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Reuters Enterprise Data Likely to Be Reference Data Force Post-Merger
Thomson Corp.’s agreed acquisition of Reuters, which remains subject to regulatory approvals, would essentially ‘reverse’ Reuters into Thomson Financial, creating a financial information business larger than current market leader Bloomberg (Market Data Insight, May 2007). Following the proposed merger – which envisages Reuters CEO Tom Glocer taking the helm of the overall Thomson-Reuters corporation and…
Interactive Data Leverages Pricing, Reference Data for MiFID Offer
Interactive Data Corp is leveraging the assets of its Pricing and Reference Data unit, as well as those of its Real-Time Services group, to offer a range of services aimed at helping clients meet their obligations under the EU’s Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID). Interactive Data believes its real-time and reference data services units…
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SmartCo, a French software house, and Telekurs Financial have integrated Telekurs’ Valordata Feed (VDF) data flow into SmartCo’s Smart Financial Data Hub. Smart Financial Data Hub is designed to enable centralised data management, data quality control, access authorisation, real-time data analysis and the management of multi-contributor functionality. “We are always interested in interfacing our data…
CMA Rolls Out Full Term Structures for CMA DataVision
CMA has enhanced CMA DataVision, its same-day consensus-based price verification data service for CDS, indices and tranches. Working with several clients and a team of industry experts, CMA says it has developed a multi-step modelling process to enable it to derive price points and generate a full-term structure with a high degree of accuracy. Using…
Interactive Data Closes Acquisition Of Xcitek Market Data
Interactive Data Corporation has closed the acquisition of the assets comprising the market data division of Xcitek and the market data assets of its affiliate Xcitax for $25.3 million in cash (Reference Data Review, March and April 2007). As part of the initial integration efforts, Xcitek’s services will be marketed as Interactive Data Xcitek.
CMA Appoints Peter Vitale Vice President, Sales
CMA, the credit information specialist, has appointed Peter Vitale as vice president, sales for its credit market pricing data (CMA DataVision) and intraday services (CMA QuoteVision). Vitale, previously head of sales at GFI’s Data & Analytics North America Division, will be based in New York, charged with responsibility for sales and account management globally.
Netik, Thomson Ally to Take On Single Vendor Accounting/Data Players
Financial data warehouse provider Netik and Thomson Financial have teamed to integrate Thomson Portia and Netik InterView, in order to provide investment managers with what the partners say is a best of breed solution for investment accounting, data management and reporting. According to the two vendors, while firms have historically been limited to a single…
Data Explorers Expands Client Relationship Management Team
Securities lending data provider Data Explorers has expanded its London and Boston sales and client services teams. Colette Vernon joins the CRM team in London, and Stephanie Le Blanc joins the Boston team, both reporting to Lucy McIntosh, head of client services. Vernon previously spent more than five years at Clearstream Banking as a senior…
Thomson, Reuters Boards Agree to Combination Transaction
The boards of Thomson and Reuters have agreed to combine the two groups, and intend to recommend the transaction to their shareholders. Woodbridge, the Thomson family holding company which controls some 70 per cent of Thomson, has irrevocably committed to vote in favour of the transaction, and the Reuters Founders Share Company, which controls a…
Standard & Poor’s Appoints Burleigh Head of Sales EMEA
Standard & Poor’s has hired Damian Burleigh as head of sales and client service in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Burleigh, previously vice president, sales, Europe for S&P in London, will be responsible for sales and client relationships across Standard & Poor’s range of products and services.