CMC Markets Connect partners with Integral to expand institutional reach LeapRate

February 16, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

CMC Markets Connect partners with Integral to expand institutional reach

Richard Elston, Group Head of Institutional at CMC Markets Connect, commented: The partnership with Integral is the latest step in our mission to continue extending our institutional reach. By leveraging the network of a recognised industry leader, we’re making our pricing and liquidity available to an even wider audience, whilst our single stock CFD offering…

February 03, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Appital adds Bernstein as execution broker

Mark Badyra, CEO Appital, commented: We have been working with Bernstein to develop the platform from the early development phase. Asset managers told us they would like to use Bernstein to execute this type of flow because of their independent market position and strong research focus. Our collaboration gives our shared client base the functionality…

February 02, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Playtech shareholder vote does not approve Aristocrat's £2.7 billion bid

Acquisition bids falling through Australian gambling equipment maker, Aristocrat, had made an acquisition offer for Playtech stocks at 680 pence apiece last October. Two other companies also showed interest in Playtech, JKO and Gopher, but they ultimately pulled out of the race. The Hong Kong-based company Gopher recently bought Playtech’s financial division Finalto in a…

February 01, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Nomura reports 13% fall in Q3 net revenue

Growth Investment Banking, however, registered yearly increase during the third quarter attributed to the growth in capital light businesses such as advisory and origination. Kentaro Okuda added: Investment Banking had its best quarter since the year ended March 2017 when comparisons became possible, driven by cross-border M&A deals, sustainable finance mandates and synergies with Nomura…

January 28, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Instinet joins Appital Bookbuilding Platform as its first executing broker

Additionally, Appital’s partnership with Turquoise allows buy-side firms access to over 20 settlement venues via a single point of access and with seamless straight-through-processing (STP). Mark Badyra, CEO of Appital, said: What we set out to do with Appital is provide unique, electronic price formation capabilities of illiquid equity positions to enable execution with minimal…

January 27, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Swiss bank UBS expands presence in US through acquisition of Wealthfront

Ralph Hamers, Group Chief Executive Officer of UBS, said: Adding Wealthfront’s capabilities and client base to our global investment ecosystem will significantly boost our ability to grow our business in the US. Wealthfront complements our core business in the US providing wealth management to high net worth and high net worth investors through trusted relationships…

January 27, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

First Canadian crypto trading platform regulated as marketplace, Bitbuy, selects Eventus for trade surveillance

Earlier last year, Canadian regulators introduced a new regulatory framework that requires cryptocurrency trading platforms that run a marketplace to surveil participants within their markets. Using Validus expands Bitbuy’s capabilities to fulfill these requirements. It also provides the necessary infrastructure to accommodate future growth. Michael Arbus, Bitbuy CEO, said: When we reviewed the Eventus solution,…

January 21, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

JKO withdraws acquisition offer for Playtech

Aristocrat Offer The Board of Directors of Playtech unanimously recommends that the shareholders vote in favour or Aristocrat Leisure’s offer. Playtech’s Court and General Meetings, where the shareholders can vote on the acquisition offer and on the Playtech Resolutions will be held on 2 February 2022. Playtech’s BoD has shared concerns that it still seeking…

January 17, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

LCH reports record clearing volumes in 2021

LCH services continued to support transitional to risk-free rates (RFRs) during the past year. SwapClear, LCH’s interest rates derivatives clearing service, converted more than $35 trillion of a notional in the fourth quarter of 2021. SwapAgent saw 10,186 trades in 2021, which represents a 489% year-on-year increase. RepoClear processed €195 trillion of nominal across 9.4…

January 13, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Coinbase acquires derivatives exchange FairX

Coinbase confirmed its plans to offer crypto derivatives and make the derivatives market more approachable for its retail customers. The official announcement said: Through this acquisition, we plan to bring regulated crypto derivatives to market, initially through FairX’s existing partner ecosystem. Following its announcement, Coinbase explained in a tweet that adding derivatives trading to its…

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