Exchanges & Trading Venues
Academics use granular data for futures market predictions
Researchers at NYU’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences are using granular futures data from BMLL for research on less-covered futures markets.
Waters Wrap: How the LSEG-MayStreet tie-up might change the buy/build debate
Anthony looks at some of the questions that came up from industry participants in the wake of the LSEG-MayStreet deal.
LSEG-MayStreet: From direct feeds revamp to reg tools, industry sources outline rationale for deal
The acquisition of the 10-year-old vendor will give the exchange group high-quality market data, low-latency direct feeds, and packet-capture capabilities, experts say.
Court thwarts exchanges’ petition to head off market data threat
The DC appeals court has denied a petition to void a rule that seeks to bring competition to the US consolidated tapes.
Is an EMS an exchange? Vendors alarmed by scope of Reg ATS amendments
Some industry participants are worried that proposed amendments to Regulation ATS could see the trading perimeter expanded to include a wide array of messaging systems.
This Week: Deutsche Bank/FinLync, State Street/Paxos, Glue42/AllianceBernstein & More
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
In the world of financial data, context—not content—is the new king
For years, the mantra of the market data world has been ‘content is king.’ But with trading strategies now more dependent on being able to see the big picture, the value of context could quickly overtake the data itself.
This Week: Goldman Sachs, MSCI/MarketAxess, Cboe/ErisX, & more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
This Week: Ice, SS&C/Morningstar, Deutsche Börse/DataBP, RBC & More
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
Cboe completes integrations of triple acquisition, turns focus on risk and analytics
In 2020, Cboe Global Markets acquired three businesses in rapid succession. Two years later, the tech stack integrations are complete, and the now-combined entities make up the majority of the exchange’s rebranded Risk and Market Analytics Group.
Waters Wavelength Podcast: Nasdaq’s Dague on exchange cloud strategy
Bill Dague, head of alternative data at Nasdaq, joins the podcast to discuss the forces driving exchanges to the cloud.
Exchanges, vendors reinvent inventory management platforms to enable sales
Data sources are realizing they can leverage end-user inventory management tools to streamline their side of the data sales and licensing process.
This Week: Ice, FCA, HSBC, UBS & more
A summary of the latest financial technology news.
House bill looks to back up SEC market data efforts
Congress is stepping into the US equity market data debate as the DC Circuit Court of Appeals considers dismissing the SEC’s initiatives.
Shaking things up in the dark: Vendors build new tools for dark-pool trading in Asia-Pacific
New conditional order venues could bring more liquidity and sophistication to dark pool trading in the region.
Euronext’s datacenter move on schedule despite supply chain issues
Despite chip and hardware shortages, the exchange group says it is on track to go live with the new datacenter on June 6.
In the race to institutionalize crypto, participants eye familiar tech ‘wrappers’ for new assets
Despite the development of digital assets overall, and interest in cryptocurrencies remaining strong among individual investors and niche firms, widespread institutional adoption remains muted. Wei-Shen Wong looks at the tools being developed to support…
If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em: The inexorable march of exchange data fees
Following IEX’s decision to begin charging nominal fees for its market data, Memx is the last one standing not yet charging for data. Max asks whether it will follow suit, or whether any exchange will be brave enough to take a stance on unpopular data…
Slow burn to a big bang: How the new wave of tech is changing market data platforms
For decades, market data platforms have been critical components of financial firms’ trading infrastructures. But with changing user needs and emerging technologies gaining ground, will the platforms of the past be replaced by upstart challengers—or can…
Disrupting data delivery: AWS Data Exchange gains ground with addition of FactSet content
Leveraging AWS’s presence on Wall Street, Data Exchange has the potential to shake up traditional financial data delivery and contracts, if it can add relevant content and overcome challenges like real-time streaming and connectivity in the cloud.
FactSet EMS adds fixed-income trading capabilities
Portware is already integrated with fixed-income electronic trading platform Trumid, as well as Tradeweb, MarketAxess, and Bloomberg.
Nasdaq rolls out new fixed-income trade surveillance alerts
The vendor is introducing additional alerts for trade surveillance to help tailor its solution for OTC fixed income.
Waters Wrap: Nasdaq, Quandl and the next phase of the alt data craze
Anthony looks at how Nasdaq's Quandl strategy ties into other trends spreading through the market.
ASX goes live with new DLT-as-a-service platform
Synfini enables customers to access the exchange’s DLT infrastructure, data hosting, ledger services, and support.