GTX (Switzerland) GmbH, the Swiss institutional FX subsidiary of global forex broker Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP), has announced that it has opened a new office in Zurich to support sales to money center and regional banks as well as fund managers. The new office is headed by Antonio (Toni) Fañanas, Director, Institutional Sales. Mr.…
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BNZ (Bank of New Zealand) one of New Zealand's largest banks announced today that it has become a Direct Clearing Member of LCH’s SwapClear interest rate swap clearing service – and has successfully cleared its first trade as a direct member. BNZ Head of Markets, Graeme Liddell said: Being the first New Zealand member of…
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CME Group Inc (NASDAQ: CME) the leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced it reached an all-time open interest record of 129 million contracts on June 14, 2017, surpassing the previous open interest record of 125.7 million contracts reached on May 11, 2017. June 14 also represented the highest-volume trading day in 2017 to…
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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 May 2017. The average daily traded volume submitted to CLS was USD1.55 trillion up 2.0% from USD1.52 trillion in April 2017. May 2016 April 2017 May 2017 Average daily traded volume…
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On 28 June 2017, the new Swiss Finance Museum will open its doors at Pfingstweidstrasse 110 The first of its kind in Switzerland, it combines historical exhibits with state-of-the-art multimedia installations. The museum is located in the new global head office of SIX, the operator of Swiss financial infrastructure. The completely redesigned exhibition introduces visitors…
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Trax, a subsidiary of MarketAxess Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:MKTX) and a provider of regulatory reporting, trade matching and capital market data services, and Bats Europe, a CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBOE) company, today announced plans to offer Trax Approved Publication Arrangement (APA) customers the choice to direct equity trade reports to the Bats APA in order to…
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BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) has appointed Simeon Tsonev to the role of Currencies Portfolio Manager within its Emerging Markets Fixed Income team, further strengthening the team and enhancing its investment capabilities. In this newly-created role, Tsonev will be responsible for alpha-generating decisions within emerging market currencies. He will be based in London, reporting…
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KCG Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: KCG) today released trade volumes for the month of May 2017. In Market Making, KCG averaged $27.7 billion volume traded (up 5% from April's $26,343 billion), 8.7 billion shares traded, and 3.4 million trades per day in U.S. equities. In Global Execution Services: KCG Institutional Equities averaged 202.7 million U.S. equity…
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BrickVest, the online real estate investment platform, has announced its first successful exit less than 18 months after it launched its platform. The investment alongside CORESTATE Capital Group, the residential portfolio and commercial real estate markets investment firm, featured a sizeable national German retail portfolio of 23 assets. European investors who invested in the BrickVest…
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LiquidityBook today announced the addition of Nicholas Thompson as Manager, Client Services - EMEA, with demand for its POEMS (portfolio, order and execution management system) platform surging among European fund managers. Mr. Thompson will be responsible for leading the firm’s London team and overseeing all service and deployment aspects for its expanding client base in…
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