and risk software vendor Fincad's F3 analytics platform to support the bank's growing equity derivatives business in Hong Kong and Mainland China.
Fincad Updates F3 Valuation, Analytics Platform
Canadian over-the-counter derivatives pricing and risk management software vendor Fincad will roll out a new version of its F3 enterprise valuation and risk analytics platform in the coming weeks, with increased support for foreign exchange derivatives,…
StatPro Gives Asset Managers Access to Nasdaq Index Data on Revolution
Portfolio data and analytics software vendor StatPro is to make more than 41,000 indexes in the Nasdaq Global Index Family available to asset managers via its cloud-based Revolution analytics desktop platform, as a result of joining Nasdaq OMX's Elite…
Capita Begins Rolling Out StatPro Revolution Analytics to Asset Managers
London-based fund administrator Capita Asset Services has begun providing clients with access to portfolio data and analytics software vendor StatPro's Revolution cloud-based analytics tool, to offer its customers more interactive reporting and analysis…
Trillium Adapts Surveyor to Spot HFT Gaming
Trillium Labs, a software development spin-off from New York-based proprietary trading firm Trillium Trading, has diversified the potential uses of its Surveyor tool for identifying potential market manipulation, and is positioning it for use by buy-side…
Moscow Exchange Taps Fincad for OTC Analytics
The Moscow Exchange has rolled out Vancouver-based over-the-counter deriveatives pricing and risk management software vendor Fincad's F3 Platform to allow quantitative analysts and credit officers at member trading firms to perform risk analysis, compute…
OTAS Readies APIs, Out-of-Box Visualization Tools for App Developers
London-based analytics provider OTAS Technologies is preparing to launch a set of APIs and visualization widgets this quarter that will enable customers to develop applications based on its derived analytics that can be used by traders and portfolio…
YCharts Unveils New-Look Platform with More Watchlists, Customization
Chicago-based fundamental analysis provider YCharts rolled out a new version of its web-based dashboard for professional users today, Wednesday, June 4, that makes more data readily available on users' main displays, and allows them to customize what…
4th Story Combines Market, Fundamental Analytics, Boosts Analyst Automation
San Francisco-based data and trading software developer 4th Story has unveiled a new tool for analysts and portfolio managers that runs analytics on a combination of traditional price data and fundamental information, and which also automates time…
SMA Eyes Front-Office Traders, PMs with Social Indicators Excel Add-in
Social Market Analytics, a Naperville, Illinois-based provider of trading signals derived from analysis of social media sentiment, is rolling out a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet add-in to make its proprietary S-Factor sentiment scores more accessible by…
NAFIS 2014: Rising Volumes Present New Analytics Challenges
As market data volumes in the US continue to grow, firms are coming under increasing pressure to modernize their data infrastructures and respond quickly and cost effectively to new requirements for data analytics, according to a panel at this week's…
ITG Bows Peer Analytics Data Tools
Broker and research provider ITG has unveiled its Peer Analytics Suite, which comprises a range of datasets and analytical tools ranging from raw trade data to detailed performance reporting and consulting engagements, aimed at helping institutional…
Deutsche Börse Rolls Out Eurex Real-time Analytics
Deutsche Börse Market Data and Services, the IT arm of Deutsche Börse, has launched a new real-time analytics tool for the most liquid futures traded on its Eurex derivatives market, in an effort to give investors greater insight into market activity and…
Tradier Offers Discounted MotiveWave Analytics Access
Cloud-based brokerage platform Tradier is offering clients access to analytics provider MotiveWave's tools at discounted rates or free of charge, depending on the level of trading they conduct via the platform.
S&P Cap IQ Adds Numerix Pricing Models
S&P Capital IQ has incorporated pricing models from derivatives analytics, valuation and risk management software vendor Numerix into its Portfolio Risk solution, building on an existing multi-year agreement between Numerix and R2 Financial Technologies,…
Updata, Trading Technologies Ally for Chart-Trading
Derivatives traders can now execute orders directly from charts and strategy back-testing tools within UK-based technical analysis software vendor Updata’s Professional analytics suite, using routing technology from Chicago-based trading software…
Belzberg Founders Hatch Twitter Analysis Tool
Infinigon Group, the social media analytics startup created by Belzberg Technologies founders Sid and Alicia Belzberg, is beginning to roll out its financial markets-focused Echo service that monitors Twitter activity to identify price-impacting…
Fincad Bows F3 Valuation, Analytics Platform
Canadian over-the-counter derivatives pricing and risk management software vendor Fincad has rolled out its F3 platform for enterprise valuation and risk analytics, which provides views of risk, margin and collateral requirements across an enterprise,…
Bayes Analytic Preps Price Prediction Engine
Bainbridge Island WA-based startup Bayes Analytic is preparing to launch a new stock analysis and trading recommendation engine that leverages advanced trading algorithms and machine learning to predict future price movements based on past trading…
TradeMonster Preps Mobile Futures Scanner
Chicago-based online broker TradeMonster is planning to expand its mobile data and trading platform to cover futures and options on futures markets in the third quarter of this year, and will add futures to its LiveAction mobile market scanning tool next…
Software AG Develops Data-Driven Market Surveillance Tool
Enterprise management and analytics software provider Software AG is launching a new market surveillance tool as part of its suite of data, integration and process platforms, to enable financial firms to monitor market activity and identify manipulative…