Refinitiv enables greater efficiencies and choice for fixed income traders on Eikon
October 23, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Refinitiv enables greater efficiencies and choice for fixed income traders on Eikon

Fixed income traders using Refinitiv’s flagship financial desktop product Eikon now have greater choice and efficiency, and enhanced liquidity access with the integration of iQbonds from valantic Trading Solutions AG. iQbonds can be seamlessly integrated into a trader’s workflow using the Refinitiv Side by Side Integration API, enabling traders to make fast, efficient, and informed…

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DFSA
October 23, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Wells Fargo pays $65 million settlement for misleading investors

Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood has announced that Wells Fargo & Company will pay a $65 million penalty following the Attorney General’s investigation into the bank’s fraudulent statements to investors in connection with its “cross-sell” business model, related sales practices, and the bank’s publicly reported cross-sell metrics. The misconduct at Wells Fargo was widespread across…

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gold
October 23, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

How Long Will Gold Preserve an Optimistic Flow?

The following article was written by Reem Aboul Hosn, Research and Market Analyst Officer at Credit Financier Invest (CFI) Ltd. Over the last few days, Newton’s law of action-reaction explains the nature relationship between Gold and US equity markets, as the panic on Wall Street and globally sent equities falling and gold surging higher on…

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Can distributed ledger technology enable equity settlement?
October 23, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Can distributed ledger technology enable equity settlement?

Payments Canada, the Bank of Canada, TMX Group (TSX:X), Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and R3 have published a report demonstrating the feasibility of clearing and settlement of securities using distributed ledger technology (DLT). The findings are a result of the third phase of Project Jasper, a collaborative research initiative between Payments Canada, the Bank of Canada and…

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TradingScreen expands its strategic collaboration with ITG
October 23, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

TradingScreen expands its strategic collaboration with ITG

TradingScreen Inc. (TS), the all-asset class order and execution management system (OEMS), has just announced an expansion of its strategic collaboration with ITG. TS customers will now benefit from access to ITG’s POSIT Alert, a source of block liquidity for institutional investors. POSIT Alert averages daily liquidity of over $80 billion across 38 markets worldwide.…

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Saxo Bank office
October 23, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Saxo Bank launches a new range of CFD options

Copenhagen based Retail FX and CFDs broker Saxo Bank has announced that it will begin to offer CFD Options on a range of option roots, covering puts and calls on 15 of the world’s largest stock indices. CFD Options are OTC instruments based on Exchange Traded Index Options. They can help diversify a portfolio, as…

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DZ PRIVATBANK migrates to Itiviti multi-asset OMS platform
October 23, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Itiviti announces connectivity to Hudson River Trading SI

Itiviti, the global provider of multi-asset trading technology and financial infrastructure, today announced the addition of the Hudson River Trading Systematic Internaliser (HRSI) venue to its expanding connectivity offering. The connection, which is now live, provides Itiviti clients with access to liquidity sourcing from Hudson River Trading, one of the largest Electronic Liquidity Provision (ELP)…

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R3 and SBI Holdings plan to accelerate Corda adoption in Japan
October 23, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Trade finance solution Voltron launches open platform on Corda blockchain

Bangkok Bank, BNP Paribas, CTBC Holding, HSBC, ING, NatWest, SEB and Standard Chartered in partnership with Bain, CryptoBLK and R3 launch open industry platform, corporate customer pilot programme and technology partner programme on the Corda Network The Voltron initiative has launched the open platform for documentary trade, targeting production on R3’s Corda Enterprise blockchain platform…

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