July 19, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Thomson Reuters adds futures and options execution application for commodities traders in Eikon

After linking Eikon with Pivot last week, Thomson Reuters has another announcement to make regarding Eikon. Energy and commodities traders can now execute futures and options orders directly from Thomson Reuters Eikon, helping reduce the need to pay for expensive market data fees across multiple platforms without sacrificing functionality. The service is provided through City Execution,…

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July 19, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Liquidnet unlocks hidden corporate bond liquidity with powerful new trading tool

Liquidnet, the global institutional trading network, has announced the launch of Fixed Income Targeted Invitations, a tool to seek latent liquidity across its critical mass of institutional participants, for the U.S. and EMEA. Targeted Invitations allow qualifying Members of Liquidnet’s Fixed Income Dark Pool to anonymously send invitations to trade to a select number of…

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July 19, 2016 BY Mike Fox

GAIN Capital launches new website for FOREX.com

GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GCAP), a global provider of online trading services, today launched a refresh of its global retail FX brand, FOREX.com, which includes a new visual identity and updated online presence. In addition, the brand refresh has officially launched for FOREX.com's Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) regulated service in Canada, which will…

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July 19, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Santander doubles the size of fintech fund to $200 million

After the international payments app launch last month, British bank Santander UK plc, wholly owned by the Spanish Santander Group (BME: SAN), announced that it has doubled the size of its fintech investment fund, from $100m to $200m, in what the bank describes as a sign of commitment to its philosophy of collaborating with startups. Santander…

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July 19, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

ESMA advises on extension of funds passport to 12 non-EU countries

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has today published its Advice in relation to the application of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) passport to non-EU Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFMs) and Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) in twelve countries: Australia, Bermuda, Canada, Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Japan, Jersey, Isle of Man, Singapore, Switzerland,…

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July 19, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

TTG selects Ancoa’s surveillance platform to monitor multi-asset trading activities

Ancoa, provider of contextual surveillance and insightful analytics for exchanges, regulators, buy & sell-side firms, has announced that the financial consultant Tower Trading Group (TTG) has selected Ancoa’s market surveillance platform to monitor its multi-asset trading activities across all exchanges and Independent Services Providers (ISVs). Deployment of the Ancoa platform has been timed and designed to enhance…

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