Nasdaq Unveils Venture Investment Program
- 7 years 7 months ago
- Foreign Exchange, Infrastructure
Today Nasdaq, one of the world's leading providers of technology and services to the capital markets, reported the launch of a venture investment program, Nasdaq Ventures, dedicated to discovering, investing in and partnering with unique fintech companies worldwide.
Saudi Stock Exchange Upgrades Its Standards
- 7 years 7 months ago
- Foreign Exchange
Today Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) announced its progress across a range of far-reaching capital market reforms to enhance efficiency, corporate governance, and transparency. The reforms are part of the Exchange's efforts to further align Saudi capital market with international standards and make it more attractive to both domestic and foreign investors.
Nasdaq Hits New Market Technology Deal with Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited
- 7 years 7 months ago
- Foreign Exchange
Today Nasdaq, Inc. revealed a new agreement with Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) to upgrade the technological infrastructure of Hong Kong's main derivatives market, including trading, clearing and real-time risk management technologies. The agreement also extends the existing relationship for an additional five years. HKEX and Nasdaq have been technology partners since 1994.
ICE Clear Credit Extends Clearing for Global Financial Corporate Single Name CDS
- 7 years 7 months ago
- Foreign Exchange
Intercontinental Exchange, a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, today announced ICE Clear Credit will introduce clearing for additional credit default swaps (CDS) of U.S. and European financial companies.
Cobalt DL Secures LMRKTS as Multi-Lateral Compression Partner on Their New BlueSky Service
- 7 years 7 months ago
- Foreign Exchange
Today Cobalt DL, the FX post-trade processing network based on distributed ledger technology, announced a partnership with LMRKTS, who will be the first firm to offer services on its revolutionary BlueSky service, the shared ledger component of Cobalt’s platform.
Neptune Expands Integration into FlexTrade’s Buy-Side EMS Platform
- 7 years 7 months ago
- Foreign Exchange
Today Neptune Networks Ltd., the fixed income market network for pre-trade indications in bonds, reported that it has completed connectivity to FlexTrade’s buy-side EMS platform, FlexTRADER, to distribute high quality, pre-trade data to assist investors with liquidity and price discovery within existing workflows.
Sucden Financial Selects BSO to Enhance Global Network Connectivity into Hong Kong
- 7 years 7 months ago
- Foreign Exchange
International FX and derivatives broker Sucden Financial has selected BSO to provide clients with unrivalled low-latency connectivity to execute derivative trades between London and Hong Kong. The deal enables Sucden Financial to deliver continuous network uptime between the two financial districts, as well as seamless access to its electronic trading platform STAR, which is used to trade futures and options on the major exchanges.
Travelex Brings Global Retail and Currency Solutions Functions
- 7 years 8 months ago
- Foreign Exchange
Travelex, the world’s leading foreign exchange specialist, has today brought together the global retail and Currency Solutions functions to fuel the organisation’s growth strategy. The combined trading operations will be led by Steve O’Donovan, Chief Commercial Officer, who has led the Currency Solutions business since 2008. This new structure will allow Travelex to harness its full portfolio of products to provide bespoke foreign exchange... more
Research Shows Increase in International Payments Solutions Rather Than (FX) Derivatives
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Foreign Exchange, Payments
Nick Pedersen, managing director, Equiniti International Payments looks at why companies are eliminating foreign exchange (FX) derivatives from their services and why integrated international payments solutions are becoming the preferred focus for 2017.
Bats One Premium Market Data and FactSet: Five levels of Quoted depth and Trade Information are available now
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Foreign Exchange, Data, Financial
Bats Global Markets, a progressive worldwide provider of exchanges and services for financial markets, commented that its Bats One Premium market data product is now available for distribution through numerous FactSet products and platforms. FactSet, a global supplier of integrated financial data, analytical software, and industry-leading service, this month became the first distribution partner to reveal the new offer.
Alior Bank Opts for Misys FusionCapital
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Foreign Exchange, Treasury, Banking
Alior Bank will use Misys FusionCapital to streamline processes and boost operational efficiencies across its treasury and foreign exchange trading business. The solution supports the bank’s continued rapid growth which at the moment averages 15% on an annual basis.
EquiChain unveils its blockchain based prototype for capital markets
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Blockchain, FX Contracts
EquiChain, a London-based Fintech company with an Asia regional office in Hong Kong, announces its working prototype for capital markets. The company plans to implement a full end-to-end ‘execution to custody’ (E2C) pilot in 2017, positioning EquiChain to deliver the full potential of distributed ledger technology (DLT). The company also announces the closing of its initial funding round, secured from its board members, advisors and close... more
Neptune continues liquidity expansion in first few weeks of 2017
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Trading Systems, Foreign Exchange
Neptune Networks Ltd. "Neptune", the open-standard network for bond real-time AXE indications, today announced the addition of Nomura and Jefferies to its network.
Leading European bank selects CTC for greater financial and risk control
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Trading Systems, Derivatives and OTC Derivatives, Foreign Exchange, FX Contracts, Institutional Trading, Day Trading, Data, Data Management, Market and Reference Data
Gresham, the leading software and services company that specialises in providing real-time transaction control and enterprise data integrity solutions, is pleased to announce a strategic win in the European banking sector.
Eurobank Group goes live with Catalys by Itiviti
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Trading Systems, Equities Trading, Foreign Exchange, FX Contracts
Itiviti, a world-leading technology provider for the capital markets industry, today announced that Eurobank Equities Investment Firm SA, the brokerage arm of Eurobank, one of the largest Greek banks, has selected the next generation FIX Engine Catalys by Itiviti to support transactional needs and VeriFIX by Itiviti for automated testing, including implementation by Itiviti Professional Services.
