Category: Institutional

cme group fx volumes
March 02, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CME Group interest rate volume up 9% in February, second highest monthly ADV ever

Derivatives marketplace operator CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) announced that February 2017 average daily volume (ADV) reached 18.4 million contracts, down 1% from a strong February 2016. CME Group February 2017 options volume averaged 3.8 million contracts per day, up 9% versus February 2016, with electronic options averaging 2.2 million contracts per day, up 17% over…

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fxspotstream fx volume
March 01, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

FXSpotStream Forex volumes flat in February at $18.7 billion ADV

Multibank FX aggregation service FXSpotStream has reported that volumes on its system were fairly flat in February, down 1% MoM at $18.7 billion average daily volume. In context, however, FxSpotStream’s volumes were fairly healthy given larger declines we have seen at other leading institutional eFX venues such as Hotspot FX, FastMatch, and GTX. FXSpotStream is…

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March 01, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CBOE Holdings completes acquisition of Bats Global Markets

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) just said the company completed its acquisition of Bats Global Markets, Inc. (Bats: BATS) on Tuesday, February 28, in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $3.4 billion (based on the closing price of CBOE Holdings shares on February 28). The combined company also announced its new corporate leadership…

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March 01, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Dash Financial completes merger with LiquidPoint

In the beginning of January this year, Dash Financial and Convergex signed a definitive agreement to merge Dash and LiquidPoint (Convergex’s Options Trading and Technology business) to create a financial technology company in the options and equities markets. Today, almost two months later, Dash announced that it has completed its merger with LiquidPoint to create…

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March 01, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

IHS Markit adds Wall Street Horizon corporate event data to Hub interface

Wall Street Horizon just announced that IHS Markit (Nasdaq: INFO)’s new Hub Horizon corporate event data service, which is powered by Wall Street Horizon’s event data, has officially launched. Markit Hub Horizon provides accurate and reliable forward-looking corporate event dates and information on over 5,000 North American and 7,000 international companies. More than 20 event…

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