Post-trade services provider Clearstream, which is part of Deutsche Börse Group, and HedgePole, a well-established specialist service and technology provider for hedge funds price and reference data, have entered into a cooperation agreement to provide the market with enhanced alternative
FlexTrade has integrated Dataminr, a specialist in AI and machine learning, into the FlexTRADER EMS to create a global macro news alert feed within the FlexTRADER interface based on criteria pre-selected by the trader. “With MiFID II on the horizon, the requirement
Thomson Reuters has added additional research management and search capabilities to its flagship desktop product, Eikon aimed at meeting the challenges of MiFID II requirements, set to be implemented on 3 January, 2018. Launched and incorporated into Eikon this year,
DC Thomson is partnering with Electronic Research Interchange (ERIC) to develop its bespoke investment research offering for the post-MiFID II world. This transaction will see DC Thomson acquire a material stake in ERIC. 

 The partnership will enable ERIC to
Nasdaq is to acquire eVestment, an industry leading content and analytics provider used by asset managers, investment consultants and asset owners to help facilitate institutional investment decisions. The acquisition is expected to deliver attractive shareholder returns with a combination of
Wedbush Securities was founded in 1955, and is one of the largest providers of small and midcap equity research in the US. The research team sits within Wedbush Capital Markets group and has particular expertise in market sectors that include:
Active asset management company J O Hambro Capital Management (JOHCM) is to directly pay for external research used by its fund management teams when the reforms to the EU’s Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (known as MiFID II) come into
Harmonate has appointed Kevin Walkup as CEO, as the firm looks to accelerate its data operations platform for fund administration.“We are seeing a historic evolution in fund administration from a professional services model, to a fundstech model driven by data
FENICS Market Data, the Market Data division of BGC Partners (BGCP), is to exclusively provide China Credit BGC Money Broking Company Limited’s (CCT-BGC) Chinese market data products to global clients. Through this agreement, FENICS Market Data is becoming the sole
HFR reports that hedge fund industry capital increased to a fourth consecutive quarterly record in 2Q17, as investor allocations outweighed redemptions for the first time since 3Q15. Total hedge fund capital rose to USD3.1 trillion, a quarterly increase of USD34.1
