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OFR Runs Challenge Series to Solve Problem of Matching Entity Identifiers
The Office of Financial Research (OFR) is running a series of challenges designed to develop automated technologies that could solve the problem of matching entity identifiers from different sources and, in particular, make it easier to link entity identifiers from diverse sources to the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI). Results of the first challenge will be…
Jonathan Clark to Leave Citisoft and Join Pentagon Consulting
Jonathan Clark will leave Citisoft, the buy-side consultancy he cofounded 30 years ago and sold to Tech Mahindra in 2005, at the end of this month and take up the role of CEO at Pentagon Consulting Group, also a buy-side specialist, at the start of next month. At Citisoft, Clark and his colleagues grew the…
Redline Adds Eurex EOBI Order Book Support To its Fast Market Data Solution
Underscoring the important role of Eurex to European markets in general, Redline Trading Solutions has added a feed handler using Eurex’s Enhanced Order Book Interface (Eurex EOBI) protocol. The EOBI interface offers faster access to Eurex order book data, helping firms to respond more rapidly to changes on Eurex whether they are trading in the…
Alacra Adds OusideIQ Automated Due Diligence Reports to Compliance Platform
Alacra has added OutsideIQ’s DDIQ automated due diligence reports to its Alacra-On-Demand research fulfilment service and will add the reports to its Alacra Compliance Enterprise client onboarding solution later this year. OutsideIQ’s DDIQ reports are based on algo searches of the web and open source corporate data, complementing Alacra’s searches of licensed data services and…
Kx Systems Enhances kdb+ with Encryption and Google Snappy Compression
Kx Systems, a subsidiary of First Derivatives and supplier of high performance data management and analytics technology, has released version 3.4 of its kdb+ database with the inclusion of encryption, an additional compression algorithm and the latest upgrade of Microsoft’s Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) interface. The additions in release Kx v3.4 are a response to…
The IDX Roadshow Rolls into Town
June in London means it’s time for IDX – the International Derivatives Expo, the Futures Industry Association’s conference focusing on regulatory and technology issues facing that particular segment of the marketplace. We managed to stop by and say hi to some friends and clients, and savour the atmosphere of this microcosm of the Chicago market….
Intelligent Trading Summit Discusses Aspects of Optimal Performance
Regulation, optimal execution, intelligent trading solutions, high performance technologies and emerging capabilities including machine learning, sentiment analysis and predictive analytics were at the top of the agenda at A-Team Group’s Intelligent Trading Summit in New York City. Setting the scene for the summit, keynotes from Kevin O’Hara, senior advisor to the National Stock Exchange, and…
Interactive Data Integrates APEX with Asset Control EDM Platform
Interactive Data is working with a number of enterprise data management (EDM) vendors to integrate its APEX pricing and reference data delivery platform with EDM solutions. The first integration is with Asset Control’s AC Plus platform. The integration of APEX and AC Plus uses an APEX specific connector that adds to Asset Control’s suite of…
A-Team Webinar Discusses the SmartStream RDU With its Three Founding Banks
The reference data utility model is gaining traction with some firms joining SmartStream’s Reference Data Utility (RDU) and others building their own internal solutions, but whatever the selected solution, the overarching interest is in improving data quality and reducing the cost of data management. The establishment and development of the SmartStream RDU by SmartStream and…
Mondrian Investment Partners Uses Curium to Improve Data Control and Quality
Mondrian Investment Partners has renewed its data management environment with the implementation of Curium Data Systems’ platform. The implementation took three months from initiation to go live early this year and provides Mondrian with control of its security master process and data quality management within its investment operations. The investment manager previously worked with an…