Category: Institutional

Cboe Global Markets
October 06, 2021 BY Alan Sayer

Cboe hires Bo Chung as Senior Vice President

Catherine Clay, Executive Vice President, Global Head of Data and Access Solutions, said:  For many years I have admired Bo's impressive track record of success and industry leadership and I'm thrilled to have him join the team. Cboe's expansive Data and Access Solutions offering is an integral part of the company's global vision and we…

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Deutsche Börse
October 06, 2021 BY Alan Sayer

Deutsche Börse announces next-generation digital post-trade platform

The company teamed up with numerous financial institutions to help build the infrastructure, including Citi, BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank, DekaBank, dwpbank, Goldman Sachs, DZ Bank, Raiffeisen Bank International, and Vontobel. In addition, D7 is being built in collaboration with technology partners Digital Asset, Microsoft, R3, and VMware. Member of the Executive Board of Deutsche Börse,…

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Revenue growth
October 01, 2021 BY Alan Sayer

Jefferies Financial Group reports record Q3 revenue

Net income for the third quarter stood at $407 million, or $1.50 per share. Jefferies Financial Group’s CEO Rich Handler, and company President Brian Friedman said: We are humbled by and deeply grateful for the confidence and trust our clients have shown in us, not just this quarter, but over the years and decades we…

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Playtech finalto
September 30, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Gopher to acquire Finalto for $250 million from Playtech

According to the official announcement, net cash available to Playtech at completing the sale will increase by approximately $242 million. This amount is in addition to the €40 million excess cash which was extracted during the first half of 2021. Teresa Teague, Partner at TT Bond Partners, commented: Gopher has been impressed by the strength…

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Alpha FX
September 29, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Alpha FX Group launches alternative banking platform

Morgan Tillbrook, Chief Executive Officer of Alpha FX commented: This launch is a direct result of our ability to attract top talent combined with our investment in technology. Adam Dowling, Managing Director of Alpha Platform Solutions, has been researching and developing our alternative banking strategy since joining in 2018, together with Sam Marsh who co-founded…

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Acquisition
September 28, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Volcap Trading acquired by Marex

Marex and Volcap’s clients will benefit from the acquisition and the broader product offering it brings. Volcap’s operation will be immdiately integrated directly into the existing Marex client platform. Ian Lowitt, CEO of Marex, commented: Volcap will add to our softs offering and will be a good fit with our fast-growing structured products business, Marex…

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Moscow Exchange
September 24, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Moscow Exchange lists new options for OTC trading

The FX market OTC services’ list of instruments has been expanded. From September the market operator makes available EUR/USD and GBP/USD swap transactions through the Request for Stream (RFS) functionality, delivering quotations from leading global banks providing liquidity, with settlement through the CCP. Market participants can now also clear OTC swap transactions with the CCP…

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FlexTrade - the first EMS provider to integrate with Appital’s bookbuilding platform
September 09, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

FlexTrade integrates with Appital’s bookbuilding platform

Andy Mahoney, Managing Director EMEA FlexTrade Systems, commented: This integration with Appital  brings transparency and automation to an area of the market traditionally plagued by opacity and outdated, phone based bookbuilding activity. We see significant demand for Appital’s offering from some of our largest asset management customers. As a result, we have been collaborating with…

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EGM Securities and Sterling Capital
September 08, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

EGM Securities and Sterling Capital partner to deliver investment opportunities to Kenyan traders

The global technology sector has gone on a strong growth trajectory in recent months. Stocks like Shopify, Intel, Google, Alphabet, and Microsoft, delivered consistently high returns. This brought a global economic recovery which also heightened demand for aviation, hospitality, tourism, and energy, and these stocks are starting to bounce back from the pandemic. Samwel Kiraka,…

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