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Datafeed Dilemma
Q: When is a datafeed not a datafeed? A: When it’s a datafeed handler. When we were compiling our wonderful report Faster Than A Speeding Bullet: Low Latency Architectures And Building Blocks For Tomorrow’s Trading Applications, we included profiles of vendors who sell datafeed handlers. At first, we left out Reuters Data Feed Direct because…
The New Cross-Asset Trading Challenge
The traditional separation of asset classes into distinct business organizations with incompatible trading systems is an idea whose time has ended. Today the growing quest to automate every variety of asset trading – and in so doing to make possible the trading of assets among different classes – has created a growing business case for…
A-Team Group Scores James Hartley as VP of Research
A-Team Group has hired James Hartley as vice president of research. Prior to joining A-Team, Hartley spent four years as chief technologist at the Software Information Industry Association/Financial Information Services Division (SIIA/FISD). While there, he developed and supported MDDL – the Market Data Definition Language – and facilitated the global conversation on securities processing automation….
CMA Bags Investment Banking Veteran Jav Bose for QuoteVision
CMA, the credit information specialist, has named Jav Bose as director of product management for CMA’s price discovery service, CMA QuoteVision. Bose has nearly 20 years’ experience in trading and technology, working for investment banks including Calyon, Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank, UBS and HSBC.
… As IDC Hires Andrew McLean as VP, Third Party Content
Interactive Data Corporation has appointed Andrew McLean vice president of third party content. McLean, most recently global head, third party content at Reuters, will be responsible for developing and leading global data procurement and vendor and exchange relationships across Interactive Data.
Steven Crane Resigns from Interactive Data…
Steven Crane, president of Interactive Data Corporation’s Pricing and Reference Data business, has resigned to accept a position as chief financial officer of a publicly traded, Massachusetts-based company outside the financial information industry. Stuart Clark, Interactive Data’s president and chief executive officer, will temporarily assume Crane’s position as president of the company’s Pricing and Reference…
COR FS Revamps Salerio for Improved Ref Data Management
COR Financial Solutions (FS) has unveiled a new release of its Salerio post-trade exception management solution which includes a new user interface, enhanced search capabilities and easier navigation around standing data tables, designed to make reference data easier to manage. According to Lee Runciman, head of business development at COR FS, standing settlement instruction (SSI)…
Reuters to Lose Enterprise Information Head Kevin Bradshaw
In a move that has caught the reference data community by surprise, Kevin Bradshaw has resigned his role as global head of Enterprise Information at Reuters and will leave the company shortly. It is understood Bradshaw is moving to a different industry. Reuters offers no comment yet on whether he will be replaced by an…
Who’s Ready for SEPA? By Andrew Foulds, head of client services, CB.Net
As the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) deadline looms, there is a sense of panic growing among organisations, many of which are not prepared for the significant changes that will be required for payment processes. While corporates may be aware of the EU Directive and SEPA’s impending 2008 deadline, many have yet to devise a…
Mellon, Eagle, Telekurs Team up To Integrate VDF into PACE
Mellon Financial has selected the Valordata Feed (VDF) from Telekurs Financial as part of its enterprise-wide global reference data infrastructure. Mellon is using VDF to integrate a range of securities reference data – including security descriptions, ID cross-reference and corporate actions – into Mellon’s Eagle PACE data management platform, provided by Mellon subsidiary Eagle Investment…