Category: Institutional

Binance seeks to curb SEC’s hunt for “fraud”
March 31, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Binance to acquire CoinMarketCap for $400 million

Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao has said that there two acquisition deals in the near future with “significant impact” and CoinMarketCap may be one of them. US-based CoinMarketCap drew 207.2 million visitors in the last six months, reports SimilarWeb, with Binance drawing 113.8 million for the same period, making CoinMarketCap’s traffic 80% more than Binance’s.…

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IG Group office
March 31, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

IG launches IG Prime for institutional clients

IG was founded in 1974 in London and has served institutional clients for over 15 years. The company launched its prime brokerage services for hedge fund managers and family offices in 2006. Tony Lim, Head of Singapore said: IG has always taken pride in providing the best trading experience for our clients, the launch of…

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techfinancials
March 26, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

TechFinancials issues Cedex update and board changes

Additionally, TechFinancials announced that Eitan Yanuv will move from independent Non-Executive Director to Non-Executive Chairman of the Company effective 1 April 2020. Yanuv has been Chairman of the Audit Committee for 5 years and has substantial experience in the company. His predecessor, Chris Bell, has been the Non-Executive Chairman since IPO and is now stepping…

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March 25, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Toyota and NTT form a capital tie-up to build a “smart city”

“Smart cities” have seen accelerated development globally. Residents use autonomous vehicles for transportation, energy is used efficiently with devices tracking real time the consumption of electricity and gas. Toyota announced its plans in January for building a sustainable prototype in early 2021. The Woven City will be built in a 175-acre site at the foot…

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CLS Group trading volumes
March 24, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

CLS Group’s ADV up 2% MoM in February

CLS’s Head of Information Services, Masami Johnstone, commented: “We saw average daily traded volumes in February 2020 of USD1.81 trillion, representing growth of 5% compared to February 2019. Over the same comparison period FX swap volumes were flat, the spot market was up sharply at 24%, while there was a decrease in forward volumes of…

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March 17, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

INTL FCStone joins Bloomberg’s trading platform FXGO

INTL FCStone Inc announced today that its London-based subsidiary, INTL FCStone Ltd’s Foreign Exchange desk has joined Bloomberg’s electronic trading platform, FXGO, as a liquidity provider. The affiliation allows INTL FCStone Ltd to offer market participants added efficiencies for FX trading. Bloomberg’s FXGO enables service providers to contribute executable pricing across a wide arsenal of…

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collaboration
March 11, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Trading Technologies and Nodal Exchange collaborate to provide market access through TT Platform

Trading Technologies, Inc, global provider of professional trading software, announced its collaboration with Nodal Exchange to offer Nodal’s contracts through its TT platform. Clients of TT will be able to leverage its full suite of tools including charting and analytics functionality, design, automated trading, mobile trading, FIX services and API development, to trade the entire…

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March 10, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Copper.co teams up with SFOX to expand liquidity and provide fast OTC settlement

Copper.co, London-based institutional custody and brokerage firm, announced its partnership with SFOX, US prime cryptocurrency dealer. Copper’s institutional clients will benefit from SFOX’s integration and use secure access to its best price execution platform and global liquidity. SFOX’s clients will be able to take advantage of the secure custody and settlement architecture developed by Copper’s…

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Citi names Daniel Young its Head of equities for Australia and New Zealand
March 09, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Citi cuts ties with two-thirds of FX platforms

Citi has shared its intention to reduce its global ambitions in the foreign exchange space since launching a review back in October of last year. To do so Citi will drop almost two-thirds of the trading platforms it gives currency quotes. The bank has made changes to its vendor platform requirements and cut 12 of…

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