Category: Institutional

October 02, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

TradingScreen Inc. teams up with ITG

TradingScreen Inc. (TS), the all-asset class order and execution management system (OEMS), has just announced a strategic collaboration with ITG, an independent broker and financial technology provider. The collaboration will result in an integrated solution that allows TS customers to access ITG real-time analytics at the single-order and portfolio levels. Providing valuable insight into the…

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Centroid Solutions expands into the Australian market
October 02, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Centroid Solutions expands into the Australian market

Financial technology provider Centroid Solutions has announced that it is expanding into the Australian market. The company which provides a wide array of services in the areas of Risk Management, Connectivity, Aggregation and Regulatory Reporting is expanding to Sydney, Australia. The location is the third major geography for the firm after it has established its…

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Blackstone-Led consortium completes partnership transaction with Thomson Reuters
October 02, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Blackstone-Led consortium completes partnership transaction with Thomson Reuters

A consortium led by Blackstone (NYSE:BX) has announced that private equity funds managed by Blackstone – together with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and GIC – have completed the previously announced partnership transaction with information giant Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI) for Thomson Reuters’ Financial & Risk (F&R) business. The Blackstone-led consortium now owns 55 percent…

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FXSpotStream forex volumes
October 02, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FXSpotStream has best ever month with September FX trading volumes at $31.9B ADV

Multibank FX aggregation service FXSpotStream has reported figures indicating that September 2018 was its busiest month ever, with FX trading coming in at $31.9 billion in average daily volumes. Previous best ever result at FXSpotStream was June’s $30.4 billion ADV. As there were less trading days in September (20) than August (23), total volumes were actually slightly…

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CBOE Hotspot FX volumes
October 01, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Cboe FX (Hotspot) September 2018 forex trading volumes up 3% to $35.8B ADV

Rebounding somewhat from the normal summer trading volumes slowdown, data from institutional Forex ECN Cboe FX Markets – formerly known as Hotspot FX – indicates that the company saw a modest 3% increase in average daily volumes during September, $35.8 billion versus $34.9 billion the previous month. Volumes remained however well below where they were during the…

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social trading
September 27, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Deutsche Börse Venture Network makes public funding easier for start-ups

Technology start-ups can benefit from public funds: EU, federal and state governments grant corresponding loans and subsidies. But who is offering what exactly for whom and under what conditions? Members of Deutsche Börse Venture Network now have it easier: the new cooperation partner förderbar guides them through the complex variety of funding possibilities. Founders do…

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Blackstone office
September 27, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FXall may be on the block again - for $3 billion?

Bloomberg is reporting that Blackstone Group LP (NYSE:BX) is considering a sale of institutional Forex ECN FXall. And, that the business could fetch more than $3 billion. That certainly seems like a very big number, given that FXall was acquired in July 2012 for $625 million - roughly a fifth of the current proposed price.…

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