Category: Institutional

Acquisition
January 13, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Tradovate acquired by NinjaTrader in a $115 million deal

Tradovate founder Rick Tomsic Following the acquisition, NinjaTrader’s Executive Team will welcome Tomsic as its Chief Strategy Officer. He will play a key role in developing the strategy for continued transformation of the futures industry. Tomsic will also serve on NinjaTrader’s Board of Directors. Martin Franchi, CEO of NinjaTrader Group, LLC, commented: NinjaTrader’s and Tradovate’s…

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January 12, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

FIA Tech opens a new office in UK

Ten leading clearing firms invested $44 million in FIA Tech in2021 to fund the strategic growth of the company. The company has been investing in the further development of its existing products and in new solutions to improve market infrastructure across the listed and cleared derivatives industry. FIA Tech announced plans to strengthen its positions…

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Swissquote
January 12, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Swissquote announces acquisition of Keytrade Bank Luxembourg

Marc Bürki, CEO of Swissquote, said: With the acquisition of Keytrade Bank Luxembourg we will strengthen our European expansion. Moreover, we will continue to develop our service offering to suit the needs of institutional as well as private clients in Luxembourg and the European Union. We will bring together the strengths of both institutions –…

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Acquisition
December 28, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

S&P Global and IHS Markit to sell Base Chemicals and CUSIP Businesses

Douglas L. Peterson, President and Chief Executive Officer of S&P Global said: The two divestures we have announced today represent an important milestone in our progress toward satisfying the required regulatory conditions to complete our merger with IHS Markit. With these agreements in place, we are well positioned to dedicate our full attention to our…

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December 20, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

BNP Paribas sells Bank of the West to BMO for $16.3 billion

Jean-Laurent Bonnafé, BNP Paribas Group Director and Chief Executive Officer, commented: This is a value accretive transaction for all sides, which emphasizes the quality of Bank of the West franchise. In the name of BNP Paribas, I would like to deeply thank all Bank of the West teams for their achievements and contributions for the…

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Acquisition
December 20, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

OFX Group acquires Canadian FX company Firma in $69.6 million deal

The acquisition have a significant positive impact on the volumes in the trading of USD/CAD and USD/GBP pairs. OFX Chief Executive Officer and Managing Direator, Skander Malcolm said: This is our first major acquisition and very much aligned with our strategy of building scale in the Corporate segment and growing the North American region. Firma…

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Deutsche Börse
December 16, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Deutsche Börse acquires majority stake in Crypto Finance

Crypto Finance will now be able to access to Deutsche Börse’s client and infrastructure and its capital base to further grow its team, carry out structural growth plans, and broaden its product and service portfolio. The expansion of the customer base will be focused on Germany in Europe, and Singapore in Asia. Eric Leupold, Head…

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Appital
December 15, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Appital onboards asset managers ahead of platform launch

Through the new Appital platform, buy-side firms can obtain more exposure to deal flow opportunities, portfolio managers and heads of trading build can gain a comprehensive picture of liquidity, including highly illiquid, small and mid-cap stocks. Rebecca Healey of Redlap Consulting noted in The Trade, discussing her recent report “Liquidity in the Time of Covid”:…

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TP ICAP
December 15, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

TP ICAP investigates security vulnerability Log4Shell

TP ICAP highlight that there is no evidence that this has happened. Since finding out, the company has been evaluating its exposure and methodically fixing as patches have become available. Additionally, the company has been deploying signatures and enhanced security controls to further strengthen the protection on its environment from the Log4j exploit. The official…

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Acquisition
December 14, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

ZuluTrade acquired by Finvasia

Greece-headquartered social trading platform ZuluTrade has leveraged the potential of the trading community and algorithmic performance ranking in order to connect traders with investors. This acquisition fits well with Finvasia group’s multi-phase strategy in building an integrated fintech ecosystem for investors. Sarvjeet Singh Virk, Co-founder & Chief Managing Director , Finvasia Group, said: Since Finvasia…

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