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Broadridge Releases Cloud-based Data Control Solution Set
Broadridge Financial Solutions has released a cloud-based data control solution set designed to help financial firms address the operational challenges of managing the lifecycle of transaction data. The solution set combines Broadridge’s reconciliation and matching solution with enhanced data analytics, multi-bank connectivity and flexible financial messaging. The aim of the solutions is to provide an…
New and Established Firms Take Opposing Views on ESMA Market Data Consultation
Newer financial markets firms and FinTech companies have come out strongly in favour of regulatory action on market data within the EU. In contrast, some more established players are taking the view that little or no action is needed, and any issues are the fault of the regulator in the first place. These, and other…
Transaction Network Services Adds Euronext Derivatives Market Data Service
Transaction Network Services (TNS) continues to build out its electronic trading solutions and services portfolio, and meet growing demand for market data, through an agreement to become a vendor of record for Euronext derivatives market data. TNS says its fully managed Euronext derivatives market data service allows market participants to lower the cost of accessing…
Bloomberg Adds Equity Benchmarks, Introduces ESG Index Family
Bloomberg has added US equity benchmark capabilities to its existing set of fixed income, commodity and currency indices. The move is a response to investor requests and designed to help existing index clients meet their needs across a wider range of asset classes. The equity offering includes the Bloomberg US Large Cap Index (ticker: B500)…
Best Execution: Putting your Worst Foot Forward?
By Justin Lyon, Founder and CEO of Simudyne. Increased regulatory pressure has raised the bar for both sell-side brokers and investment managers. In Europe, MiFID II increased responsibility on sell-side firms, with the directive ratcheting up the prevention, detection and containment of algorithms that might behave in an unintended manner and contribute to disorderly trading…
Pico Appoints Former ITG CEO Francis J. Troise to Board of Directors
Pico has appointed former Investment Technology Group (ITG) CEO Francis J. Troise to its board of directors with the remit to support the company’s growth and innovation. The addition of Troise follows Pico’s recent acquisition of Corvil, which created a powerhouse combining Pico’s managed trading technology services and Corvil’s monitoring services and real-time performance analytics….
London Stock Exchange Rejects $37 Billion Acquisition Bid from Hong Kong Exchange
The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has rejected the $37 billion conditional acquisition proposal made by Hong King Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) to acquire the entire share capital of the London exchange last week saying it has ‘fundamental concerns about the key aspects of the conditional proposal’. These include the strategy, deliverability, form of consideration…
Bloomberg Extends Availability of B-PIPE in the AWS Cloud to Europe and Asia
Bloomberg is replicating the US release of its B-PIPE real-time market data feed in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud in Europe and Asia. While a few clients are in production and others are working to get up and running in the US, Bloomberg is testing B-PIPE in the cloud in Tokyo and London with…
Vela Expands on Plans to Extend Reach of SuperFeed and Add New Data Types
Vela’s investment in its SuperFeed market data feed will extend the feed’s reach and add new data types, but what is the rationale behind the roadmap? We caught up with Vela CEO Jen Nayar to find out more. While SuperFeed already delivers high-quality normalised real-time market data and offers a blend of fast delivery and…
EOSE Responds to Financial Firms’ Growing Interest in Monetising Data
EOSE, a specialist services firm set up a year ago to help financial institutions commercialise their market data, has clocked up its fifth client, the Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX), the largest derivatives exchange in the Middle East. EOSE will support the exchange in enhancing the market data segment of its business, while the…