Thomson Reuters teams up with Seabury TFX to create new trade finance marketplace in Asia
February 23, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Thomson Reuters launches MiFID II-ready data analytics platform

Information giant Thomson Reuters Corp (NYSE:TRI) has made key enhancements to its data analytics platform, Thomson Reuters Velocity Analytics, to provide ultra-high-speed processing of real-time, streaming and historical data that will help EU and non-EU financial markets participants meet their MiFID II obligations. The enhanced platform, now powered by Kx’s technology, enables a broad range…

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February 23, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

NEX Group’s Euclid Opportunities invests in RSRCHXchange

Euclid Opportunities, NEX Group (LON:NXG)’s financial technology investment business, announced today that it has made a strategic investment in RSRCHXchange, a cloud-based marketplace and MiFID II workflow solution for accessing institutional research. Terms of the investment are not disclosed. RSRCHXchange launched RSRCHX, its marketplace and MiFID II workflow solution for institutional research in 2014, in…

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SFC fines
February 23, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

BGC Partners pays $90,000 in infringement notice penalty

BGC Partners (Australia) Pty Limited (BGC) has paid a total penalty of $90,000 to comply with an infringement notice given to it by the Markets Disciplinary Panel (MDP), ASIC announced earlier today. The MDP had reasonable grounds to believe that BGC had contravened subsection 798H(1) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) by failing to comply…

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February 23, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Dubai FSA signs MoU with ESMA

The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) and the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) have entered into information sharing and cooperation arrangements regarding DIFC based central counterparties (CCPs) compliance with conditions set out in The European Union’s Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). The MoU was signed on behalf of the DFSA by Chief Executive, Mr Ian…

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February 22, 2017 BY admin

Vantage FX's head of IT discusses MT4 Forex trading server upgrade

ASIC regulated Vantage FX this week announced a substantial upgrade of its live trading server locations, relocating the Sydney server to New York. The move was made to improve stability and execution speed for clients that the new Equinix, Inc. (NASDAQ:EQIX) hosted London/New York server combination will bring. An increasing demand from clients needing faster, institutional price…

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