Estimize launches new tool with more granular view of real-time market sentiment
Crowdsourced financial estimates platform, Estimize, has announced its latest product, Estimize Stock Screener. It provides users with a comprehensive, real-time view of market sentiment for over 1,500 stocks they can then filter for specific attributes. Given that research from John Hopkins University shows that crowdsourced earnings estimates are more accurate than those from Wall Street, as reported in our briefings earlier this month, tools like these are becoming increasingly useful for investors looking to identify new opportunities.

Estimize launches newest product

Estimize

Estimize, the crowdsourced financial estimates platform, announced the launch its newest product, the Estimize Stock Screener, which offers users a real-time, comprehensive view of the market sentiment for more than 1,500 stocks, as well as the ability to filter for specific attributes. With estimates from more than 9,000 individuals and 70% greater accuracy than Wall Street (according to the company), the tool can be used to look for new investment opportunities across sectors.

CBOE

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced that it plans to list options with weekly expirations on the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX Index) beginning Thursday, Oct. 8, 2015.

CBOE Holdings, Inc. promoted Andy Lowenthal to Senior Vice President, Business Development.

Barclays

U.K. banking giant Barclays is teaming up with Nouriel Roubini on factor-based stock indexes. Four Roubini Barclays Country Insights Indices were developed by Roubini Global Economics’ and Barclays’ structured investment strategies group. The indexes aim to provide exposure to global stocks by allocating to countries that are deemed, by a rules-based model, to be fundamentally sound as well as liquid.

CME Group

CME Group and China Foreign Exchange Trade System (CFETS), announced on Aug. 5 2015 that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). This MOU was signed with a view to establish a joint venture in the United States to implement the outcome from the 7th U.S. and China Strategic Economic Dialogue.

Santander Consumer Holdings USA

Santander Consumer Holdings USA has named former JPMorgan Chase & Co executive Blythe Masters as its non-executive chairman. Masters, 46, succeeds interim chairman Stephen Ferriss at the Dallas-based company.

BATS

BATS Global Markets reported July data highlights, including record market share of 10.8% for its U.S. options business, surpassing the previous record of 9.9% set in April 2015. BATS set a one-day record of 2.47 million U.S. options contracts traded on July 24 and also set a one-day market share record of 11.8% on July 21. In July, BATS Options recorded eight of its top

10 days on record in terms of market share. In U.S. equities, BATS reported market share of 21.0% in July, up from 20.3% one year ago.

S3

S3, a financial services software company that provides customized solutions to monitor and analyze trade execution, announced the appointment of Brian Sandlin as Senior Software Engineer, as well as the promotion of Tobin Griser to Executive Vice President of Client Services, both effective July 15, 2015.

CME Group/FTSE Russell

CME Group and FTSE Russell announced that they have entered into a licensing agreement establishing CME Group as a global partner for futures, options on futures and OTC cleared products on FTSE Russell. CME Group will launch futures on the Russell 1000, Russell 1000 Growth and Russell 1000 Value, FTSE 100, FTSE Emerging Markets, FTSE Developed Europe and FTSE China 50 indexes by the end of Q4 2015. Russell 2000 futures will be listed by and subject to the rules of CME beginning Q3 2017.

Convergex

Convergex, an agency-focused global brokerage and trading related services provider, announced its plans to launch a new agency-only ETF quote-sourcing platform, ETF Direct. The launch of Convergex’s ETF Direct platform is anticipated at the time of print for August 2015.

ICAP

ICAP Global Broking has launched its first matching session in South African rand (ZAR) local currency government bonds. Executed via ICAP Global Broking’s e-Commerce portal, ICAP’s voice brokers in London and Johannesburg are running multiple matching sessions per day for ZAR government bonds, with a view to increasing this based on demand.

FTSE Russell

FTSE Russell launched the FTSE US Qual/Vol/Yield Factor Index. The Index represents an expansion of the FTSE Global Factor Index Series and reflects specific factor characteristics —quality, low volatility and yield —

for U.S. large- and mid-cap companies.

EBS BrokerTec

EBS BrokerTec announced that it has combined MyTreasury into its product portfolio. MyTreasury is an ICAP-owned, established Money Market Fund (MMF) platform for the corporate treasury community.

The Federal Reserve

President Barack Obama chose University of Michigan economist Kathryn Dominguez to fill the final open seat on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, adding an expert in international economics to the central bank’s leadership team. Dominguez, who is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, has a background in foreign exchange rates, emerging markets and international borrowing, the White House said.