Category: Exchanges

May 09, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Traiana teams up with Eurex to provide central clearing connectivity

Traiana, a trade life-cycle and risk management solutions provider, just announced that it has provided direct central clearing connectivity to Eurex, part of Deutsche Börse Group. This connectivity agreement is well-timed for market participants keen to use our services to consolidate their OTC clearing processes and benefit from an increase in clearing activity at Eurex,"…

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cme group building
May 07, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

CME Group launches Micro E-mini futures for trading

Derivatives marketplace CME Group (NASDAQ:CME) announced that more than 310,000 Micro E-mini futures contracts traded yesterday across all four indices - the S&P 500, Nasdaq-100, Russell 2000 and Dow Jones Industrial Average indexes. Total cumulative volume makes Micro E-minis the most successful new product launch in CME Group's history. We are pleased to see strong…

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Deutsche Börse revenues
May 03, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Deutsche Börse cash markets' turnover down 7% MoM in April

Deutsche Börse just released its cash markets volumes for April. The cash markets generated a turnover of €120.9 billion, down 7% MoM (compared to €127.2b in 2018 and €130.3 billion in March 2019). €107.8 billion of which were attributable to Xetra (€117.1b in 2018), bringing the average daily Xetra trading volume to €5.4b. Börse Frankfurt…

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Deutsche Börse revenues
April 30, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Deutsche Börse Group announces solid start of the year in its Q1 2019 revenues report

Deutsche Börse AG has released its first quarter results for 2019. Highlights include: Net revenue of €720.8 million, up 4% YoY (Q1/2018: €691.6 million). Deutsche Börse achieved approximately 5% growth of the secular net revenue, in line with its guidance. Adjusted operating costs of €248.6 million Operating costs were adjusted for non-recurring effects totalling approximately…

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LMAX Digital granted DLT provider license
April 17, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

LMAX Digital granted DLT provider license

LMAX Digital, the institutional crypto currency exchange operated by LMAX Exchange Group, has just announced that it has been granted a license as a Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Provider from the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC). LeapRate reminds that LMAX Digital was launched in May 2018 as the first institutional crypto currency exchange. The final…

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StoneX Group announces stock ticker symbol change to SNEX
April 17, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Euronext's FastMatch rebrands into Euronext FX

The pan-European exchange in the Eurozone, Euronext, announced the rebranding of FastMatch, its Electronic Communication Network (ECN) for Foreign Exchange (FX) trading, into Euronext FX. LeapRate reminds that FastMatch has been acquired by Euronext in 2017 after buying out ex-CEO Dmitri Galinov. The FastMatch name will not disappear as it remains the brandname of the…

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Paxful launches wallet app, releases a series of educational workshops in Africa
April 16, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Refinitiv introduces real-time coverage for West Africa’s BRVM Exchange

Refinitiv, formerly the Financial and Risk business of information giant Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI), announced that it has just introduced real-time coverage for the BRVM Exchange (Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières) for equity and fixed income markets. BRVM is West Africa's stock market for all eight member states in WAEMU, which includes Benin, Burkino Faso, Guinea…

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FastMatch Euronext FX volumes
April 05, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Euronext FastMatch March volumes up 16% MoM

Euronext, the pan-European exchange in the Eurozone, has just announced trading volumes for March 2019. Cash trading The average daily transaction value on the Euronext cash order book dropped 13% YoY to €7,724 million, but rose 5.6% from the previous month. The average daily transaction value on the Euronext cash order book for Q1 2019…

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