Analytics
Markit's McPherson Returns to NewOak
Neil McPherson, former managing director and global head of structured finance at Markit, has rejoined New York-based risk advisory and asset management firm NewOak--where he previously served as a managing director between October 2008 and April 2009-…
OptionsCity CTO: Harnessing Big Data for Value-Add Analytics is Key in 2014
Victor Glava, chief technology officer of options trading platform provider OptionsCity, discusses the commoditization of traditional datasets and delivery mechanisms, and describes where firms will need to add value in 2014.
EidoSearch Predicts Predictive Shift in 2014
With Big Data and predictive analysis becoming more widely adopted and better understood, David Allen, vice president of sales and marketing at predictive analytics provider EidoSearch, explains why 2014 will be the year that traders "figure out how to…
Thomson Reuters' Brittan: Analytics Will Be Key to Unlocking Value in 2014
Philip Brittan, chief technology officer and global head of platform for Thomson Reuters' Financial & Risk division, discusses the importance of analytics in delivering competitive edge from commoditized content.
Cowen Eyes Broader Rollout for Predictive Analytics
New York-based investment bank Cowen Group is preparing to roll out the next phase of its short-term alpha model as a standalone service to a broader base of traders beyond its existing brokerage clients, having already rolled out the model-a score that…
Aite Report: Alternative Data, Visualization, Historical Analysis Top Buy-Side Wish List
Hedge funds and asset managers are integrating middle-office datasets into their front-office portfolio management workflows to support investment decisions, and are seeking more interactive ways to view and manipulate data, according to a report…
Wall Street Horizon Creates Historical Event Analytics
Woburn, Mass.-based corporate earnings and event data provider Wall Street Horizon is developing a number of new products based on its historical dataset of information on corporate earnings releases and other single-stock events, to support the back…
Platforms and Analytics to Address the Big Data Challenge -- Webcast
WatersTechnology gathered leading industry experts for a webcast on November 21, 2013 to discuss how financial trading firms are not only dealing with mounting data volumes, greater data varieties, and increased data velocity, but how they are deriving…
Tabb Builds Practice to Map DnA (Data and Analytics)
Research firm Tabb Group has set up a Data and Analytics practice to advise financial firms on opportunities to leverage emerging data management and analysis technologies and processes across their business.
Deutsche Börse Adds Order/Trade Analytics
Deutsche Börse will next week introduce analytics calculated in real-time from raw, unpublished Xetra order book data to enhance transparency in the German market by giving users more insight into market trends and conditions, Deutsche Börse officials…
Analytics special report
November 2013 - sponsored by: Datawatch, Platts, Thomson Reuters
MarketPsych Unveils New Predictive Analytic Tools
Behavioral finance research and analysis provider MarketPsych has developed a new suite of tools that will enable investment banks, wealth managers, hedge funds and traders to understand market trends and extract value from its sentiment data.
StatPro Preps Expanded Revolution Data-Sharing Capabilities
UK-based portfolio analytics and investment data provider StatPro has added new permissioning capabilities to its Revolution cloud-based analytics platform, to allow users to share portfolio data with others within their organization, as well as with…
Lucena Adds Intra-day Event Detection
Atlanta, GA-based decision support analytics provider Lucena Research has added support for intra-day signals to its QuantDesk Event Analyzer module, a machine learning event study technology for identifying buying and selling opportunities based on…
Trillium Begins Post-Trade Analytics Push
Trillium Labs, a software development spin-off from New York-based proprietary trading firm Trillium Trading has filed a patent for a new post-trade compliance monitoring tool for US equities trading that compares traders' order data to full order book…
Startup Data Boiler Assembles Team, Begins Big Data Consultations
North Weymouth, Mass.-based Big Data analytics startup Data Boiler Technologies has established its initial executive team, and is now approaching capital markets firms to dictate which areas the vendor should prioritize when finalizing its product…
Derivative Path Taps Fincad for OTC Derivative Analytics, Valuations
Derivative Path, a Walnut Creek, Calif.-based startup provider of automated trading technologies for the over-the-counter derivatives markets, has incorporated Vancouver, Canada-based OTC derivatives pricing and risk management vendor Fincad's analytics…
Mariner Trawls MSCI ESG Data for Alpha
New York-based alternative asset manager Mariner Investment Group is to use ESG (environmental, social and governance) ratings and portfolio analysis tools from MSCI ESG Research, to support the incorporation of ESG factors into Mariner's investment…
Behavioral Indicator Vendor Titan TA Closes
Titan Trading Analytics, the Edmonton, Canada and Atlanta, GA-based provider of trading signals based on behavioral analytics, has shut down as a result of “financial difficulties” and an inability to meet its financial obligations, Inside Market Data…
Wainwright to Head SAP Financial Biz
Data management and analytics technology provider SAP has named Ross Wainwright global head of financial services industries in Chicago, responsible for the vendor's banking, insurance and capital markets clients worldwide.
