MarketAxess, which operates an electronic trading platform and provides market data and post-trade services, has hired Scott Eaton to be the new chief operating officer (COO) of MarketAxxess Europe and Trax, its market data subsidiary. In his new role Eaton will oversee business operations for Europe, and he will be focused on “further growing the… Read More >>
Xignite Offers Free Data to FinTech Sandbox
Xignite, a provider of cloud-based financial market data, reports that it will be a no-cost data provider for FinTech Sandbox, a Boston-based non-profit that brings together data providers, financial institutions and start-up entrepreneurs in a six-month program. Other data providers, all of which have agreed to provide Sandbox participants with free access to market data… Read More >>
Interactive Data Revamps Fixed-Income Content
Market and reference data vendor Interactive Data Corp. (IDC) has completed “an extensive upgrade to its North American fixed-income reference data content,” say company officials. The content is available on IDC’s Apex platform. “Interactive Data has invested in and enhanced our reference data platform to empower firms to reduce their total cost of ownership and… Read More >>
Market Data Vendor Management 101
Regulatory reform, competitive pressures and the need to optimize data across the enterprise are pushing custodians, service providers, consultants and securities firms to constantly refine their reference data management strategies. As their strategies evolve, all players in the operations matrix will have to hone their relationships with their market data vendors, which should be collaborative… Read More >>
