As a complement to our outsourcing services, ix Partners offers market data solutions across the entire market data management life-cycle, from procurement through daily management and that range from process and systems audits and analysis to the complete out-sourcing of a client's market data administration.

Our market data professionals have extensive experience working with both vendors and clients and so have developed a broad knowledge of the market data needs of retail brokers, investment bankers, buy-side traders, sell-side traders, research analysts, portfolio managers, administrative support staff, as well as the back-office. In addition, their excellent relationships with each of the major exchanges and industry groups, allow us to stay ahead of changing regulations and to anticipate evolving trends in the provision of market data and financial information services.

Our specific service offerings include:

• Staff Augmentation, providing temporary qualified professionals to extend the capabilities of a clients market data team




• Contract Negotiations with vendors based on client-directed guidelines




• Contract Review and Analysis of all existing agreements to insure compliance with contract terms and other vendor's requirements




• Audit of existing market data usage, requirements, and service levels to insure the most efficient use of market data and financial information




• Exchange Reporting, through the timely collection and compilation of usage data reported to the exchanges monthly in accordance with their policies.




• Application Review and Compliance Analysis to insure that all client software applications that use market data, exchange data, and other financial information is in accordance with exchange and vendor guidelines




• Market Data Administration based on an outsource model similar to that use in our middle and back office solutions [see Middle and Back Office Outsourcing].