Templum Inc. Appoints Trading Infrastructure Veteran Brian Nadzan as Chief Technology Officer
- 6 years 8 months ago
- Trading Systems
Templum Inc., a leading innovative financial technology company providing a marketplace for the primary issuance and secondary trading of alternative assets as smart securities, has appointed former AlphaPoint, TradingScreen, Lava Trading, and Bloomberg executive Brian Nadzan as Chief Technology Officer. In this new role, Brian’s global expertise at some of the most successful financial services technology firms will be integral in driving... more
ULTUMUS appoints Daniel Hodgetts as Operations Head to Manage Business Expansion
- 6 years 8 months ago
- Trading Systems, Data
ULTUMUS, the leading global provider of data creation, management and distribution services for index and ETF products, today announces the hire of industry operations expert, Daniel Hodgetts as Index Operations Head. Hodgetts will lead the global index and ETF support team based in London and Singapore and assist in the support of key clients as ULTUMUS roll its data managed data service out to a growing roster of asset managers, investments... more
Meet The Michael Jordan of Algorithmic Cryptocurrency Trading
- 6 years 8 months ago
- Trading Systems, Cryptocurrencies
Digital assets like bitcoin have exponentially outperformed competing asset classes such as the s&p500, nasdaq, gold & oil. The value of bitcoin has been rapidly increasing year after year due to a fixed supply (only 21M BTC will ever exist) and growing demand factor.
PanXchange Launches Industry’s First Institutional-Grade Industrial Hemp Exchange
- 6 years 8 months ago
- Trading Systems, Data
PanXchange, a physical commodities OTC market structure solutions provider, today announced the launch of the industry’s first institutional-grade industrial hemp exchange. The marketplace will allow producers, processors, trade houses and end-users to participate in a transparent and efficient cash market for industrial hemp products and will ultimately pave the way for the creation of hemp derivatives contracts.
FinEx ETF Limited finalizes Index Switches for seven ETFs to Solactive Indices
- 6 years 8 months ago
- Trading Systems, Management, Asset Management
Solactive is pleased to announce that asset manager and ETF provider FinEx ETF Limited completed its index switches in favor of Solactive for six country benchmarks as well as a US Large & Mid Cap technology index. The adoption of these seven Solactive indices marks yet another milestone for the trend of index users switching to high-quality benchmarks at lower costs. With eight out of twelve indices, Solactive now provides the lion’s share... more
Itiviti appoints Gavin Welsh as Head of Customer Success, strengthening customer focus
- 6 years 9 months ago
- Digital Identity, Trading Systems
Itiviti, a leading technology and service provider to financial institutions worldwide, today announced the appointment of Gavin Welsh as EVP, Head of Customer Success, Itiviti Group. Gavin brings more than 25 years’ experience of Fintech customer support and relations to Itiviti, most recently as Global Head of Client Coverage at TradingScreen. Reporting to CEO Rob Mackay, Gavin will define and drive Itiviti’s customer strategy.
Solactive gains first client for new Emerging Market Government Bond Index Series with Mackenzie Investments
- 6 years 9 months ago
- Trading Systems, Asset Management
Solactive is pleased to announce the expansion of its sovereign bonds product series. With the release of the company’s new Solactive Emerging Markets Bond Index Series, the company now effectively covers both Developed and Emerging Government bond markets, and adds to its offering a broad and customizable exposure to emerging markets, optionally bearing the possibility to include ESG and or strategy overlays. As an authorized index provider... more
JHC announces Neon partnership with Optiva Securities
- 6 years 9 months ago
- Trading Systems, Management, Wealth Management
Wealth management fintech firm, JHC Systems (JHC) has today announced that Optiva Securities is implementing JHC Neon (Neon) in a drive to increase control and transparency. The deal follows JHC’s recently announced partnership which makes Neon available for clients of Jarvis Investment Management (Jarvis).
SquareBook receives FCA approval, brings innovation to IPO process
- 6 years 9 months ago
- Trading Systems
Following participation in the FCA’s Sandbox initiative in 2018/2019, SquareBook has received regulatory authorisation under Article 25 (2) of the Regulated Activities Order to ‘make arrangements with a view to transactions in investments’.
Standard Chartered Goes Live with Digital Vega
- 6 years 9 months ago
- Trading Systems
Digital Vega, the leading FX Options e-trading platform and provider of FX Options trading solutions, today announced that Standard Chartered Bank has become a Liquidity Provider (LP) on its Medusa trading platform. Standard Chartered has a unique global footprint, actively trading over 100 currencies and pricing an unparalleled range of emerging markets and G10 currencies. The addition of Standard Chartered adds broader liquidity to the Medusa... more
Caplin Adds Crypto to Multi-Asset Trading Platform
- 6 years 9 months ago
- Trading Systems, Cryptocurrencies
Caplin, the specialist provider of desktop and mobile e-trading technology, today announced the addition of cryptocurrencies to its range of technology components for multi-asset trading.
TriOptima Announces Completion of First Cleared Inflation Swap Compression Run in LCH SwapClear
- 6 years 9 months ago
- Derivatives and OTC Derivatives, Infrastructure
TriOptima, a leading infrastructure service that lowers costs and mitigates risk in OTC derivatives markets, today announced that it has completed the first cleared inflation swap compression run at LCH SwapClear. The compression run was completed on July 19 with Euro cleared inflation swaps being compressed through the triReduce service. TriOptima will go live with Sterling and US Dollar cleared inflation swaps compression in LCH SwapClear... more
Avelacom Adds Gemini to Provide Enhanced Connectivity for Growing Crypto Markets
- 6 years 9 months ago
- Trading Systems
Avelacom, the high-performance global connectivity and IT infrastructure provider for the financial services industry, has added Gemini Trust Company, LLC, a digital asset exchange and custodian, to its list of cryptocurrency exchange tech vendors in Equinix’s NY5 data center. The partnership will support both firms’ clients by providing increased connectivity options to Gemini.
Caplin Hires 3 Business Development Executives
- 6 years 9 months ago
- Trading Systems
Caplin Systems, the specialist provider of desktop and mobile e-trading technology, today announced three senior appointments to support its continued growth in EMEA, Scandinavia and Asia.
TriOptima Record Compression Shrinks Notional in Eurex Clearing
- 6 years 9 months ago
- Derivatives and OTC Derivatives
TriOptima, a leading infrastructure service that lowers costs and mitigates risk in OTC derivatives markets, today announced that it has reduced notional outstanding at Eurex Clearing by 26% following a record compression run on June 26, 2019.
