Research and Commentary
Firms Drag Heels on MiFID II Research Rulebook Rewrite
MiFID II’s ban on broker-subsidized free research will leave sell-side firms with a multitude of challenges—not least how to price research so as not to lose customers who might direct trading elsewhere, without appearing to incentivize clients to trade…
Thomson Reuters Upgrades Eikon Research Management Capabilities Ahead of MiFID II
The enhancements will help Eikon users deal with the research requirements of the upcoming MiFID II regulation.
August 2017: Another Example of Our Industry Growing Up
The unbundling of research will present new challenges for the industry, but on balance, it should be good.
Sentieo Debuts Research Management System to Manage Data, Notes in Desktop
The RMS will help analysts manage and share data relevant to their watchlists from across Sentieo's platform, and their own content sources, as well as proprietary notes.
Worldflow Unveils US Independent Research Directory
The portal will allow buy-side firms to search for research providers by a range of factors.
IHS Markit Launches Service for Mifid II Research Payments
RPA Manager will help in administrating research payment accounts, which have been created in response to European rules.
Red Deer, Westminster Ally for MiFID II Research Solution
The end-to-end solution will remove potential conflicts in research valuation and payment.
RSRCHXchange, CorpAxe Partner for Consumption Data
RSRCHXchange is to make research consumption data available through the CorpAxe platform to help consumer firms comply with the research components of the upcoming MiFID II regulation
RSRCHXchange Introduces Desktop Application via OpenFin
The new application is available to all RSRCHXchange clients, and it will connect to the firm’s existing platform.
Thomson Reuters Adds S&P Transcripts Content
The agreement will provide Thomson Reuters' clients with access to tagged and machine-readable corporate events transcripts data from S&P.
Visible Alpha Hires Research, Data Vets McNerney, Stemberger
In addition to McNerney and Stemberger, Visible Alpha hired 51 new staff in teh first quarter of 2017 -- a headcount increase of almost 30 percent.
Nybo to Lead Burton-Taylor Exchange Research
Research vet Nybo will lead and expand TP Icap-owned Burton-Taylor’s exchange and trading venue research division.
State Street Readies Machine Learning-Based Research Management Tool
State Street’s data and analytics arm is setting its sights on machine learning and robotic process automation to help firms deal with data management challenges, starting with the consumption and sharing of research, reports Joanne Faulkner.
Euclid Buys Into RSRCHXchange
The investment will help the research platform vendor expand its operations globally, officials say.
Visible Alpha Launches Live Research Platform
The platform captures and normalizes the data behind analysts' research models, giving investors the ability to compare underlying assumptions.
FactSet Integrates Narrative Science NLG Portfolio Commentary
Integrating Narrative Science's tools will enable FactSet clients to automate commentary generation and client reporting functions.
Tullett Prebon Info to Carry Equity and Credit Research, Analytics from Valens
TPI adds corporate performance data to offering with Valens Research partnership.
TP Icap Buys Burton-Taylor to Expand Research Assets
TP Icap will expand the research firm's coverage to new markets and sectors, partly based on proprietary data owned by the broker.
Visible Alpha Buys OneAccess to Boost Research Use Tracking
Prior to the acquisition, the companies had been working together to allow clients to benefit from their respective offerings.
Open Platform: The Implications of MiFID II's Research Unbundling Requirements
The Smart Cube's David Landi offers insight into the impact of upcoming regulatory changes on the provision of (and payment for) broker research.
SocGen Taps Smartkarma to Meet MiFID 2 Unbundling Regs
The bank believes that by outsourcing the provision of research content, it can meet the unbundling requirements of MiFID 2.
Virtua IR Clients Get Wall Street Horizon Events Data
Clients of Virtua's analytics platform will have acces to a limited set of Wall Street Horizon's events data, with the option to subscribe to its full dataset.
The Infancy of Julia: An Inside Look at How Traders and Economists Are Using the Julia Programming Language
Several banks, vendors and a regulator discuss how they are using the Julia programming language to improve their big data analytics capabilities.