February 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Dow Jones acquires RiskAverter and bolsters third party risk business

Dow Jones Risk and Compliance, a provider of anti-money laundering, anti-corruption and sanctions compliance data solutions, has completed the acquisition of RiskAverter from U.S.-based Compliance Strategies International, LLC. RiskAverter’s innovative solution enables companies to automate risk “scoring” so they can quickly and effectively assess third parties in relation to anti-corruption and other regulatory compliance risk…

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DTCC - new additions to the Board
February 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

DTCC completes blockchain repurchase test

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, just announced that has successfully completed testing of blockchain-based technology for the clearing and settlement of repurchase, or repo, agreement transactions, and will decide by June whether to deploy the new system, Reuters reported. DTCC, a utility that…

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February 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CloudMargin and SmartDX collaborate to help derivatives market participants meet new variation margin rules

CloudMargin, the  creator of the world's first web-based collateral and margin management solution, and SmartDX from Smart Communications, the industry standard for automating trade and relationship document generation, collaboration and processing in the capital markets, just announced that have partnered to address the Daily Variation Margin (VM) Rule that goes into effect March 1 in…

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February 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

EEX and Belektron facilitate access to EUA and EUAA auctions

The European Energy Exchange (EEX) and the independent carbon trading company Belektron have signed a cooperation agreement to further facilitate access to the primary market auctions at EEX. The cooperation aims at opening the emissions auctions to a wider customer base, in particular, for smaller and medium-sized companies (SMEs). Belektron will act as an intermediary…

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February 27, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

3 myths about owning a forex brokerage busted

Is owning a Forex brokerage beyond your reach? Perhaps not. Adinah Brown, content manager at Leverate, explains. Are you a trader looking to trade up from your existing career? Are you a business person who recognises a strong potential business?  Well, it might be surprising to know that you too can be the proud and…

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February 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

HKEX releases 2016 annual results announcement

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEX) just released a presentation by HKEX Chief Executive Charles Li and Group Chief Financial Officer Paul Kennedy on 2016 Final Results Announcement. Here are the highlights: Political and economic uncertainties continue to impact investment sentiment Increase in futures volumes and strict cost control lessened impact of fall…

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February 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Nex Group's Traiana launches electronic management of confirmations and payments for equity swaps

Traiana, a NEX Group (LON:NXG) business which monitors pre-trade risk and automates post-trade processing of financial transactions, announces today that it has launched Swaps Centre, a suite of services which enable swaps providers to electronically manage payments and confirmations in equity swaps. By sending confirmations and uploading payment instructions in normalized formats to their entire…

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February 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Envision Training Centre and DGCX launch first UAE Trading Campus

Envision Training Centre and the Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange (DGCX), a DMCC entity, announced the launch of Trading Campus, a new initiative designed to educate financial market professionals. The DGCX and Envision collaboration will provide a combination of practical workshops and lectures which aim to equip students with the knowledge and expertise needed to…

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February 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Merger of Deutsche Börse Group and LSEG not happening again?

London Stock Exchange Group Plc (LSEG) said its $13 billion tie-up with Deutsche Boerse AG is unlikely to proceed after a new regulatory hurdle signaled a potential end to the companies’ efforts to create a champion European exchange, according to Bloomberg. European Union officials had requested that LSE divest MTS, an electronic trading platform for…

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