Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) has reported record financial results for the first quarter of 2018. Consolidated results for the first quarter of 2017 include Bats Global Markets (Bats) for the period March 1 through March 31, 2017. Cboe completed its acquisition of Bats on February 28, 2017. Our record results underscore the utility…
Read moreCobalt, the foreign exchange (FX) post-trade processing network based on shared infrastructure and high performance technology, just announced that it has secured a strategic investment from Singapore Exchange (SGX). SGX’s investment will support the continued expansion of Cobalt’s footprint into the FX space, further accelerating technology development and build out of the team. Cobalt’s solution…
Read moreNEX Group plc (LON:NXG), a financial technology company at the centre of global markets, announced today its trading statement for the month of April 2018. Spot FX results were USD83.4 billion, 10% lower than previous month. US Treasury’s numbers were also down with 18% MoM. The complete results can be seen in the table below:…
Read moreThe global clearing house LCH has just announced that it has begun clearing of non-deliverable interest rate swaps. Market participants are now able to clear this product denominated in Chinese Yuan, Korean Won and Indian Rupee. This is the first time that SwapClear has offered clearing of derivatives denominated in these currencies. Clearing for Chinese Yuan,…
Read moreNew York based FX brokerage group Oanda has announced that it has recently launched an institutional trading platform tailored to meet the advanced requirements of professional FX traders, from hedge funds and brokers to CTAs and proprietary trading firms. Called OANDA Pro, the platform will be powered by State Street's Currenex, a leading provider of high-performance…
Read moreAfter setting two consecutive trading volume records in January and February, data from institutional Forex ECN Cboe FX Markets – formerly known as Hotspot FX – indicates that the company saw a marked decline in activity during March, and now April. After reporting record daily average trading volumes of $44.3 billion in February 2018 and $42.6 billion ADV…
Read moreFollowing three months of strong FX trading volumes to start off the year, GTX – the institutional FX arm of retail forex broker Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) – has reported that activity slowed somewhat during the month of April 2018. GTX reported $306.5 billion of total trading activity in April between its ECN and SEF…
Read moreContinuing a very strong start to the year, Forex ECN FastMatch has reported that April 2018 FX trading volumes edged up by 3% versus March, averaging $19.4 billion daily. After seeing two of its best months ever in January and February, FastMatch FX trading volumes declined by 11% MoM in March 2018 to $18.8 billion ADV,…
Read moreFollowing the success of its Novo 1 fund, launched in 2013, BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) announced the launch of BNP Paribas Novo 2018, a new business loan fund for institutional investors. The fund has the backing of the FFA and the CDC, and aims to provide new sources of financing to help French…
Read moreCapitolis, the pioneering technology provider for the capital markets, has just announced it is live with its foreign exchange credit switching service, Capitolis Switch. Capitolis raised $29 million of venture capital funding earlier this year from Silicon Valley VCs Index Ventures and Sequoia Capital ($20 million led by Index Ventures, and a prior $9 million…
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