Clearstream’s new partnership explores potential of Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing LeapRate

February 01, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Clearstream's new partnership explores potential of Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing

Clearstream, University of Luxembourg and consulting firm escent launch joint research project Post-trade services provider Clearstream, part of Deutsche Börse Group, just announced that it has entered a collaborative research partnership with the Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) at the University of Luxembourg. Over the next four years, a joint research project…

February 01, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

NEX Group Q3 revenue up 6% YTD

NEX Group plc (LON:NXG), a financial technology company at the centre of global markets, announced today its trading statement for the third quarter ended 31 December 2017. Full year results for the year ended 31 March 2018 will be announced on 22 May 2018. Michael Spencer, Group Chief Executive Officer of NEX, said: Market volatility…

Crypto “bot” trading hurting market reputation and individual investors

February 01, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Overstock.com and tZERO Advisors launch robo-advisor digital investment platform

Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK) announced the launch of a digitally driven investment platform, powered by tZERO Advisors, within the online retailer’s FinanceHub™. This service introduces robo-advising investment management services to our millions of customers and continues Overstock’s commitment to bridging Wall Street and e-commerce,” said Patrick M. Byrne, Overstock’s founder and CEO. Overstock currently delivers world-class…

February 01, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FastMatch has third best ever month with January 2018 FX trading volumes at $20.8 billion ADV

Rebounding after a fairly weak Q4 with FX volumes declining for three consecutive months into December, data from Forex ECN FastMatch shows a nice rebound in January 2018, with one of the company's best ever months. FX trading volumes at FastMatch averaged $20.8 billion daily in January 2018, up 33% from $15.6 billion ADV in December, and…

February 01, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Cboe FX (Hotspot) January 2018 trading volumes at record $42.6 billion ADV

It looks like the FX trading world has had a great start to 2018. Driven by increased volatility in key currency cross rates EURUSD and GBPUSD following weakness shown throughout the month by the US Dollar, institutional Forex ECN Cboe FX Markets – formerly known as Hotspot FX – has reported its best ever month,…

February 01, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

GAIN Capital's GTX sets daily and monthly institutional FX volume records in January 2018

Leading off our retail and institutional FX volume results reports for the first month of 2018, GTX - the institutional FX arm of retail forex broker Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) - has reported that it saw record activity in January 2018. GTX ECN set an average daily volume record $13.9 billion, beating the previous $13.3…

January 31, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

DTCC opens new chapter for buyside participation in repo clearing

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, today announced the start of a new era of buyside participation in the cleared repo market as State Street Bank and Trust Company and funds managed by Capula Investment Management LLP, complete the first cleared sponsored repo transactions…

January 31, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Alantra Equities goes live with Ullink’s MiFID-ready high-touch and connectivity solutions

Ullink, the global provider of electronic trading and connectivity solutions to the financial community, announced today that Alantra Equities (formerly known as N+1 Equities) has gone live with Ullink’s high-touch order management system (OMS) ODISYS and NYFIX connectivity hub. Alantra Equities, the Spanish equities broker division of the global mid-market investment banking and asset management…

January 31, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Singapore’s QQQ Capital taps Eze Investment Suite for growth

Eze Investment Suite to power operations for USD100M start-up Eze Software, a global provider of investment technology, announced that it has signed on QQQ Capital Pte Ltd., Singapore’s new long-term value hedge fund manager, to use Eze Investment Suite to automate its operations. QQQ Capital will be launching the QQQ Capital Feeder Fund, a USD100…

January 30, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Peer-to-peer lender Assetz Capital launches Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA)

Assetz Capital, one of the UK’s largest Peer-to-Peer platforms, just announced it has launched its Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA). IFISA is available as a wrapper on all automated investment accounts, with the Manual Lending Account also set to be allowed into the ISA in early 2018. In a change with convention in the marketplace, this…

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