Data consumers
Capita Begins Rolling Out StatPro Revolution Analytics to Asset Managers
London-based fund administrator Capita Asset Services has begun providing clients with access to portfolio data and analytics software vendor StatPro's Revolution cloud-based analytics tool, to offer its customers more interactive reporting and analysis…
Macquarie Adopts FISD Data Certification
Australian bank Macquarie has begun implementing industry association FISD's Financial Information Associate (FIA) professional certification program for its market data staff, in response to requests from the bank's data team for a training and…
CFD Platform CeFDex Adds NetDania Charts
German contracts for difference (CFDs) market maker and technology provider CeFDex has incorporated the charting package of Danish financial software provider NetDania into its trading platform, the companies said on Wednesday, announcing that three…
Crédit Agricole Deploys Solace Appliances for Low-Latency Data
Crédit Agricole's Corporate and Investment Bank is rolling out data routing appliances from hardware-based messaging technology vendor Solace Systems to provide a low-latency data distribution backbone for its foreign exchange, rates and bonds trading…
Arcontech Eyes Central Bank Data Distribution
UK-based market data technology provider Arcontech is seeking to position itself as an "exclusive" distributor of information from central banks, which will make distribution of market-moving information from central banks fairer than current practices,…
Raiffeisen Bank Rolls Out Asset Control
Austrian bank Raiffeisen Bank International is deploying financial data management systems provider Asset Control's AC Plus data management platform, in a move to achieve centralized market data management for end-of- day valuations and market risk…
ING Installs MDX Tech for Real-Time Fixed Income Data Distribution
Dutch banking group ING has rolled out the MDXT Connect data connectivity platform from UK-based data technology provider MDX Technology to enable the bank to distribute real-time fixed income prices and data analytics from its trading desk in Amsterdam…
NAFIS 2014: ‘Compliance Consumer' is Drain on Data Resources, Users Say
End-user firms are feeling the pressure of not just complying with new regulations, but also of meeting the data management burden to support compliance, making experienced market data staff and business analysts ever-more valuable, said panelists at…
ITG Bows Peer Analytics Data Tools
Broker and research provider ITG has unveiled its Peer Analytics Suite, which comprises a range of datasets and analytical tools ranging from raw trade data to detailed performance reporting and consulting engagements, aimed at helping institutional…
Allianz Centralizes Data on InfoMatch
Investment manager Allianz Global Investors is in the final stages of a multi-year project to centralize market data management across its operations in Europe, Asia and the US to deliver a global view of its market data spend across the organization and…
Standard Chartered ‘Embraces’ FISD Data Training
Singapore-based Standard Chartered Bank has adopted industry association FISD’s Financial Information Associate (FIA) certification program as its formal training standard for market data staff in its resourcing operations spread across other parts of…
TradeMonster Preps Mobile Futures Scanner
Chicago-based online broker TradeMonster is planning to expand its mobile data and trading platform to cover futures and options on futures markets in the third quarter of this year, and will add futures to its LiveAction mobile market scanning tool next…
Icap Taps Perseus for Brazil Data, Trading Link
Interdealer broker Icap has engaged low-latency fiber and microwave network provider Perseus Telecom to provide infrastructure to carry market data and trade order flow between its New York operations and Brazil and other countries in Latin America, in…
FWI Taps MDSL for Market Data Management
Fidelity Worldwide Investment, the non-US asset management spinoff from Fidelity Management and Research, has selected market data usage and contract management software vendor MDSL's Market Data Manager (MDM) inventory management platform to improve the…
Consultancy D-fine Deploys SuperDerivatives DGX Terminals
German quantitative and technical consulting firm D-fine is rolling out data, pricing and risk management software vendor SuperDerivatives' DGX data and news terminal to its consultants, freeing them from inflexible fee schedules offered by other…
Maple Leaves HFT Co-Lo for SpryWare Cloud
A proprietary trading group at Maple Securities USA, the US subsidiary of Canada’s Maple Financial Group, is finalizing a migration from direct exchange feeds and an in-house co-location operation to a managed market data infrastructure run by Chicago…
CMC Picks Colt as Datacenter Provider
London-based derivatives dealer CMC Markets has signed a 12-year agreement with UK-based network and hosting services provider Colt to act as its preferred datacenter provider, in a move to boost operational efficiency and increase clients' connectivity…
Challenger Taps SuperDerivatives for Revaluation, DGX Terminals
Australian Investment manager Challenger is to roll out derivatives pricing and risk software vendor SuperDerivatives' bespoke portfolio revaluation service, allowing the firm to price basket options and underlying securities for ASX 200 index…
Feldstein Fits at BAML
Bank of America Merrill Lynch has appointed Josh Feldstein as vice president of market data sourcing, based in New York.
HSE Rolls Out Trayport GlobalVision For Energy Market Overview, Trading
Slovenian wholesale electricity trading firm Holding Slovenske Elektrarne (HSE) has rolled out Trayport’s GlobalVision Trading Gateway to enable its traders to view over-the-counter energy prices and trade on twenty European markets, power exchanges and…
Canadian Doctors' Fund Taps QuoteMedia Data Terminals
MD Physician Services, an asset manager and investment advisory subsidiary of the Canadian Medical Association that serves Canadian doctors and their families has signed a three-year deal with Phoenix, Ariz.- and Canada-based data provider QuoteMedia to…
DWPBank Extends SIX Data Deal
Frankfurt-based Deutsche WertpapierService Bank (DWPBank) has signed a five-year extension to an existing deal for SIX Financial Information to supply the bank with market data and evaluated prices.
Startup Fund Linkul Value Taps YCharts
Startup asset manager Linkul Value Management has signed up to use Chicago-based YCharts’ online fundamental data analysis platform for historical analysis and running reports to create pitch books to attract investors.
Fannie Mae Catches Khatri
Market data industry veteran Arun Khatri has joined mortgage underwriter Fannie Mae in Herndon, VA as technology sourcing specialist, managing data services required by the agency's trading floor and to support its mortgage origination activities.