Refinitiv, formerly the Financial and Risk business of Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI), has announced that it has launched an aggregate bond service to help clients access fixed income trade data that is available as a result of MiFID II in a single, simple aggregated data feed. The trade data from approved publication arrangements (APAs) and multilateral trading…
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The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has just published the 2018 list of global systemically important banks (G-SIBs) using end-2017 data and an assessment methodology designed by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS). One bank (Groupe BPCE) has been added to the list and two banks (Nordea and Royal Bank of Scotland) have been removed…
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Derivatives marketplace CME Group (NASDAQ:CME) has announced its suite of energy futures and options reached a daily trading volume record of 5,103,881 contracts on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, surpassing the previous record of 5,067,833 contracts set on Dec. 1, 2016. Customers are increasingly accessing the deep liquidity across our energy markets to manage price risk during this…
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LCH SwapAgent, a service for the non-cleared derivatives market, has announced that it has processed its first swaption trade. Two swaptions trades were completed between Nomura and Deutsche Bank, one denominated in Euro and the other in US Dollars. The trades were brokered by ICAP, part of TP ICAP group, and processed by MarkitSERV. Deutsche…
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Refinitiv, formerly Thomson Reuters Financial and Risk, has announced that it has signed an agreement with Nordic investment management firm E. Öhman J: or Fonder (Öhman) to deliver an end-to-end workflow solution for their investment management business. The agreement will cover the entire pre- to post-trade workflow, and allows Öhman to leverage the full depth…
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BNP Paribas, the European provider of banking and financial services, and GTS, a New York-based global electronic market maker, have just announced the signing of a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The MOU signed at BNP Paribas’ annual flagship Global Markets conference in London expands on an existing collaboration on US Treasuries to apply to…
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DriveWealth, LLC, a global digital trading technology company, has announced a strategic partnership with Trading Central, a financial market research and investment analytics firm. The new relationship will allow the two companies to leverage the complementary elements of their businesses: seamless, digital, mobile-first transaction capabilities and sophisticated, accessible and actionable financial content. DriveWealth CEO Robert…
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RSRCHXchange, the research marketplace and aggregator, has just announced an ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) initiative with dedicated functionality on its RSRCHX platform focusing on specialist ESG research. With concerns around responsible investing becoming increasingly prevalent, ESG research has seen a large rise in popularity, helping investors ensure they are able to direct their funds…
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Itiviti, the global provider of multi-asset trading technology and financial infrastructure, has just announced that it has received the ISO 27001 certification mark for its information security program. Itiviti has been certified for the provisioning of products and services related to its UL Platform, Xilix Execution Management System, NYFIX Marketplace, and corporate information systems. In…
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oneZero Financial Systems has announced the addition of Jefferies Financial Services, Inc. to its core product offering for clients. Jefferies is a prime broker offering open market access to oneZero EcoSystem clients. As part of the agreement, Jefferies eFX, the firm’s electronic client trading platform, joins the EcoSystem, with FX market making in over 50 instruments. Andrew…
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