Data consumers
LPL Taps MT Newswires for Advisor News
The news service also incorporates MT Newswires' enhanced insider transaction and holdings data, which identifies opportunities arising from company insiders buying or selling stock.
Algert Global Taps OneMarketData Best Ex for TCA
The San Francisco-based firm will use OneMarketData's OneTick Best Ex and its data history to perform TCA and review its trading performance.
Panel: You Can Hand Off Data Processing, But Not Data Governance
User firms and vendors debate the roles of each in ensuring data quality and security.
AllianceBernstein Preps Symphony Rollout
The firm will use Symphony's platform to replace existing instant messaging platforms for internal communications, and ultimately external communications with clients.
Finland's Kauppalehti Taps Millistream for Print, Online Data
The media publisher will use Millistream's data across the print and online assets of itself and related companies.
Former Citadel, Pico Tech Exec Baillargeon Joins KCG
Baillargeon has spent almost 20 years in trading and technology roles on the buy side and sell side.
NAB Scraps ‘System X,’ Enlists StatPro to Solve Performance Data Quality Issues
The bank's custodian arm is using StatPro's new Revolution Performance module to replace five former systems used for portfolio performance analytics.
EFIS 2016: Execs Embrace ‘Rise of the Machines' for Data Management, Trading
Panelists acknowledged a skills gap that is hampering even faster takeup of machine-learning tools.
Deutsche's Dublin ‘Hive' to Boost Data Science, Analytics
Deutsche Bank hopes that building a “hive” of activity around data science will help modernize and simplify its technology.
EFIS 2016: Defining Data, Building Trust Key to Managing Consumers and Vendors, Say Data Managers
Communication with end-users and vendors alike is key to managing costs and supplier relationships, panelists said.
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.
FINRA Fines BarCap $1.3M for Reporting ‘Failures'
The failures included missing or duplicate reports, and erroneous data for timestamps and execution quantities, among other data fields.
RSJ Algo Trading Taps Activ for Managed Tick Data
The firm will use the new Activ-Big Xyt joint offering to test trading models before entering new markets and asset classes.
Bell Direct Rings in Charting Changes with Markit Chartworks
The charting package will allow Bell Direct's clients to utilize technical analysis to support investment analysis and trading decisions.
LPL Financial Rolls Out Money.Net into ‘Affinity' Vendor Program
Inclusion in LPL's Affinity vendor program exposes Money.Net to more than 14,000 LPL advisors, as part of a suite of affordable technology solutions.
Mexico's GBM Expands Solace Platform to Market Data
Migrating its trading infrastructure to the Solace-based platform will enable GBM to better spot trends and trading opportunities.
ADM Taps Screen to Control Contracts, Costs
The firm has enliested Screen InfoMatch to help it to move to a more efficient process for managing data contracts and invoices.
Citi Fined $7M by SEC for Trade Data Errors
The fine is the highest imposed by the SEC for violations relating to reporting of "blue sheet" data, which encompasses various types of trade data.
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.
FISD Readies Vendor Service ‘Scorecards’
The scorecards are designed to support conversations between vendors and consumers, rather than for "naming and shaming" underperforming suppliers.
WSE, Haitong Bank Ink Data Cooperation Deal
The exchange and bank will share market information to encourage Chinese investors to trade on the Polish exchange, and to support the develop joint products in the future.
Users Brace for S&P–SNL Fee Increases
S&P is telling clients that it plans to move its price structure to enterprise licenses, which will likely result in fee increases, sources say.
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.
Flow Traders Enlists Corvil For Monitoring Datafeeds, Trading Systems ‘Integrity’
The firm is using Corvil's latency monitoring equipment to monitor its datafeed and trading platform infrastructure.