Carlo Kölzer, founder and CEO of 360X said: Our mantra is ‘Making Things Investable – Bridging the Gap between Asset Classes and Capital Markets’. We create transparent and liquid trading venues for assets that have not yet existed in digital markets. We are therefore starting with trading venues for art and real estate. 360X is…
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The institutional unit of FXCM Group, FXCM Pro, announced its has teamed up with trading technology provider Tradesocio. The two companies collaborated to provide banks, brokers, asset managers and other buy-side institutions with a full fintech solution that combines Tradesocio’s digital investment and trading technology with FXCM Pro’s institutional liquidity and global scale. Tradesocio’s client base…
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The Cyprus watchdog alleged that CPB and Commerzbank acted “in concert to manipulate the market” regarding CPB’s shares in April and May 2011. CySEC imposed a €650,000 fine to Commerzbank AG for the violations. The Cyprus securities regulator decided not to impose a fine on CPB because it is s under special administration since 2013…
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Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank revealed on Sunday that they were in merger talks, which confirmed the rumors that had circulated hinting at the merger. The announcement did not come as a surprise given the manner in which Deutsche Bank has struggled since the 2008 financial crisis. However, the announcement triggered concerns by labor unions about the likelihood that…
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Deutsche Börse and Commerzbank have successfully executed the first legally binding repo transaction settlement using distributed ledger technology. The test transaction was part of a collaborative proof of concept initiative built on a delivery versus payment model to determine whether blockchain networks can be used in securities settlement. The transaction was executed through the generation…
Read moreCommerzbank, supported by SAP, announced that it has successfully completed an end-to-end integration between SAP S/4HANA business processes and R3’s Corda blockchain platform. This is the first step toward enhancing the supply chain network of corporate clients to offer more efficient access to trade and supply chain finance services. This solution has the potential for…
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Solactive has introduced the Solactive Industrial Robotics & Automation Index, a thematic index track- ing companies providing robotics and automation solutions in an industrial context. The index holds globally listed companies with a minimum market capitalization of USD 1 billion operating in sectors such as factory automation equipment, semiconductors, industrial machine parts, and programmable logic…
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Financial innovation firm R3, five of its members and financial resource management specialist HQLAᵡ have built a collateral lending solution for liquidity transfers on R3’s Corda distributed ledger platform. Project participants CIBC, Commerzbank, Credit Suisse, ING, UBS and HQLAᵡ collaborated with R3 to develop an operating model for a digital collateral receipt (DCR) lending marketplace.…
Read moreChina puts into action requirements for foreign firms to settle foreign exchange forward yuan positions in the onshore market, the country's foreign exchange trading platform, operated by the central bank, said in a statement on Wednesday. Foreign firms will need to set aside 20% of the previous month's yuan forwards settlement amount as foreign exchange…
Read moreThe trial marked an unprecedented scale of institutional collaboration between the financial and technology communities exploring how distributed ledgers can be applied to global financial markets. Just released is a major blockchain announcement from financial technology innovation company R3 CEV. In short, they connected 40 banks to five different blockchains and allowed them to facilitate…
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