Iress today announced that it has partnered with Kaiko, the leading source of cryptocurrency market data, to deliver high-quality, regulatory-compliant digital assets and cryptocurrency data to institutional clients. The new data service is available to clients now in Iress’s FeedOS format, meaning it can be seamlessly integrated into existing workflows.

In response to growing interest in digital assets from its clients and in anticipation of further growing demand, Iress sought to integrate new data feeds into its capabilities and after a comprehensive process, it has selected Kaiko as its digital assets market data partner.

Kaiko is the leading data, analytics, indices and research provider in the digital asset industry for institutional clients, providing real-time digital assets market data, including historic data back to  2013. It enables firms to benchmark crypto asset performance through accurate back-testing of data models and trading strategies. as well as contributing to best execution, risk assessment, market surveillance, and computing NAV.

The pairing of Kaiko and Iress complements Iress’ existing data feeds across every major global market with Kaiko’s digital asset data. 

Salloum AbouSaleh, Iress’s Managing Director, Americas, said: “At Iress we continually talk to clients about their evolving data needs. We constantly monitor the market for additional capabilities we can add to our offering, giving clients the very best information possible to guide their trading decisions. In Kaiko we have found the perfect best-in-class partner to help us add to the universe of data we provide. Kaiko’s high-quality data also crucially covers a wealth of historical data, making it extremely valuable to clients.”

Ambre Soubiran, Kaiko’s CEO, said: “It is exciting to work with a company of Iress’ calibre. Having a trusted and experienced partner with the knowhow and infrastructure to help our data reach more global markets will be extremely valuable to the end users, who need reliable data to be able to trade in the digital assets space. We look forward to a long and successful partnership with Iress.”