CLS Group, the market infrastructure provider of risk mitigation services to the global FX market, has published its operating metrics for the month of February. February was the largest month ever for trading activity passed through the CLS settlement service. While this is clearly partly due to the market volatility seen at the start of…
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big xyt, the independent provider of high-volume, smart data and analytics capabilities, has announced the addition of enhanced functionality on its Liquidity Cockpit dashboard, providing greater transparency on over-the-counter (OTC) equities activity, including Systematic Internaliser (SI) transactions. The latest functionality, called ‘Liquidity Type’, has been developed in response to a strong desire among practitioners for…
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Retail FX trading tools provider Autochartist has announced that it has concluded the acquisition of a controlling stake in Delkos Research - a company providing forecasts and content for Futures and Forex brokers based around macro-economic news events. This is the second acquisition that Autochartist has concluded in 2018. Delkos’s News Events Trading Services (NETS) allows…
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FCA regulated online CFD brokerage house CMC Markets Institutional (LON:CMCX) has today announced a partnership with oneZero Financial Systems. The collaboration enables CMC Markets to disseminate its high-quality, multi-asset liquidity feed to a wider range of accredited counterparties, using a seamless automated solution for market connectivity and price distribution. More than 150 banks, brokerages and…
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Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) has announced that Copenhagen based multi asset broker Saxo Bank has signed a license agreement to utilise 15 Cboe European national benchmark indices, including its FR 40, DE 30 and CH 20 indices. Saxo Bank plans to utilise the Indices for benchmarking against European markets and the creation of…
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Deutsche Börse Group and HQLAX announced that they have signed a Letter of Intent to form a strategic partnership for the creation of an innovative securities lending solution using the R3 Corda blockchain platform. Using Corda’s blockchain technology, the partners will build a fully integrated front to back operating model to facilitate more efficient collateral…
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CySEC licensed Retail FX broker RoboMarkets, which recently rebranded from RoboForex, has announced that it has opened a Representative Office in Prague as another step of the company’s expansion in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The company has already started 24/7 support for the clients from the Czech Republic and Slovakia in their native language.…
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Investment technology provider Eze Software has just announced its strategic collaboration with NEX Regulatory Reporting, a business area within NEX Group plc. As an Approved Publication Arrangement (APA) provider, NEX Regulatory Reporting supports clients in their MiFID II obligation to publish pre- and post-trade data and reports as soon as possible after execution. The collaboration…
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QuantHouse, the independent global provider of end-to-end high-performance market data and trading through API-based technologies, has announced that it has reported strong double-digit revenue growth since its 2017 buyback from S&P. Throughout 2017, QuantHouse has launched many strategic initiatives to accelerate growth: MiFID II initiatives: the launch of an algo-trading stress testing solution; a UTC…
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Swiss stock exchange operator SIX Group announced that it has achieved a solid annual result in a challenging environment. Through strategic investments and acquisitions, primarily to strengthen its market position in payment transactions, and through strategic and organizational adjustments, SIX created the conditions during 2017 to ensure its long-term competitiveness. SIX generated an annual result of…
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