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In finance, Market Data refers to quote and trade related-data associated with equity, fixed-income, derivatives, currency, and other investment instruments. The term market data traditionally refers to numerical price data, reported from trading venues, such as stock exchanges. The price data is attached to a ticker symbol and additional data about the trade.
The latest price quotes moving in LED ribbons around the walls of trading floors or at the bottom of the screen on financial TV shows are familiar sights. This price data is not only used in realtime to make on-the-spot decisions about buying or selling, but historical market data (see graph at right) is also used to project pricing trends and to calculate market risk on portfolios of investments that may be held by an individual or an instituional investor.
A typical equity market data message or business object furnished from NYSE, TSX, or Nasdaq might appear something like this:
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Arcontech Ltd. - Custom software solutions and products for integrating market data systems. London based. CityVision products include bespoke and packaged systems for: feed handlers, distributors, trading transaction systems, protocol conversion.
Meta Description: [ Arcontech is a real-time software specialist providing products and bespoke systems for collection, processing, distribution and presentation of time-sensitive financial markets data and other critical information. ]
Bridge Information Systems, Inc. - Full service global market data provider. News, real-time quotes, platform market data services. Products include: Bridgefeed, Bridgestation, Active1, Telerate.
Caplin Systems Ltd. - Real-time publishing of market data and transaction software over the Internet, Bridge, Telekurs, or Reuters networks. Creator of RTTP protocol and products: PriceMaster, WebSheet, WebTools.
Meta Description: [ Caplin | The real time web company. The world's leading technology for delivery of market data and trading applications via the Internet. Click for full information. ]
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COMPUSTAT - Standard Poor's Institutional Market Services. Products: Xpressfeed, Market Insight, SP500 delivering detailed company information such as corporate actions, indices, total return.
Digifeed Ltd. - Contact details and profile of UK company providing exchange servers and consulting services for market data systems, trading support.
EBS: Electronic Broking Services Ltd. - Products and services for electronic foreign exchange dealing services, particularly FXNET and EBS Spot Dealing System from the EBS Partnership.
FactSet Research Systems - Supplier of market data and economic information to the investment management and banking industries.
Meta Description: [ FactSet (NYSE: FDS) is a leading provider of global financial and economic information, including fundamental financial data on tens of thousands of companies worldwide. Combining more than 200 databases into its own dedicated online service, FactSet also provides the tools to download, combine, ... ]
Front Capital Systems - A leading supplier of sophisticated system solutions for trading, analysis and risk management of equities, fixed income and derivatives in global financial markets.
Meta Description: [ SunGard FRONT ARENA: sales, trading, risk management and back office solutions for credit derivatives, FX and FX exotic options, equities, fixed income, interest rate derivatives and money markets ]
Gatea Ltd. - Product information from US firm specializing in developing mid- and back-office trading applications on Reuters Triarch and Tibco / Rendezvous platforms.
GL Trade - Products and Services from this French firm specializing in order routing and management for electronic trading on European Bourses, such as GL Win, GL NET, TRADERNET.
Meta Description: [ GL TRADE™, the world's leading provider of electronic trading solutions, designs, develops and sells software packages for exchange connectivity, real-time multimarket trading, and middle office tools for trading professionals worldwide. ]
Green Hat Consulting Ltd. - Products and services from this UK software development firm specializing in feed handlers for market data systems based on Tibco Rendezvous, CI Server.
IPUG: Information Providers User Group - Daily updated global news of events on market data vendors and the electronic financial marketplace. Links to many market data sites, list of contact details for IPUG executive members, members only area with meeting minutes.
Meta Description: [ Information Providers user group consists of Market Data users
from the major Financial service organisations ]
Mighter Gissing Software, Ltd. - UK-based. Specialists in market data contribution systems.
Misys International Banking Systems - Supplier of IT solutions to the banking industry. Market information on customer base and global reach.
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OTCDeriv - Partnering the London Clearing House to develop their SwapClear service for OTC contracts.
Meta Description: [ OTCDerivNet is a consortium of the world's leading banks in the over the counter fixed income derivatives markets ]
RCP Consultants Ltd. - Products include straight through processing for foreign exchange / money market operations, such as Ticket Base which captures trade information from Reuters Dealing 2000. Also active in automotive software and wireless communications. ISO9000 certified.
Meta Description: [ With 25 years experience in the software industry, RCP is an established, innovative company with highly skilled people, dedicated to providing and maintaining quality software products. ]
Reech Capital PARM - Data analysis, exotic derivatives pricing, portfolio valuations and risk management.
Reuters Group PLC - Full service global market data provider. News and real-time quotes. Products include: Triarch, Kobra, Dealing.
Meta Description: [ Reuters Products & Services. Find out what Products and Services Reuters has to offer Financial or Media professionals, global news seekers or individual investors. ]
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