Liquidnet, the global institutional trading network, today published Shape Shifting: Accessing the Dark Post MiFID II research on how buy-side traders plan to trade in the dark once broker dark pools are no longer admissible. Today, 65% of respondents see buy-side crossing networks as their most effective venue for accessing the dark versus 20% who…
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The ASEAN Capital Markets Forum (ACMF) today held its inaugural ASEAN Capital Market Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Themed “Strengthening ASEAN Capital Market Connectivity”, the conference saw over 300 participants from the region, representing issuers, investors, intermediaries, regulators and experts from institutions like the Asian Development Bank, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, the International Capital…
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CLS Group, the market infrastructure provider of risk mitigation services to the global FX market today published its operating metrics for the month of October 2017. The average daily traded volume submitted to CLS was USD1.616 trillion down 7.6 percent from USD1.749 trillion in September 2017. October 2016 September 2017 October 2017 Average daily…
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Flow Traders, a global technology-enabled liquidity provider specializing in exchange traded products (ETPs), and MarketFactory, a FX technology platform, announced today a partnership that will enable investors to trade FX directly with Flow Traders on FX trading venues across the globe. Flow Traders has a long history of trading FX as part of its hedging…
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Avelacom, a global provider of connectivity and IT infrastructure solutions, announced that it has launched a new point of presence (PoP) in the Australian Security Exchange’s (ASX) Australian Liquidity Centre (ALC), Australia’s only data centre dedicated to the financial markets community. The initiative is designed to meet the rising needs of proprietary trading desks and…
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Just two days after releasing its October volumes report, Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) has today reported financial results for the third quarter of 2017. Q3 2017 highlights include: Revenue Less Cost of Revenue of $269.7 Million, up 98 Percent, Reflects the Bats Acquisition Net Revenue up 10 Percent Compared to 3Q16 Adjusted Combined…
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Virtu Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIRT), a technology-enabled market maker and liquidity provider to the global financial markets, today reported results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2017. Highlights include: Reported results include KCG from July 20 through September 30, 2017 Net loss of $40.0 million, burdened by costs associated with the KCG acquisition and…
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The large law firm market slowed again in the third quarter, as declining demand more than offset higher rates, according to the Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI) Peer Monitor Index (PMI). The PMI, which measures the relative health of the U.S. large law firm market, fell one point to 49. Demand for the large law firm market…
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Enhancements include an expanded set of global FX and CFD markets, the introduction of equity CFD trading, upgraded trading platform & mobile apps and reduced pricing on FX and Indices FOREX.com, the retail forex brand of GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GCAP), today announced a significant upgrade of its FCA-regulated service in the U.K., featuring…
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Monex Group, Inc. (TSE 8698, Oki Matsumoto, Representative Executive Officer and CEO) today reported the following monthly business metrics of its subsidiaries in October 2017. Global DARTs (DARTs stand for Daily Average Revenue Trades meaning the number of trades and transactions per day which generate revenue) were up 3.16% MoM. Number of total accounts has…
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