CLS
July 04, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

CLSTradeMonitor goes live with asset managers

CLS, a market infrastructure group delivering settlement, processing and data solutions, has announced that its new post-trade monitoring and reporting tool, CLSTradeMonitor, has gone live with the first asset managers, including Mesirow Financial and Mountain Pacific Advisors, LLC. CLSTradeMonitor improves operational efficiency, provides transparency, and reduces operational risk for third parties currently settling in CLS.…

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moex moscow exchange
July 04, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

MOEX FX Market turnover down 6% MoM in June

Moscow Exchange (MOEX) has just released its market report for the month of June 2018. Total trading volume across Moscow Exchange’s markets was RUB 70.8 trln in June 2018. The fastest-growing market was the Bond Market, where trading volumes increased by 16.8% year-on-year. The first half of 2018 was strong for Moscow Exchange, with many…

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FXSpotStream FX volumes
July 04, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FXSpotStream continues its record FX volumes in June

Multibank FX aggregation service FXSpotStream has just announced that June volumes totaled $637.7 billion - down slightly from May's record $645.4 billion, but still up 8% over May in terms of average daily volumes. FXSpotStream is a bank owned consortium operating as a market utility, providing the infrastructure that facilitates a multibank API and GUI to…

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clone firm FCA warning
July 04, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Loan Match clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Loan Match. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their tactics to…

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cysec cif license
July 04, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

CySEC withdraws CIF license of B.O. Tradefinancials Ltd

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) has announced that, on its meeting of 25th June 2018, has decided, pursuant to section 8(1)(a) of the Investment Services and Activities and Regulated Markets Law of 2017 (ΝI87(I)/2017), as in force (‘the Law’), to wholly withdraw the Cyprus Investment Firm authorisation with number CIF 216/13 of the…

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Deutsche Börse volumes
July 04, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

High number of IPOs and ETF listings on Deutsche Börse in 1H

In the first six months of the year, there have been significantly more IPOs and listings of new exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on the cash markets of Deutsche Börse than in previous years. Trading volumes on the platforms Xetra, Börse Frankfurt and Tradegate Exchange were also significantly higher than in previous years; in the first six…

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Blockbid announces BitSpread as liquidity provider
July 04, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Blockbid announces BitSpread as liquidity provider

Secure cryptocurrency trading platform Blockbid has today announced their partnership with BitSpread as their liquidity provider, ensuring they continue to stand by their vision of ‘Trading with Confidence’. Aligned in their values of transparency and accountability, the partnership is a significant milestone for the trading platform as they look to strengthen their offering and position…

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J.P. Morgan goes live with client clearing at LCH CDSClear
July 04, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

J.P. Morgan goes live with client clearing at LCH CDSClear

LCH, a global clearing house, has announced that J.P. Morgan has gone live as CDSClear’s first US bank to offer client clearing. As a result, Swedish pension fund AMF is now clearing European and US credit default swaps through CDSClear, using J.P. Morgan Securities Plc as its clearing broker. This development is the latest achievement…

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Ripple
July 04, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Independent Reserve launches Ripple

The Australian digital currency exchange Independent Reserve has just announced that it will commence trading in Ripple (XRP) on 7 July, 2018. All XRP trades will be discounted to 0.1% for the first two weeks. XRP is the third largest digital currency by market cap after Bitcoin and Ether. Developed by Ripple Labs, the protocol and…

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