FICO partners with 4most Europe to accelerate banks’ regulatory compliance LeapRate

January 23, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FICO partners with 4most Europe to accelerate banks' regulatory compliance

Analytics software firm FICO today announced a partnership with risk analytics consultants 4most Europe to help European financial institutions comply with banking regulations. 4most, a European firm in regulatory risk analytics and programme management, will deliver FICO® Decision Central™ software for analytic model governance to customers, and provide consulting. Under European regulations, it is increasingly…

Paxos teams up with bitcoin payment service BitPay

January 23, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Luxembourg Stock Exchange partners with ADBC to expand the Green Bond Market

All eligible ADBC bonds will be displayed on the Luxembourg Green Exchange, the first and only exchange-operated platform entirely dedicated to green, social and sustainable instruments, the Agricultural Development Bank of China (ADBC) announced earlier today. Some more highlights below: The Luxembourg Stock Exchange (LuxSE) signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Agricultural Development…

January 23, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

HKEX sets launch date for new securities trading system

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) announced that it will introduce its new securities trading system for the Hong Kong market, the Orion Trading Platform - Securities Market (OTP-C), on Monday, 5 February 2018, replacing the current AMS/3.8 system, an upgraded version of the AMS/3 system rolled out in 2000. The rollout of OTP-C…

January 23, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators extends its contract with Nasdaq

The Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) just announced that it has officially extended its contract with Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) to continue to leverage Nasdaq’s SMARTS Market Surveillance technology to detect insider trading and market manipulation across the European Union’s wholesale energy markets by digesting and analyzing massive volumes of data from hundreds of…

January 23, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Deutsche Börse AG appoints Ingrid M. Haas as Managing Director of Communications and Marketing

Ingrid M. Haas will be joining Deutsche Börse Group with effect from 15 February 2018. She will report to CEO Theodor Weimer, and be responsible for the Group Communications and Group Marketing departments. Ingrid M. Haas has been running her own communications consultancy since leaving her position as Head of Corporate Affairs with Vodafone Deutschland.…

Shenzhen Stock Exchange publicly denounces Changsheng Bio-technology

January 23, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Shenzhen Stock Exchange improves the risk management system

SZSE attaches much importance to risk management and informed that it has been actively exploring a perfect mode of risk management. By now, SZSE has formed an overall risk management system based on evaluation and prevention beforehand, control and handling of risks at their occurrence, and summary and improvement afterward at different stages of risk…

January 23, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Seabury partners with Parabellum Markets for FX liquidity source in the Americas

Seabury Global Markets LLC (SGM), a subsidiary of Seabury Capital LLC and a U.S.-based provider of FX/PM trade execution solutions, and the U.K.-based Parabellum Markets LLP, a boutique ECN eFX brokerage, today announced the establishment of Parabellum Americas, a new strategic alliance created to advance the growth of both companies, with an initial expansion of…

January 23, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Saxo Bank adds New York and London infrastructure to bolster FX Prime-of-Prime offering

Copenhagen based multi asset broker Saxo Bank has announced a new capability in its FX Prime offering, catering for institutional clients. Running on dedicated infrastructure through Saxo Bank’s DMA liquidity hubs in London and New York, full amount execution ensures a better trade experience and lower market impact for large orders in FX and precious metals.…

January 23, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Blackwell Global Hong Kong acquires new SFC asset management license

Blackwell Global Hong Kong announced today the acquisition of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission asset management license (SFC Type 9 License No. BJU094). Having built a wealth of resources and established market advantage through the Blackwell Global Group’s presence in multinational financial centers, the company is able to provide a wider range of…