Category: Institutional

December 19, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

TradingScreen announces partnership with Agilon Capital

TradingScreen Inc. (TS), the all-asset class order and execution management system (OEMS), has informed the public that Agilon Capital is now leveraging TradeSmart for FI as their OEMS, including IG Corporates, High Yield, CDS, Treasuries, and futures. TradingScreen has also recently expanded its partnership with ITG. We are very pleased to be working with TradingScreen in…

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December 17, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

DriveWealth teams up with Avenue Securities

Digital trading technology firm DriveWealth, LLC has just informed that it has partnered with Avenue Securities. Avenue Securities is a Miami based digital brokerage founded earlier this year by Brazilian entrepreneur Roberto Lee. The company provides easy access to mostly Brazilian retail investors interested in securities traded on U.S. exchanges. DriveWealth CEO Robert Cortright commented: We are…

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BIS announces key appointments in Singapore and Switzerland
December 13, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Virtu Financial adds David Urban to its Board of Directors

The technology-enabled market maker Virtu Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIRT) has just announced the addition of David Urban to its Board of Directors. David’s deep experience as a business and governmental relations executive and demonstrated leadership acumen will add significant value to our Board of Directors,” said Robert Greifeld, Virtu’s Chairman. “We look forward to benefiting from…

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CLS Group trading volumes
December 07, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

CLS Group ADV volume down 2% MoM in November

CLS Group, the market infrastructure provider of risk mitigation services to the global FX market, has published its operating metrics for the month of November 2018. The average daily traded volume submitted to CLS was USD1.68 trillion down 1.7 percent from USD1.71 trillion in October 2018.   Average daily traded volume submitted to CLS by…

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volumes
December 05, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Integral's volumes up 11% MoM in November

FX technology company Integral has just released its volumes report for the month of November. The average daily volumes (ADV) across Integral platforms totaled $38.3 billion last month. This shows an increase of 10.7% MoM and a rise of 9.4% compared to the same period last year. This recent data shows that Integral’s partners are…

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December 04, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

CME Group's FX volumes remain steady MoM in November

Derivatives marketplace CME Group Inc. (Nasdaq: CME) has just announced its November volumes, releasing a record Energy futures and options monthly average daily volume of 3.1 million contracts, as well as Record Energy options monthly average daily volume of 492,000 contracts. FX volumes remained steady MoM in November with 904,000 contracts per day. The complete report…

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Paxful launches wallet app, releases a series of educational workshops in Africa
December 03, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

WFE signs MoU with African Securities Exchanges Association

The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) has informed the public that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the African Securities Exchanges Association (ASEA). According to WFE and the Association, the two main goals of the memorandum will be: to support the development of market infrastructures in Africa, and a wider African capital market ecosystem…

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Farmers to turn CO2 into a cash crop
December 03, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Farmers to turn CO2 into a cash crop

As climate change projections grow increasingly dire, governments are calling on the private sector to address and prepare for its effects. Nori, the blockchain-based marketplace for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, is making it easy for companies to pay to reducing their carbon footprint, while incentivizing farmers to switch to more eco-friendly agricultural practices.…

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Options adds more APAC clients to its Managed Colocation service
November 30, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Financial cloud provider Options opens a second office in Belfast

Private financial cloud provider for the global capital markets industry, Options, has opened a brand new office in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The new headquarters, based in Linen Loft, Adelaide Street, will consist of 100 new financial technology jobs. Options has already opened one Belfast office back in 2014. Options’ Chief Operating Officer, Danny Moore, former…

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