Research and Commentary
Capital IQ Expands Key Developments Feed After SystematIQ Study
Standard & Poor's Capital IQ division has increased the number of categories in its Key Developments feed of news and corporate events, and will continue to refine the tagging process used by the feed, following a study conducted by recently launched…
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youDevise enhances TIM with Insight release
youDevise has enhanced its Trade Idea Monitor with the release of TIM Insight, a new feature that issues real time buy/sell signals on major stocks, industry sectors, and global regions. TIM Insight is based on long/short trading ideas on more than 13…
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Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks
In today's fast-paced financial markets, one could be forgiven for thinking that speed of raw prices is the be-all-and-end-all of market data. In fact, old-school inputs like financial research and commentary are alive and well, and adapting to the new…
AQ Launches Online Research Procurement Platform
London-based investment research analysis provider AQ Research has unveiled the soft launch of a new online broker research selection and procurement platform, dubbed AQrex (AQ Research Exchange), that will simplify the research procurement and payment…
PGR Preps 'Interactive' Commentary
Mountain View, Calif.-based research provider Primary Global Research is beta testing a new product, dubbed Primary Perspectives World View, that will be part of its Client Portal that provides analysis from the firm's expert network of commentators and…
Breakingviews to Widen Distribution
Financial commentary and news analysis provider Breakingviews.com plans to broaden the distribution of its content, including expanding its coverage and commercial relationships in Asia, in a bid to establish itself as a global content provider.
WSOD Upgrades, Integrates Broker Voting Module
Boulder, Colo.-based research platform provider Wall Street on Demand has upgraded the broker voting module of its research software suite to provide more granular reporting of broker performance and an integrated link between events being tracked and…
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YouDevise Bolsters TIM analysis
YouDevise, a London-based provider of technology for distributing trade ideas between dealers and buy-side clients, has added new features to its Trade Idea Monitor (TIM) platform to perform more detailed sentiment analysis and more flexible reporting…
Glitch Leads to $31 Billion Trade Snafu for UBS
TOKYO-Due to a system error, a Japanese unit of Swiss bank UBS mistakenly place a ¥3 trillion ($31 billion) order for convertible bonds for computer games vendor Capcom last week instead of an intended ¥30 million ($304,200) trade.
Code Red Unveils IdeaNet
Boston-based research management software vendor Code Red has signed up the first buy-side participants to its IdeaNet online platform for the distribution of research and trade ideas between sell-side broker-dealers and buy-side clients, which went live…
TraderPlanet to Track Sentiment
TraderPlanet.com, a social networking portal that provides commentary, price data and news for active traders, will this week unveil a new feature, dubbed TraderPlanet Index, that tracks market sentiment based on input from participating traders.
YouDevise Improves TIM Analysis
YouDevise, a provider of technology for distributing trade ideas between dealers and buy-side clients, has added new features to its Trade Idea Monitor platform to perform more detailed sentiment analysis and more flexible reporting, officials tell…
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Thomson Reuters expands news analytics
Thomson Reuters has unveiled a machine-readable news offering allowing clients to incorporate news into their trading and risk management strategies. The product, NewsScope Event Indices (NEI), is targeted at hedge funds and investment banks pursuing…
Integrity Preps New Client Portal
New York-based alternative research provider Integrity Research will later this month unveil a new client portal for accessing information on specialist research providers directly from its database.
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