Alliances, Mergers & Acquisitions
Rimes Adds Best Credit Data Muni, Corporate Prices to Managed Services
Rimes clients worldwide will be able to access Best Credit Data's municipal and corporate bond data via Rimes' managed services.
Infront Adds Freedom Index Data
Infront will roll out the indexes to more than 12,00 clients, free of charge.
CBOE Makes Minority Investment in Eris Exchange, Announces Partnership
CBOE and Eris will develop product solutions aimed at Basell III and other swaps regulations.
FactSet Sells Research Arms to Asset International
FactSet will use the $165 million sale to extend its share repurchase program by $165 million.
Activ Plans to Leverage Prime Analytics to Help Fill Gaps in Data Coverage
Demand from Prime Analytics' global client base for niche regional markets will give Activ the impetus to pursue exchange data that would otherwise be uneconomical to carry.
Icap Renamed NEX Group
Name change will go into effect after deal with Tullet Prebon is completed later this year.
Euronext's Price of Independence
Euronext will soon find itself up against an exchange powerhouse and has established an M&A war chest to bolster its options.
Exegy, Neeve Ally for Data-Driven Trade App Builder
The alliance will enable users to leverage Exegy's data in trading platforms built using Neeve's technology.
CSC Fixnetix Adds Sales Capacity to Spur Growth
Since being acquired, Fixnetix has added a raft of experienced sales executives to its team in New York, London and Tokyo.
Broadridge Acquires Dojima, Adds to GPTM Solution
Dojima adds its derivatives clearing solution to expand Broadridge’s GPTM.
Jefferies Parent Leucadia Snaps Up ITG's Research Arm
Leucadia has paid $12 million for the business that ITG bought for $56 million six years ago.
SR Labs Unveils Low-Bandwidth Feed to Reach Users Outside Financial Hubs
SR Labs' new Compressed Data Feed will allow the vendor to reach potential clients in regions outside primary financail centers, where high-bandwidth circuits may not be readily available.
Style Research, Morningstar Ally on Fund Comparison Tool
The Peer Insights tool will allow investors to compare similar funds at a more granular level.
Money.Net, Mergent Partner for Affordable Academic Data Access
The vendors are expanding their university programs by providing content and tools at a lower price point than premium terminals, officials say.
Incapture Taps USAM to Grow Developer Data Platform
USAM will pormote Incapture's platform to its network of contacts among end-user firms.
Infinigon Adds Echo to Eikon
The vendor's social media analytics platform will be available as a third-party application on Thomson Reuters' Eikon desktop.
Broadridge Offers New Partner Program
Ira Newman, formerly of Informatica Software, to head up the new offering.
Thomson Reuters Taps FD-Kx for Velocity Analytics
The vendor will use First Derivatives' Kx technology to provide the underlying analytics and data management for Velocity.
Almax Nets Funding to Grow Analytics Platform
Officials say the funding will help the vendor to enhance and grow its platform while working with early adopters.
SGX Readies Research Deals to Support New Indexes
The Singapore Exchange is to partner with several research providers as it looks to expand its index services and raise its profile as a custom index calculation engine.
Euronext Inks Data Deals with Three Chinese Vendors
The deals will bring Euronext data to more than 100 million Chinese investors in their local language.
Calypso President: Acquisition Means Greater Focus on Technology
Partner of acquiring firm expects double-digit growth out of Calypso going forward.
FactSet Integrates IDC's Continuous Evaluated Pricing and Liquidity Indicators Services
Intercontinental Exchange data subsidiary Interactive Data is making its continuous evaluated fixed-income pricing (CEP) and liquidity indicators services available to customers of FactSet Research Systems, a provider of financial data and software to…
Calypso Technology Acquired by 2 Private Equity Firms
Bridgepoint and Summit Partners to purchase the San Francisco-based vendor.