February 04, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Credit Suisse hires Michael Bonacker as Vice Chairman

Most recently, Bonacker was a senior adviser at Oliver Wyman. Prior to that, he worked at Swiss investment bank UBS as Head of Corporate Development. Bonacker also served as the Head of Asset Management and Corporate Banking at Frankfurt-based BHF bank. He has held a range roles in multiple financial institutions such as Commerzbank, McKinsey,…

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Cboe Global Markets
February 04, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Cboe Global Markets sees record futures volumes in January

The company also said: Total market share for Cboe's four U.S. equities exchanges increased to 14.5 percent in January, up from 13.3 percent in December 2021. Cboe's four U.S. equities exchanges accounted for approximately 17.5 percent of total U.S. ETP trading volume during January, up from 16.5 percent in December 2021. The figures in EU…

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Spectrum Markets releases trading volumes
February 03, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Spectrum Markets nearly doubles trading volume in 2021

2021 milestones Spectrum’s second full calendar year in business also saw several initiatives and milestones unveiled. This includes the launch of Spectrum’s SERIX European retail investor sentiment data insights, connectivity collaborations with LIST and SIA (now part of Nexi Group), as well as the addition of individual equity Turbos to product range. During 2021, the…

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Appital
February 03, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Appital adds Bernstein as execution broker

Mark Badyra, CEO Appital, commented: We have been working with Bernstein to develop the platform from the early development phase. Asset managers told us they would like to use Bernstein to execute this type of flow because of their independent market position and strong research focus. Our collaboration gives our shared client base the functionality…

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February 03, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

CME Group sees 56% YoY Equity Index ADV surge in January 2022

During last month, Interest Rate ADV rose 33% with record SOFR futures open interest (OI) of 3,040,896 contracts, registered on 31 January. The Group also saw record ADV of 731,126 contracts, an increase of 253% and 645%, respectively, year-over-year CME Group also reported Options ADV increase of 39% and Energy ADV of 7% YoY. Regarding…

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Playtech
February 02, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Playtech shareholder vote does not approve Aristocrat's £2.7 billion bid

Acquisition bids falling through Australian gambling equipment maker, Aristocrat, had made an acquisition offer for Playtech stocks at 680 pence apiece last October. Two other companies also showed interest in Playtech, JKO and Gopher, but they ultimately pulled out of the race. The Hong Kong-based company Gopher recently bought Playtech’s financial division Finalto in a…

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