Category: Institutional

acquisition
February 26, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Deutsche Börse finalizes acquisition of ISS

Stephan Leithner, Member of the Executive Board of Deutsche Börse AG, responsible for the Group’s Pre- & Post-Trading businesses, said: The quality, precision and breadth of ISS’ data and research is unique in the market. Especially the company’s ESG expertise and data capabilities are highly complementary to Deutsche Börse’s businesses along the entire value chain.…

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Tabula becomes 27th ETF issuer on the Swiss Stock Exchange
February 25, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Tabula becomes 27th ETF issuer on the Swiss Stock Exchange

Christian Reuss, Head SIX Swiss Exchange in the Business Unit Markets of SIX, said: A warm welcome to Tabula as a new ETF issuer on our platform. Investors now have a choice of 1,538 ETFs, including more than 400 fixed income products. The Swiss Stock Exchange was one of the first European exchanges to launch a…

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SIX enhances ESG offering with investment in Ordena Software Solutions
February 23, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

SIX invests in Ordena Software Solutions and enhances ESG offering

Marion Leslie, Head Financial Information & member of Executive Board, SIX, highlighted: With Orenda we have found the right partner with unique expertise in alternative data sets, data science and ESG. As we bring our capabilities and the expertise of our teams together, we see a lot of opportunities to build new propositions supporting the…

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partnership
February 23, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

New York-based energy futures group joins Marex Spectron

Vittal commented: We’re delighted to welcome this talented execution and clearing team with decades of experience in exchange-traded energy markets. We have been steadily growing our presence and expertise in North America to enhance our offering to clients globally. We fully expect that the Energy Futures group will further strengthen our comprehensive capabilities in this…

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partnership
February 23, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Broadridge and The Bancorp launch Wealth Lending Network

The new Broadridge Wealth Lending Network hopes to extend existing lending models and in turn enable financial institutions to offer advanced SBL to their clients on a turnkey basis. This function will work to serve institutions such as independent broker dealers, financial advisors and RIAs. Jeff Hazelwood, Managing Director of Institutional Banking Solutions at The…

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SGX
February 18, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

SGX and Euroclear Bank team up to launch Orchid bond structure

SGX has listed more than 6,600 securities by over 1,600 issuers from 66 countries with total of US$2.2 trillion in issued amounts in 26 currencies. Orchid bond structure allows market participants to use SGX as a one-stop issuance, listing and distribution platform for regional issuance. Stephan Pouyat, Global Head of Capital Markets and Funds Services…

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partnership
February 18, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Diginex and Itiviti pair up for ‘Access’ solution

Richard Byworth, CEO of Diginex, said: We see increasing demand for cryptocurrency exposure from institutional investors and believe this will be a dominant theme in 2021. With the launch of Access, investors can now manage their portfolios using institutional technology that is tailored specifically for cryptocurrencies. Through a robust front, middle, back office with real-time…

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partnership
February 17, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Accuindex teams up with PrimeXM for XCore technology

Hasan Al Aqqad, Chief Executive Officer at Accuindex commented: We are delighted about our new partnership with PrimeXM. This collaboration will allow us to promote our institutional connectivity to our wide-ranging and quickly expanding client base as part of our ongoing global expansion. He continued: This cutting-edge technology provides us with the global scale infrastructure…

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collaboration
February 16, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

First Derivatives named AWS Advanced Consulting Partner

David Collins, Managing Director at First Derivatives said: We are delighted to achieve the AWS Advanced Consulting Partner status. We leverage the power of AWS to help customers modernize processes and derive additional value from their data. We look forward to a continued strengthening of our relationship with AWS. As it stands, FD already has…

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CLS
February 16, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Strong FX volumes for CLS Group amid recession fears

In January 2021, the average daily traded volume submitted to CLS was $1.92 trillion, rising 9% month-over-month from $1.76 trillion in December 2020. Worked out across a yearly timetable, the figure can be seen to be up 8.5% relative to January 2020’s figure of $1.77 trillion. According to CLS’s Head of Information Services, Masami Johnstone,…

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