Research and Commentary
eVestment Builds Private Fund Data Alliance
The alliance will establish standards for reporting private equity fund performance data.
BCA Research Adds to Equity Trading Strategy Coverage
Equity analysis platform now covers all equity markets in MSCI World Index.
RSRCHXchange Adds Ned Davis Research
The addition continues RSRCHxchange's ongoing content expansion.
Smartkarma Opens Hong Kong Office, Hires Research Vet Blennerhassett
The Hong Kong office will support Smartkarma's expansion in the region.
Morningstar to Buy Private Equity, M&A Data Vendor PitchBook
Morningstar will add its own research capabilities to PitchBook's data and tools, enabling it to target a new audience among private equity investors.
Visible Alpha Taps Content Acquisition Vet Greening
Greening has many years' experience of managing contributor relations and associated processes across the data vendor community.
Infront Integrates Research from RSRCHXchange
Infront’s institutional buy-side clients can now access and procure research through the RSRCHXchange platform.
Thomson Reuters, Scottrade Add New Constructs ‘Forensic' Research
The vendor and broker are making New Constructs' insight from analysis of SEC filings footnotes available to clients.
CFRA to Buy S&P Research Business
The deal will combine CFRA's forensic accounting principles with S&P's fundamental equities and funds research service.
Smartkarma Adds Bruenjes to Spearhead European Expansion
Tim Bruenjes takes up a newly created role on Smartkarma's global business development team, following a funding round earlier this year.
Franklin Templeton Inks Quill Deal for Investment Commentary
Using Narrative Science's Quill product will help Franklin Templeton to scale its commentary production and focus on more complex analysis.
HK Startups Amareos, Oddup Build Sentiment, Research Apps for Eikon Users
The apps will enable Eikon users to compare startup companies in Asia against each other and against established public companies using sentiment and fundamental research.
Oekom Nabs Durha for London Office
The new London office will provide better local support for clients, and follows the opening of a New York office last month.
Thomson Reuters, Imperial College Ally for FinTech, Data Research
The vendor's content in partnership with the university's research prowess will create an environment where other market participants will also want to contribute thir expertise, officials say.
Market EarlyBird Readies Mobile Read-Only Twitter Application
The vendor is also launching a new sales model for extending contracts
Southland Capital Management Preps BDC Loan Analysis Service
The firm will change its existing free commentary into a paid subscription service, developed using data from Advantage Data.
Bloomberg Intelligence Expands Primers Library, Adds Topics Like Brexit, Mifid II
Bloomberg has primers on over 60 topics, including Brexit, Obamacare, blockchain, sustainable investing and Mifid II.
Visible Alpha Plans Expansion Ahead of Commercial Launch
A former division of TheMarkets.com, Visible Alpha has spent the last six years perfecting its platform, and now plans to launch as a standalone provider of derived fundamental data.
Pershing Integrates AltX Data Into NETX360 Platform
The deal will help advisors make better informed investment decisions
Smartkarma Raises $4.7 Million to Fund Research, Data Additions
The latest funding round brings the total raised by the compamy to $7.5 million.
Global Prime Partners Rolls Out RSRSCHXchange Research Platform
The deal gives Global Prime Partners and its clients access to more than 130 sources of institutional research.
FactSet Sells Research Arms to Asset International
FactSet will use the $165 million sale to extend its share repurchase program by $165 million.
Platts Debuts Monthly Mexico Energy Supply/Demand News Service
The service will provide key news, pricing and commentary for those involved in the Mexican commodities markets seeking to take advantage of the liberalization of the Mexican energy industry.
Jefferies Parent Leucadia Snaps Up ITG's Research Arm
Leucadia has paid $12 million for the business that ITG bought for $56 million six years ago.