August 03, 2016 BY Mike Fox

Ledger technology firm Digital Asset announces CFO and other key senior hires

Digital Asset, a developer of distributed ledger technology for the financial services industry, today announced that it has made several key senior hires across its global offices. The company has appointed Carol Mathis as its Chief Financial Officer. Mathis joins from RBS Corporate and Institutional Bank where she was Chief Operating Officer and previously CFO.…

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August 02, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Moscow Exchange FX volumes drop to RUB 25.9 trillion in July

Moscow Exchange (MCX:MOEX) has announced that its total trading volumes increased by 12.3% YoY to RUB 65.7 trln in July 2016. The Money Market posted the strongest growth, with volumes increasing 52.4% YoY. Equity & Bond Market Secondary market turnover in shares, RDRs and investment fund units was RUB 656.9 bln (July 2015: RUB 689.3 bln).…

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August 02, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Financial institutions provider Axioma launches Australia office

  The innovative risk-management and portfolio-construction solutions to financial institutions provider Axioma has announced the launch of its Australia office and the appointment of Brian Smith as the Head of Australia and New Zealand. The launch underscores the increasing demand from institutional clients and asset owners for risk-management and portfolio-construction tools to support decision-making across complex multi-asset…

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August 02, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

AMF bans Rodeler Limited (24option) from providing financial services in France

The service provider Rodeler Limited (regulated by the Cypriot financial regulatory agency) offers access to binary options, particularly Forex, and does not comply with certain professional obligations. The AMF has therefore decided to ban the company from providing services to both new and existing clients in France. This decision takes effect on August 1, 2016. The…

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August 02, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Thomson Reuters to join R3 blockchain consortium

Thomson Reuters has joined financial innovation firm R3’s partnership to design and apply distributed and shared ledger-inspired technologies to global financial markets. As a leading source of news and information for professional markets, Thomson Reuters will contribute insights from its work with customers to drive product innovation and transformation in the financial sector using distributed…

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August 02, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

CBOE reports 2% decrease ADV MoM in July

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) or CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) has reported today that July average daily volume (ADV) for options contracts traded on Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE®) and C2 Options Exchange (C2), and futures contracts traded on CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE®) was 4.7 million contracts, a decrease of 2% from July…

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August 02, 2016 BY Mike Fox

Tullett Prebon opens new technology centre in Belfast

Tullett Prebon announces that it is establishing a new technology centre in Belfast, Northern Ireland which will serve as a global hub for the Group’s IT operations. Investment in technology is a key pillar of Tullett Prebon’s strategy. The new Belfast centre will provide development and technical support for the Group’s global business. It will…

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August 02, 2016 BY Mike Fox

Ted Yang joins XTX Markets for Biz Dev in Asia

XTX Markets today announces that Ted Yang has joined the firm’s Business Development team in Asia. Yang will be based in Singapore and joins from Tower Research where he worked as the Head of Technical Implementation Management in APAC. Previous to this, he was Head of the Electronic Trading Client Services team at Samsung Futures…

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