Category: Forex

May 27, 2025 BY Sam Boughedda

Voyage Markets Launches cTrader Backed Prop Firm Solution

Now a cTrader White Label reseller, Voyage Markets aims to provide a full-service infrastructure for firms seeking to launch and grow with institutional-grade tools, regulatory alignment, and advanced risk control. The collaboration combines Spotware’s trading technology with Voyage Markets’ risk management services. cTrader says it sets a “new standard for proprietary trading firms seeking to…

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May 27, 2025 BY Sam Boughedda

Deutsche Bank and finaXai Partner on Tokenised Funds Servicing

The collaboration is said to form part of Project DAMA 2, a multi-chain asset servicing pilot aimed at streamlining how asset managers manage and support tokenised funds and investor interactions.  The initiative is expected to integrate Machine Learning and Large Language Models into asset servicing workflows, enabling increased speed, transparency and precision through explainable AI.…

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May 23, 2025 BY Sam Boughedda

EXANTE: Robert Parker Appointed Head of Risk

Based in London, he will report directly to the company’s Chief Operations Officer, Zane Kotane. Parker has over 25 years of experience across market, credit, operational and liquidity risk, having held senior roles at BCS Global Markets, Sberbank CIB, Deutsche Bank, MF Global, and BGC Partners/Cantor Fitzgerald.  He began his career as an options market…

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Deutsche Börse
May 23, 2025 BY Sam Boughedda

Deutsche Börse’s SimCorp and Clearstream Launch Strategic Partnership

The collaboration aims to provide buy-side firms with access to a broader range of services and enhanced operational efficiency. The first live product of the partnership is a fund data management service delivered through Clearstream’s Kneip platform.  This is said to allow SimCorp clients to outsource the dissemination of fund data, documents and regulatory reporting,…

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May 19, 2025 BY Sam Boughedda

Capital One Completes Discover Acquisition

Under the terms of the deal, announced in February 2024, Discover shareholders received 1.0192 Capital One shares for each Discover share, representing a 26.6% premium.  “This deal brings together two innovative, mission-driven companies that together are poised to deliver breakthrough products and experiences,” said Capital One CEO Richard Fairbank.  “We are well-positioned to continue our…

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Plus500 office
May 16, 2025 BY Sam Boughedda

Plus500 Hires Nick Scarf as CEO of Australian Entity

Scarf announced the move in a LinkedIn post, stating, “I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Chief Executive Officer at Plus500 Australia!” Though Plus500 has yet to formally confirm the appointment, reports state Scarf is expected to replace Sean Murphy, who led the Australian unit for the past 10 years. Scarf…

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Swiss Stock Exchange
May 15, 2025 BY Sam Boughedda

SIX Announces Executive Board Changes

Tomas Kindler has been appointed Head Exchanges and member of the Executive Board after serving in the role on an interim basis since January.  A long-standing executive at SIX, Kindler has held the role of interim Head Exchanges since January 1, 2025. He previously served as Head Operating Office Exchanges and Head x-clear, and has…

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May 15, 2025 BY Sam Boughedda

Equiduct Announces Swiss Market Expansion

The segment is said to grant retail brokers access to 138 of the most liquid Swiss-listed stocks, including blue-chip names such as Nestlé, Novartis, UBS and ABB. They added that all of the securities are priced in Swiss francs and available through Equiduct’s Apex platform. The expansion marks a milestone for the pan-European retail-focused exchange,…

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