Author Sanford Bragg
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Interactions Data Provider Feedstock Releases New Platform
02/28/2019
FeedStock completed its pivot toward the sell-side with the release of a new platform designed to capture buy-side interactions and the adoption of its new system by Redburn. Feedstock’s new ...
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Alternative Data Software Firm Raises Capital From Barclays and Fidelity International
02/27/2019
Data management software provider Hivemind, spun off from quantitative hedge fund Winton Group last summer, closed a seed round led by Fidelity International and Barclays. Fidelity International said it hoped ...
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UK Regulators Throw IRPs a Bone
02/26/2019
Speaking to Euro IRP, the trade association for European independent research firms, FCA chief Andrew Bailey indicated that asset managers could trial independent non-brokerage research without it being considered an ...
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2018 Bulge Bank Equities Up 10% Despite MiFID II
02/25/2019
With all the major investment banks reporting, equities revenues for the largest investment banks grew 10.1% in 2018 despite a weak fourth quarter. For US banks in particular, increased trading ...
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MoffettNathanson Loses Consumer Team As Evercore ISI Rebounds
02/22/2019
After hiring a new research director last November, Evercore ISI wooed back two senior consumer analysts who had defected to MoffettNathanson in 2017, signaling that Evercore ISI is stabilizing despite ...
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Survey: European Asset Managers Judge MiFID II As Failure
02/21/2019
In the first European-wide survey of asset managers since MiFID II was instituted, the CFA Institute found that a majority of investment managers in all areas of the EU believe ...
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Alternative Data Firm Second Measure Receives $20 Million Funding
02/20/2019
Transaction data specialist Second Measure closed a $20 million Series A round led by Goldman Sachs and Bessemer Venture Partners and joined by Citi Ventures. Jefferies Financial Group was a ...
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SEC Receives Few Comments on MiFID II Research Unbundling
02/15/2019
The US Securities and Exchange Commission received only five comment letters in response to its request for input whether to extend relief for cash payments made to US banks for ...
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Import.io Buys Connotate
02/14/2019
Import.io, a leading web scraping tool provider, acquired Connotate, an early entrant into the space. Terms were not announced. The purchase firmly establishes Import.io as the leader in the web ...
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Trahan Seeks Revenge on Cornerstone Macro
02/13/2019
Former Cornerstone Macro partner François Trahan, ousted by the firm's three other partners in June 2018, filed a lawsuit intended to deal his former firm a world of hurt. Trahan’s ...