learning to buy the dip
February 07, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

THETA Trading Technologies appoints Peter Meddemmen as CTO

The specialist provider of buy-side trading technology as a service, THETA, named former Bloomberg trading executive Peter Meddemmen its Chief Technology Officer. Meddemmen joins THETA as the company prepares for a new product launch in 2020. He will manage all technology delivery, including for its order and execution management system (OEMS), Apollo, scheduled to go…

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Regulation
February 07, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

ESMA outlines its strategy on sustainable finance

The EU Markets regulator, European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), announced its Strategy on Sustainable Finance. The strategy reveals sustainability as the main goal for ESMA and sets out a plan to implement Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors in its work. The strategy reveals that the fundamental priorities of ESMA include transparency obligations, risk…

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Cboe Global Markets
February 06, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Cboe trading volumes rise in January 2020

Exchange holding company Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe) released report on its turnover for January 2020. ADV in total options trading at C2 Options Exchange (C2) reached a monthly record with more than 934,900 contracts, up by 25% from January 2019. EDGX Options Exchange (EDGX) also set a monthly trading record with ADV of more…

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forex market crypto news and updates
February 06, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily Market News: US stocks enjoy coronavirus rebound

Adam Vettese, UK Market Analyst at eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for February 6, 2020.  The biggest headline in the US at the end of Wednesday was President Donald Trump’s acquittal in his Senate impeachment trial, which had been broadly anticipated and - as with the impeachment process generally…

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Integral volumes
February 06, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

Integral’s ADV down 2% MoM in January 2020

Fintech company Integral released its volumes report for the first month of 2020. Average daily volumes (ADV) across Integral platforms totalled $35.5 billion in January. This represents an increase of 2.3% compared to the same period last year. However, the numbers were slightly down from December’s $36.3 billion, minus 2.2% MoM. Banks, brokers, and asset managers now…

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Archax teams up with Polymath for security tokens listing
February 06, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

Archax teams up with Polymath for security tokens listing

London-based institutional digital securities exchange Archax announced that it has teamed up with Polymath, the security token platform focused on issuance and management of regulated assets. Archax will now be able to support tokens on its exchange that are created using Polymath’s ST20 standard. Digital securities, also known as security tokens, allow real-world assets, including…

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