Last month IBM withdrew its financial forecast as software sales were affected negatively by the coronavirus pandemic. CFO James Kavanaugh talked about making structural changes in the company to improve the competitiveness of the company. Earlier in May, CEO Arvind Krishna stated that IBM would cut even 5% of the dividend. Krishna said: I believe…
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DTM will work closely with Koine to develop a custody and settlement solution for eDigital securities for partners like Metropolitan Stock Exchange of India (MSEI). Koine will integrate with VentureXchange, DTM’s trading platform with the MSEI that enables investors to trade in certain digital portfolios once they are listed on the exchange. The next…
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Ed Tilly, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cboe Global Markets, commented on the news: MATCHNow offers an innovative equities platform, pioneering spirit and customer-first approach that are complementary with Cboe's equities business. This is a highly strategic acquisition that enables us to expand into a new key geography, and strengthens our position as…
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Average daily traded volume submitted to CLS by product (USD trillion)* April 2019 March 2020 April 2020 Forward 0.095 0.129 0.086 Swap 1.175 1.358 1.085 Spot 0.369 0.707 0.379 Total average daily traded volume submitted to CLS (USD trillion) 1.639 2.194 1.550 * Due to rounding, numbers presented throughout the document may not…
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Gibraltar-based crypto exchange Huobi offers their own brokerage services as an additional service for institutional clients, although finding companies that offer full range of prime brokerage tools is rare. Headquartered in London, Bequant offers its clients access to spot trading at exchanges and OTC desks. Zarya has said that the firm plans to offer derivative…
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The rebranding will cover all of INTL FCStone’s regulatory profiles around the world and will not require any significant action by clients and partners. The company says it will preserve the “significant brand equity” as “Stone” representing the oldest part of the company’s franchise and the “X” is for exchange, digitization and innovation. INTL FCStone…
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Luka Mucic, CFO of SAP SE said: Deutsche Börse and SAP are contributing their industry-specific expertise to this project in partnership, thus paving the way for digitalization. Powerful yet flexible IT is the key to meeting the growing demands of the highly regulated financial industry now and, above all, in the future. Deutsche Börse has…
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Wassim Khateeb, Head of Business Development at FXCubic, remarked: We are incredibly pleased to be adding Libertex to our continuously expanding family of partners. Each partner brings new challenges but also gives us the opportunity to learn and better ourselves, helping us move forward towards our goal of becoming an internationally recognised leader within the…
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The cooperation will provide for Varengold Bank’s customers Wirecard’s banking-as-a-service expertise, spanning digital banking, prepaid card issuing, acquiring and loan fronting services. Wirecard’s customers will, in turn, benefit from Varengold Bank’s capabilities in creating tailor-made financing solutions. Leonard Coen, Head of Sales Financial Institutions & FinTech Europe at Wirecard commented: At its core, this collaboration…
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CSCM has supported the Group’s products under the brand of XBT Provider and the firm’s actively managed family of funds, while also setting up proprietary trading strategies. CSCM clients trade alongside the firm and benefit from best-price execution. Jean-Marie Mognetti, CoinShares CEO and head of CoinShares Capital Markets commented: With their deep expertise in trading,…
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