Interactive data
Grains of Truth
Demand for granular data is being driven by global regulation and standards efforts. Michael Shashoua covers some Asia-Pacific viewpoints about the reporting demands that these rules create, and their built-in jurisdictional issues
LEI Benefits Will Take Longer, Data Provider Exec Says
In Japan, LEI data will eventually work as a common language for counterparty data, according to Denis Sweeney of Interactive Data
Crowd Control
Crowd computing is an operating model that brings together freelance workers, subject matter experts and automation tools. For data vendors, it could be a cost effective way to expand their content and harness big data, writes Nicholas Hamilton
SAP Connects Apps to Interactive Data
Interactive Data's users can now plug their applications straight into the data provider's database
IDC Releases TREP Feed Handler Upgrade
Interactive Data has released an upgraded version of its feed handler for the Thomson Reuters Enterprise Platform (TREP) that includes new symbology remapping functionality to allow customers to more seamlessly bring its Consolidated Feed of equities,…
Crowd Computing: a New Approach to Data Management—Webcast
On March 27, representatives from data vendor companies and experts in the area of crowd computing took part in a webinar to discuss how this new working method - which combines automation tools, freelance workers and captive staff - can benefit the…
Interactive Data Links With Microsoft
The data services provider will deliver its data through Office 365 and Excel. Interactive Data also plans to further distribute its data through Microsoft's software-as-a-service partners
Growth in Reference Data Spend Continues to Slow
Following double-digit increases between 2006 and 2011, growth of spend on pricing, reference and valuation data slowed to under 8% in 2012 and 2013, according to research by Burton-Taylor International Consulting
IDC's Russell Takes ‘Evangelist' Role at Tradier
Tradier, a provider of cloud-based brokerage infrastructure platforms and applications, has hired Craig Russell as senior vice president of product and chief evangelist to lead the vendor's sales, marketing and client and partner engagement activities…
Interactive Data Adds Bloomberg Open Symbology
The pricing and data services company joins a growing number of providers offering Bloomberg's securities identification system
Interactive Data Adds MT Newswires' US, Canada News to Market-Q Desktop, App
Interactive Data has integrated US and Canadian news and analysis from MT Newswires─a division of Midnight Trader─into its Market-Q web-based data terminal and its accompanying Market-Q Mobile platform.
Pastro To Lead Development At Interactive Data
Interactive Data has hired Al Pastro, previously a managing director at Morgan Stanley, to oversee product technology initiatives
Interactive Data Names Brown, Pastro to Senior Roles
Interactive Data last month appointed Sean Brown as president of its 7Ticks low-latency infrastructure unit in Chicago and Al Pastro as chief information officer of application development, based in New York.
Cox Supports IDC, Pace Metrics as Independent Consultant
Matthew Cox has set up his own consultancy firm, MJC Data Management Solutions, and is supporting Interactive Data with the roll-out of a price validation tool
Data Vet Maclay Joins Social Market Analytics
Naperville, Illinois-based Social Market Analytics, a provider of trading signals based on social media sentiment, has hired Jim Maclay as director of sales in New York, reporting to chief executive Joe Gits.
Interactive Data Responds to Asia Demand
The pricing and data services provider rolled out a new version of its Vantage platform responding to Asia-Pacific clients' need for bonds and swaps data from other global regions
Interactive Data Deploys Vantage Pricing Platform in Asia
Interactive Data has begun rolling out the latest version of its web-based Vantage fixed income price discovery and evaluated pricing application to clients in the Asia-Pacific region, after adding content during 2013 in response to feedback on client…
Hausman to Lead IDC Ref Data as Hepsworth Heads to Europe
Andrew Hausman has been appointed president of pricing and reference data at Interactive Data, as Mark Hepsworth leaves the role to head the company's business in Europe
IDC Adds BCG FX, IRS Rates to OTC Data
Interactive Data will this week make pricing data for foreign exchange and interest rate contracts from interdealer broker BGC Partners available via its Consolidated Feed of data from more than 450 exchanges and over-the-counter sources worldwide, as…
Industry Optimistic for Innovation in 2014
At the start of the New Year, it’s customary to say goodbye to the past year and look ahead to the opportunities and challenges of the next. In keeping with this theme, Inside Market Data asks vendors what they expect to drive or hinder innovation in the…
Complexity or Simplicity - The Data Quality Question
Those seeking to increase data quality, cope with new identifier standards or meet the mandates laid out by Europe's new market infrastructure regulation, are looking at how to reduce the complexity of the methods designed to meet simple goals
Max Bowie: Cost, Regs, Volumes, Analytics to Drive Data Innovation in 2014
With economic woes hampering innovation in recent years, Max says the winds of change blowing from different directions may create a perfect storm of pressures that force the industry to consider new options in 2014.
Interactive Data Bows Web Data Usage Analytics Toolkit
Interactive Data is launching a new suite of web analytics tools designed to help financial and media organizations roll out tailor-made investment products and tools by tracking and analyzing how users navigate their websites, and leverage "crowd data"…
IDC's Doe: Internalization, Collaboration, Electronification to Drive Innovation in 2014
With new regulations and more liquidity pools requiring increased data processing and storage, Emmanuel Doe, president of Interactive Data's Trading Solutions group, outlines how the industry can turn challenges into opportunities to leverage new…