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Navigating the Future of Cloud-Based Market Data Delivery Solutions

Market data infrastructure’s transition to the cloud has gathered significant pace recently, driven by the growing recognition of benefits such as enhanced accessibility, flexible distribution, superior scalability, increased efficiency, and the potential for considerable cost reductions in both sourcing and managing data. As use cases for market data in the cloud grow, notably in areas…

Redefining Interoperability: Behind the Glue42 and Finsemble Merger

Introduction The competitive landscape in the field of desktop interoperability has long been dominated by three key players: Glue42, Finsemble, and OpenFin. The recently announced merger of Glue42 and Finsemble to form a new company, interop.io, heralds the beginning of a new chapter in the fast evolving interoperability and desktop integration space. The rationale behind…

Are Capital Markets Firms Really Benefitting From Cloud?

By Mike Powell, CEO, Rapid Addition. In our earlier blogs (here and here), we discussed the factors driving increased adoption of cloud technology by capital markets firms seeking to benefit from potential efficiencies. But what do their real-world experiences look like? And are firms realizing the benefits promised by cloud vendors? It may be difficult…

C. Hoare & Co. Deploys Integral to Enhance FX Services

C. Hoare & Co., the UK’s oldest privately-owned bank, has deployed cloud-based SaaS FX technology from Integral, the currency technology provider, to offer competitive FX rates and market liquidity access to its business and personal account customers. By providing the bank with liquidity aggregation, an FX pricing engine and API distribution to customers, Integral is…

Recorded Webinar: Market Data in the Cloud: Fuelling the next generation of data delivery solutions

Moving market data and infrastructure to the cloud has accelerated in recent years as financial firms have acknowledged the benefits of data accessibility, scalability, efficiency and the possibility of reducing sometimes sky-high costs of sourcing and managing the data. Market data in the cloud also offers a low-cost development environment and is finding use case…

How to Make the Most of Market Data

The challenges of sourcing, managing and monitoring market data are well rehearsed, but solutions are emerging as financial institutions zero in on their requirements, and data vendors respond. Short term, cost, coverage, accuracy, user rights and compliance are key concerns. Longer term, new approaches to market data such as pay-as-you-go pricing, packaged data and software…

Cboe Europe Indices Now Included in BMLL Data Suite

Level 3 data and analytics provider BMLL has announced the integration of Cboe Europe Indices into its product suite, enhancing its existing Cboe historical data coverage for Europe, US, and Japan. This strategic move furthers BMLL’s commitment to expanding its data coverage for the benefit of global market participants. BMLL’s clients, ranging from banks and…

What’s Driving Capital Markets’ Growing Interest in Cloud?

By Mike Powell, CEO, Rapid Addition. As we pointed out in our last blog, after an extended period of reticence – based mainly on sensitivities around latency, security, and privacy – capital markets trading firms are finally joining the rest of the digital world by exploring how cloud can help their business and streamline or…

Murex Offers Cloud Connectivity via AWS to LSEG’s Real-Time Data Services

Murex, the trading, risk and processing solutions provider for capital markets, has added a cloud hosting and delivery option for clients seeking to integrate real-time data from the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) with its MX.3 trading and risk management platform. Using the new capability, customers will be able to access LSEG’s Real-Time Optimized solution…

Principal Financial Group Selects QUODD’s Universe+ for Tailored Market Data Access

QUODD, a market data on demand provider for the global financial services sector, has announced that Principal Financial Group has become part of its growing client base for the Universe+ platform. Universe+ is an API-driven, cloud-based solution offering comprehensive security pricing, reference data, and analytics across all asset classes, including mutual fund, equities, and fixed…