Category: Institutional

September 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CQG releases new functionality and features, including care orders for hedge management

CQG, a global provider of high-performance trade routing, market data, and technical analysis tools, announced today a new release of its latest functionality enhancements. This also marks the beginning of a new quarterly release schedule, in addition to CQG’s annual upgrade. CQG’s Chief Technology Officer John Arvanites said: CQG is continually improving our product suite…

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September 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Vietcombank selects Thomson Reuters Electronic Trading to power its business in Vietnam

Vietcombank announced today it has selected Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI) Electronic Trading (ET) to power its business in Vietnam and strengthen its presence in both the local and international foreign exchange markets. Foreign exchange trading has significantly increased in Asia, with 21% growth since 2013 - South East Asia in particular is a large part of…

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Advanced Markets Ltd signs up to FX Global Code of Conduct
September 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Hotspot adheres to FX Global Code

Hotspot, a CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBOE) company and a platform for institutional foreign exchange (FX) trading globally, has announced it has aligned its activities across its global business with the principles of the FX Global Code (“the Code”), issuing a Statement of Commitment today.   Following a comprehensive internal review, Hotspot’s business practices, procedures, compliance…

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September 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

NEX Markets launches community-based FX analytics tool NEX Quant Analytics

NEX Markets, a NEX Group (LON:NXG) business which provides electronic trading technology services in the fixed income and foreign exchange (FX) markets, announced today that it has launched NEX Quant Analytics, a FX market comprehensive community-based analytics tool for clients trading on the EBS platform. Individual banks and trading houses may use similar analytics internally,…

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bats
September 26, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

More than €10 billion traded on Bats LIS since launch

Bats Europe, a CBOE Holdings (NASDAQ:CBOE), Inc. company and the region’s largest equities exchange operator, today reported that more than €10 billion has executed on Bats LIS, its block trading platform powered by BIDS technology, since its launch less than 10 months ago. Bats LIS is also on track for another record month of volume…

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September 26, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Ullink partners with European bank to launch new MiFID II solution for Systematic Internalisers

ULLINK, a global provider of electronic trading and connectivity solutions to the financial community, has partnered with a leading European bank to develop a new solution for client quote management. The new solution, called UL QUOTE, is available to Brokers acting as a Systematic Internaliser (SI), enabling them to comply with MiFID II regulations concerning…

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FastMatch FX Tape
September 25, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

FastMatch launches FX Tape real‐time post‐trade information

Forex ECN FastMatch has announced the launch of a new feature called FX Tape. According to FastMatch, FX Tape will improve post‐trade transparency in FX markets and allow market participants to monetize their trading data. FX Tape will also serve as a central reference point for Spot FX transacted prices, helping market participants evaluate best execution…

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Curex Group fx
September 25, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Curex Group launches pre-trade market check time stamp capability

The Cürex Group, a New York City-based institutional foreign exchange execution services and data analytics company, announced today its plan to introduce additional functionality to its pre-trade analytics platform. The new capability will allow Cürex’s customers to prove their compliance with MiFID II’s mandated pre-trade market check through a time stamp provision, which provides recorded…

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