Category: Institutional

Playtech finalto
September 30, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Gopher to acquire Finalto for $250 million from Playtech

According to the official announcement, net cash available to Playtech at completing the sale will increase by approximately $242 million. This amount is in addition to the €40 million excess cash which was extracted during the first half of 2021. Teresa Teague, Partner at TT Bond Partners, commented: Gopher has been impressed by the strength…

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Alpha FX
September 29, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Alpha FX Group launches alternative banking platform

Morgan Tillbrook, Chief Executive Officer of Alpha FX commented: This launch is a direct result of our ability to attract top talent combined with our investment in technology. Adam Dowling, Managing Director of Alpha Platform Solutions, has been researching and developing our alternative banking strategy since joining in 2018, together with Sam Marsh who co-founded…

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Acquisition
September 28, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Volcap Trading acquired by Marex

Marex and Volcap’s clients will benefit from the acquisition and the broader product offering it brings. Volcap’s operation will be immdiately integrated directly into the existing Marex client platform. Ian Lowitt, CEO of Marex, commented: Volcap will add to our softs offering and will be a good fit with our fast-growing structured products business, Marex…

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Moscow Exchange
September 24, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Moscow Exchange lists new options for OTC trading

The FX market OTC services’ list of instruments has been expanded. From September the market operator makes available EUR/USD and GBP/USD swap transactions through the Request for Stream (RFS) functionality, delivering quotations from leading global banks providing liquidity, with settlement through the CCP. Market participants can now also clear OTC swap transactions with the CCP…

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FlexTrade - the first EMS provider to integrate with Appital’s bookbuilding platform
September 09, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

FlexTrade integrates with Appital’s bookbuilding platform

Andy Mahoney, Managing Director EMEA FlexTrade Systems, commented: This integration with Appital  brings transparency and automation to an area of the market traditionally plagued by opacity and outdated, phone based bookbuilding activity. We see significant demand for Appital’s offering from some of our largest asset management customers. As a result, we have been collaborating with…

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EGM Securities and Sterling Capital
September 08, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

EGM Securities and Sterling Capital partner to deliver investment opportunities to Kenyan traders

The global technology sector has gone on a strong growth trajectory in recent months. Stocks like Shopify, Intel, Google, Alphabet, and Microsoft, delivered consistently high returns. This brought a global economic recovery which also heightened demand for aviation, hospitality, tourism, and energy, and these stocks are starting to bounce back from the pandemic. Samwel Kiraka,…

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ATFX
September 06, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

ATFX Connect expands its institutional business

ATFX Connect’s Agency business has recently expanded its global liquidity offering by introducing a New York-based server, NY4. ATFX clients now have access to broader and deeper pool of liquidity during both the London afternoon and US trading session until market close. ATFX has also partnered with a number of new LP’s with a strong…

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smartTrade Technologies and Japanese FX company SBI Liquidity Market expand partnership
August 30, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

smartTrade Technologies and Japanese FX company SBI Liquidity Market expand partnership

SBI and smartTrade’s partnership began in 2013 when SBI picked LiquidityFX as its connectivity, aggregation and smart order routing partner. SBI added smartTrade’s pricing and distribution modules three years later in order to grow its business outside Japan and provide liquidity to the rest of Asia. David Vincent, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of smartTrade…

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August 27, 2021 BY Alan Sayer

J.P. Morgan Leads $50 Million Investment Into Analytics Firm Aumni

Michael Elanjian, Head of Digital Innovation, Corporate & Investment Bank J.P. Morgan, had this to say: Our strategic investment in Aumni will allow the company to continue to capitalize on its impressive growth trajectory, unlocking data insights that have historically remained inaccessible in the private markets. Aumni said it would use the money raised to…

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