Indexes
BATS Inks Index Data Distribution Deals
The exchange aims for its commercial policies to position its indexes against long-established incumbent providers.
T3Index Readies Volatility Index Family
Officials say derivatives based on the indexes will provide a direct way to invest in volatility.
Morningstar Makes Indexes Free for Benchmarking
Members of the project's advisory council say indexes are a top-five data cost, yet factors such as switching costs and brand recognition deter them from changing suppliers.
UPDATE: Reference, Market Data Issues Delay Euronext Derivatives Trading
Euronext's derivatives markets spent more than two hours offline as a result of market data dissemination and reference data issues.
Data Issues Delay Euronext Trading
Euronext's derivatives spent more than two hours offline as a result of market data dissemination and reference data issues.
Rimes Boots Up Benchmark Data-Tracking Workstations
The two new workstations will help firms analyze benchmark indexes, as well as their usage of benchmark data to comply with vendor licenses and new regulations.
CBOE Agrees $3.2B BATS Buy to Boost ‘Non-Transactional' Data, Index Revenues
The acquisition will significantly increase the share of CBOE's revenues that do not depend directly on transactions.
Euronext Adds Derivatives, Indexes to Historical Service
Euronext will offer the expanded historical data free of charge for three months, before introducing fees at the start of next year.
Trendrating Unveils ‘Portfolio Momentum Rating’ for Aggregated Portfolio Analysis
The new capability enables fund managers to rate their portfolio by momentum to indetify underperforming stocks and ETFs.
Bloomberg Vows to Expand Barclays Index Unit Post-Acquisition, Keep Index Data Free
The vendor says it has been talking with clients to address any concerns about the transition of the index assets acquired from Barclays.
StatPro Rolls Out Faster Analytics Engines
The vendor is employing new technologies and processes to improve processing speeds of its analytics.
Platts, Cetip Ally for Brazil Derivatives Indexes
The indexes will allow market participants in Brazil to price OTC commodity derivatives contracts against S&P benchmark prices.
CBOE, SMA Launch Social Media Sentiment Indexes
CBOE will calculate a series of social media sentiment-based indexes based on SMA's sentiment data.
Markit Bows Infrastructure Bond Index
The new indexes will provide a benchmark for tracking the performance of infrastructure investments, via companies in the energy, telecoms, transportation and utilities sectors.
Thomson Reuters, HKEx Ally on RMB Indexes
Officials say the indexes will help investors make better decisions when trading the Chinese currency.
CBOE Taps SMA for 'Social' Benchmark Indexes
CBOE will use SMA's social media-based metrics to develop a range of indexes to help investors identify potential trades.
BATS UK Index Series Takes Flight
Officials say the indexes will help investors make better-informed trading decisions, while offering an affordable alternative to existing indexes.
Euronext Preps Fee-Free European Indexes
Euronext will not charge firms to license the indexes, providing that they are using the indexes to create new investment products.
LSE, Deutsche Börse Outline Role of Data, Indexes in Merger Deal
Information services and indexes are expected to contribute 25 percent of the merged exchange group's revenues, five years after the merger is complete.
Nikkei Introduces First Fees for Nikkei 225 Index
Some end users say Nikkei's decision to introduce fees for the index and its data after more than 60 years may impact their use of the index.
Infront Adds Freedom Index Data
Infront will roll out the indexes to more than 12,00 clients, free of charge.
Nasdaq Readies First ‘Lab-Grown’ Analytics
Though still under wraps, the exchange is preparing to launch five data products developed by the recently created innovation lab unit.
NYSE Experiences Index Calculation Glitch
The exchange resolved the technical issue early Tuesday morning.
FTSE Russell Preps ‘Green Economy’ Data Model
The division tackles the challenges of not just Big Data but "Big Green Data" to create a data model to underly "green" indexes and investments.