Category: Institutional

September 28, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Leeds United announces partnership with FinTech marketplace CurrencyTransfer.com

FinTech marketplace, CurrencyTransfer.com announced partnership with Leeds United Football Club as the club’s ‘Official Global Payments Partner.’ The exclusive partnership will provide the club significant cost savings and a competitive advantage in the transfer market The agreement will see CurrencyTransfer.com operate as the club’s exclusive provider of cross-border payments services, including working with the club…

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September 28, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

NEX Optimisation receives further ISO 27001 Security Certification

NEX Optimisation, which helps clients reduce complexity and optimise resources across the transaction lifecycle, announced today that it has received the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 27001:2013 Security Certification by the Standards Institute of Israel, for its Traiana suite of services through Traiana Technologies Ltd. ISO 27001 is the international standard for best practice in…

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September 28, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Chubb announces preliminary loss estimates for hurricanes Harvey and Irma

Chubb Limited (NYSE: CB) just announced preliminary loss estimates in the third quarter of 2017 attributable to Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, which impacted Texas, Florida, other southeastern states and the Caribbean. Insured losses for Hurricane Harvey are currently estimated at approximately $650 million pre-tax, or $520 million after tax. Losses for Hurricane Irma are currently…

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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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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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