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Powell exits Thomson Reuters
Data industry sales and management veteran leaves 20-year role
Thomson Reuters is making its Matching data feed 10 times faster
Frequency of updates on currency pairs to rise to 25 milliseconds
Fluent rolls out EBS Live Ultra connectivity
The low-latency provider starts connecting EBS BrokerTec clients to the data feed it launched last month
EBS launches Live Ultra data feed
Participation criteria set at $200 million of price maker orders as minimum and requires participants to act as makers at least 40% of the time
Beeks launches self-service portal for buying connectivity
Beeks Marketplace allows institutional clients to find and purchase connectivity. The UK-based provider plans to add third-party products to its offering at later date
Market data is the new battleground in FX
Innovation in the space has been lagging for years, despite high costs, but challengers are now emerging
Colt races ahead with North American expansion
The firm plans to hire a regional head by the end of September
Thomson Reuters and CME to integrate messaging systems
The combined user base of the two will bring together some 300,000 market participants
CLS to offer aggregated FX trade data via Quandl platform
The partnership will enable subscribers to access hourly, daily and monthly reports
Best Transaction Cost Analysis Provider: New Change FX
Independence and data security score a win for the firm as it rolls out TCA app
Best e-Surveillance Solution Provider: b-next
The benchmark scandal fallout and MAR powers demand for surveillance and monitoring, despite the cost
Best Bank Algorithmic Trading Technology Provider: BNP Paribas
Fourth-generation algos provide access to the data the strategy uses during execution for maximum control
Dairy demand data available for FX traders for first time
Global Dairy Trade publishes data that is often behind Kiwi dollar moves
Symphony CEO: we help banks and regulators with compliance
Bank-backed messaging tool solves cyber-security and financial data-ownership issues
New Change FX rolls out TCA app
It's possible to compare algo performance, says company chief
Icap buys hedge fund analytics platform
An investor in Enso Financial Analytics since 2013, the interdealer broker aims to broaden its fintech presence
Thomson Reuters buys full control of WM/R
The firm now owns State Street Corp subsidiary The World Markets Company and with it the FX benchmark
IHS set to merge with Markit
IHS Markit will be headquartered in London; the transaction has an implied value of $13 billion
Xignite aims to stabilise corporates' FX data sourcing
The data provider will supply FX rates to customers on Oracle Marketplace to enable more accurate global financial reporting
Jerome and Eggleston launch technology start-up
Former Morgan Stanley managing directors set up TCA and analytics firm
EBS BrokerTec set to move to 1ms data updates
The new FX market data feed is expected to reduce update intervals to 1ms and will become available in the summer
TCA requires standard benchmark and practices
The quest for a universal way of measuring execution quality continues
FXCM study underlines segregated pricing advantages
Retail clients gain better or equal prices than on interbank and futures platforms more than 90% of the time
New Change FX provides mid-market rate data to RBS
The information provides RBS customers with an independent way to measure the cost of their trades