Data and analytics provider BMLL has added Options Price Reporting Authority data to its offerings, a response to market participants that want less expensive, cloud-based solutions to access the OPRA data within their workflows, officials say. BMLL’s data offerings include historical Level 3, 2, and 1 data and analytics across equity, ETFs, and futures markets…. Read More >>
AB Bolsters Funds Data Ops via Expansion Project
Asset manager AllianceBernstein has expanded its usage of BBH Infomediary Data Solutions across its fund operations to achieve data consistency, better production cycle times, customized data tagging, and improved data transparency, officials say. BBH Infomediary Data Solutions, a part of the private bank Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (BBH), offers data integration and connectivity services…. Read More >>
Vanguard Applies Blockchain to Index Data Sharing Woes
Giant money manager Vanguard is using blockchain/distributed ledger technology (DLT) to minimize the risk and data mismatches that can sometimes complicate index data sharing processes. Vanguard is not working alone but via partnerships with the Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP), a provider of historical databases, and vendor Symbiont, maker of smart contracts based… Read More >>
2018 Predictions: Expect More Madness via MiFID II & Disruptors
(Editor’s Note: The major concerns about MiFID II compliance, which officially began January 3, will be ongoing throughout 2018. But these market reforms from the European Union will have to share the spotlight with the emerging trends also dubbed as “disruptors,” and we offer a sampling of opinions about them in this final installment in… Read More >>
BNP Paribas Joins trueEX SEF
French banking giant BNP Paribas has joined the trueEX swap execution facility (SEF) offering its derivatives clients the ability to leverage direct clearing, broad support of global currencies, and low-cost execution of interest rate swaps via the trueFIX application programming interface (API) platform, officials say. In particular, the trueFIX API “provides asset managers and institutional… Read More >>
