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March 07, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Flexpoint backs Dash Technologies co-founders in management buy-out from GTCR

Dash Financial Technologies, provider of advanced multi-asset trading technology and execution services platforms, today announced that its co-founders, Peter Maragos and David Karat, have partnered with private equity investment firm Flexpoint Ford to acquire the Dash business from private equity firm GTCR in a management-led buyout. Mr. Maragos will continue to lead the business as…

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Blockchain-based database provider Fluence launches data storage platform
March 07, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Blockchain-based database provider Fluence launches data storage platform

The blockchain-based database provider Fluence has just informed the public about the launch of its ultra-secure data storage platform for developers’ decentralized apps and platforms. Fluence is also announcing its partnership with Friend, a service that enables developers to create their own virtual cloud computer online, in order to create more tools, services and infrastructure resources…

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Nasdaq Dubai
March 07, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Brokerage House Securities joins Nasdaq Dubai's derivatives market

UAE brokerage firm Brokerage House Securities (BHS) has just informed that it has joined Nasdaq Dubai’s rapidly expanding derivatives market as a Member, to enable its clients to trade futures on equity indices and single stocks. The move by BHS into UAE equity futures supports the brokerage’s continuing development and diversification. In recent months BHS…

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IOSCO issues statement on liquidity risk management recommendations for investment funds
March 07, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

IOSCO makes recommendations to help trading venues manage extreme volatility

The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has just informed that it is seeking feedback on its proposed recommendations to assist trading venues and regulatory authorities in the implementation of mechanisms to manage extreme volatility. Extreme volatility in securities markets can undermine IOSCO’s objective of ensuring that markets are fair, efficient and…

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CLS Group trading volumes
March 07, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

CLS adds end-of-day FX trade reporting for MiFID II

The market infrastructure delivering settlement, processing and data solutions company CLS has just announced that it is launching CLSReporting - a reporting product for foreign exchange (FX) matched instructions that supports members with their MiFID II reporting requirements. In response to market demand, CLS will provide the ability for parties and counterparties to FX trades to…

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Microsoft Azure to shape future of financial services software
March 07, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Microsoft Azure to shape future of financial services software

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has announced that it has formed a strategic alliance with Finastra to deliver secure, flexible and cost effective financial services cloud solutions. As part of the alliance, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft’s enterprise-ready trusted cloud platform, will underpin FusionFabric.cloud as Finastra’s strategic cloud platform. Finastra will also launch a selection of its global payments…

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March 07, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Exness injects £1.5 million into FCA regulated sub

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings that Retail FX brokerage group Exness has invested an additional £1.5 million (USD $2.1 million) of capital into its FCA regulated UK subsidiary Exness (UK) Limited. As we exclusively reported early last year, CySEC-licensed Exness made an application to the FCA to upgrade its "IFPRU 125K" license in…

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Cboe Global Markets
March 07, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Cboe releases new white paper on analysis of options-based funds and benchmark indexes

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) has announced the publication of a new study, “Performance Analysis of Option-Based Equity Mutual Funds, CEFs and ETFs: An Update.” The new white paper modernizes the original findings of 2014 study of SEC-registered option-based funds, which focus on broad-based U.S. equities. The new white paper, planned to be presented…

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