KCG Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: KCG) today released trade volumes for the month of June 2017. In Market Making, KCG averaged $28.7 billion dollar volume traded (up 3.6% from May's $27.7 billion), 9.1 billion shares traded, and 3.4 million trades per day in U.S. equities. In Global Execution Services: KCG Institutional Equities averaged 195.8 million U.S.…
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Malaysia, widely acknowledged as being in the forefront of Islamic finance, announced that is taking the lead in promoting the sustainable and responsible investing (SRI) proposition based on its shared values with Islamic finance. As part of initiatives to generate greater awareness on responsible investing, Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) and Bursa Malaysia co-hosted the Responsible…
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National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository, announced that has successfully settled the first transactions using its two new services – Linked Transactions and Instruction Prioritization. ATON and Alfa-Capital Management Company have become the first companies to use these services. Both services were launched in spring 2017, and are intended to facilitate more efficient…
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NEX Group plc (LON:NXG), a financial technology company at the centre of global markets, announces its trading statement for the period from 1 April 2017 to 30 June 2017 ahead of its Annual General Meeting today. Q1 Group revenue up 10% on a constant currency basis NEX Transformation Programme – on track triReduce compression service…
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GreenKey Technologies, an AI-driven voice collaboration platform for the financial markets, announced today a global partnership with Red Box Recorders, an expert in voice recording technology and services, to create an integrated solution for embedded compliance recording within GreenKey's software-based trader collaboration offering. Red Box technology records voice conversations over soft client phones, turrets and…
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TMX Group (TSX:X) today announced its financing activity on Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange for June 2017. Toronto Stock Exchange welcomed 15 new issuers in June 2017, compared with 15 in the previous month and nine in June 2016. The new listings included 11 exchange traded funds, one mining company, two consumer products…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that former ADS Securities and Saxo Bank executive Valery Bartashevich has joined Malta based FX and multi asset prime broker Exante. Based in London, Mr. Bartashevich will have a senior business development role with Exante, covering mainly South Europe, Latin America, the UK, the MENA region, as well as South East Asia.…
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Giga Watt Token Launch announced today that they’ve sold over 14.4 million tokens in their crowdsale, enough to build an additional eight mining buildings. Along with the construction of eight new mining buildings, one of the three already-functioning mining centers will undergo expansions and renovations. The Washington state-based Giga Watt facility allows anyone to participate…
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Deutsche Börse Group announced that has entered into a strategic cooperation with Trumid, a financial technology company that provides an electronic trading network for corporate bonds. The Group will invest US$10 million for a minority stake as an add-on to Trumid’s previously disclosed US$28 million financing from earlier this year. Trumid will use the new…
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Euronext announced the closing of the acquisition of a 60% stake in iBabs, a Dutch provider of dematerialised board portal solutions for corporates and public organisations, for a consideration of €30.1 million. iBabs, based in the Netherlands, provides an efficient and secured board portal solution to close to 1,000 companies and public organisations with more…
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