Hanweck integrates real-time derivatives data with historical options tick database LeapRate

April 18, 2017 BY admin

Hanweck integrates real-time derivatives data with historical options tick database

Hanweck, a leading provider of real-time risk analytics on global derivatives markets, today announced the integration of its Volera platform with its product formerly known as the Premium Hosted Database (PhD). With the addition of over two petabytes of historical data, Volera now covers listed options and futures traded on all major exchanges across North…

April 12, 2017 BY admin

Eric Neo of Singapore's Trading-Atrium discusses institutional trading

Back in summer 2014, LeapRate was first to cover the news of CEO Eric Neo's new project and vision for trading firms to operate in Asia with the latest cutting edge technology in the form of his Trading-Atrium ecosystem. The atrium provides a base for small firms to professionally trade with direct access to financial markets…

February 27, 2017 BY admin

Trax and Droit partner for EMIR eligibility and derivatives reporting service

Trax, a provider of regulatory reporting, trade matching and capital market data services, has reached agreement with Droit Financial Technologies (Droit), the provider of real-time global regulatory decision systems for capital markets, to offer an eligibility determination and regulatory reporting service to help firms meet the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) for derivatives. The Trax…

February 20, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Deutsche Börse invests in €131M Digital+ Partners' German B2B software VC fund

Frankfurt based exchange operator Deutsche Börse Group has announced that it has invested in the first German growth fund for fast-expanding B2B-software companies. The fund has been initiated by Digital+ Partners, while the first subscription tranche of ’Digital Growth Fund I’ has been closed with an amount of 131.5 million euros. Deutsche Börse has invested…

February 16, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Fintech startup OpenFin raises $15 million to unify financial desktop apps

New York and London based fintech startup OpenFin, which has developed the first common operating layer for financial desktop applications, has announced $15 million in Series B funding from some of the world’s leading fintech investors. Participants in this round include Bain Capital Ventures, DRW Venture Capital, J.P. Morgan, the Euclid Opportunities fund of NEX Group…

February 14, 2017 BY admin

Pragma announces new block trading and pairs capabilities for Pragma360

Pragma, a New York based multi-asset class, quantitative trading technology provider, announced it has added two significant capabilities to Pragma360 Equities, its high performance algorithmic trading service, with the release of conditional orders and Pairs 2.0. Conditional orders are an increasingly popular specialized electronic trading protocol to source large blocks, helping traders ensure they don’t…

February 14, 2017 BY admin

Market data cloud firm Xignite hires Mark Rowe as CFO

Xignite, a provider of cloud-based real-time and reference market data to financial services and fintech companies for easy integration with websites, apps, and software, announced today that former Microsoft executive Mark Rowe has joined the company as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Reporting to Xignite CEO and Founder, Stephane Dubois, Rowe will oversee the global finance,…

Category: Fintech