Industry Insights

Tighter margins, cost cutting pressures, and other headwinds are compelling wealth management and investment advisory firms to rethink their market data strategy.

Options Technology, the leading Capital Markets services provider, today announced its strategic partnership with QUODD, an on-demand market data provider for the global financial services industry.

The inflationary environment is hitting all corners of the economy. Yes, even financial services companies. Perhaps nowhere is this more evident than in the cost of market data. 

Get a glimpse of how QUODD’s fit-for-purpose market data platform Universe+ is moving the industry forward with finger-tip intelligence on corporate actions. QUODD’s Justin Van Til, Head of Strategy, engages our strategic partner Jonathan Bloch, CEO of Exchange Data International (EDI) in a discussion about the processes and best practices.

Wilshire, a leading global financial services firm committed to enhancing and modernizing the way that indexes are built, maintained and licensed, has entered into a strategic partnership with QUODD, a comprehensive market data-on-demand provider for the global financial services industry and a NewSpring Holdings platform company, to provide frictionless access to index content that is innovative and responsive to the investment markets.

A tier 1 retirement and insurance financial institution with a longstanding relationship with QUODD (10+ years), has consumed QUODD Funds’ audited NAVs, corporate actions, accrual rates, and dividends for their entire security master of funds. This client journey is a testimonial to the benefits of sourcing QUODD content and functionality across all global asset classes as well.

The term “cord cutter” gained momentum in 2010 as streaming services began to pose a formidable threat to the legacy cable industry. As that trend has played out over the last decade, it’s clear consumers now have the power to create their ideal mix between both traditional and streaming TV options. In the same way, we see an emerging parallel in market data consumption across the financial services industry ...

Last week we showcased the latest of QUODD’s digital innovation within the Equity+ securities workstation. We highlighted new functionality coming this year that will be made available to existing users as an optional premium entitlement or packaged in a streamlined version customized to the needs of the wealth advisory firms and their investment professionals that are primarily fee-based/asset allocators.