Retail FX broker FXCM Group has announced that it has joined the FastMatch FX Tape. Launched by FastMatch, a Euronext NV (EPA:ENX) company, the FX Tape is a centralized streaming service that provides real-time last trade data to all subscribing market participants. The underlying trade data is comprised of a diverse group of participating segments…
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big xyt, the independent provider of high-volume, smart data and analytics capabilities, has announced the addition of enhanced functionality on its Liquidity Cockpit dashboard, providing greater transparency on over-the-counter (OTC) equities activity, including Systematic Internaliser (SI) transactions. The latest functionality, called ‘Liquidity Type’, has been developed in response to a strong desire among practitioners for…
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Retail FX trading tools provider Autochartist has announced that it has concluded the acquisition of a controlling stake in Delkos Research - a company providing forecasts and content for Futures and Forex brokers based around macro-economic news events. This is the second acquisition that Autochartist has concluded in 2018. Delkos’s News Events Trading Services (NETS) allows…
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FCA regulated online CFD brokerage house CMC Markets Institutional (LON:CMCX) has today announced a partnership with oneZero Financial Systems. The collaboration enables CMC Markets to disseminate its high-quality, multi-asset liquidity feed to a wider range of accredited counterparties, using a seamless automated solution for market connectivity and price distribution. More than 150 banks, brokerages and…
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Shield Financial Compliance (Shield FC), a specialist RegTech provider, has today unveiled its next generation data management platform for capturing, archiving, analysing and investigating electronic communication (eComms) to meet the growing record-keeping, data governance and best execution requirements of financial firms. MiFID II, GDPR, MAR, Dodd Frank and FINRA require financial institutions to capture, protect…
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UK online trading leader IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) has just noted that the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have issued statements announcing measures on their work in relation to the provision of contracts for difference (CFDs) and binary options to retail clients. IG informed that it is…
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smartTrade Technologies, a multi-asset electronic trading pioneer, has announced the promotion of Annalisa Sarasini from Global Head of Sales to Chief Business Development Officer. Sarasini joined the company in July 2012 and has since been driving smartTrade’s sales growth worldwide while building a Global Sales team with a geographical presence in all main financial hubs.…
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Multi-asset execution and order management systems company FlexTrade has announced the integration of Kensho Technologies pre-trade analytics solution into the FlexTRADER EMS, which provides a detailed, real-time event feed to assist a trader’s decision-making process when executing a trade. This integration with Kensho brings a unique level of ‘market context’ to the FlexTRADER blotter,” said…
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More than a month and a half after the close of its public consultation period - and despite receiving a tremendous amount of pushback from both online brokers and traders from across the continent - pan-European financial regulator ESMA today released its final proposals to govern leveraged trading, which remain unchanged from its original proposals.…
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Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) has announced that Copenhagen based multi asset broker Saxo Bank has signed a license agreement to utilise 15 Cboe European national benchmark indices, including its FR 40, DE 30 and CH 20 indices. Saxo Bank plans to utilise the Indices for benchmarking against European markets and the creation of…
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