BM&FBovespa - News, Articles & Research

Company announcement

BM&FBovespa and Cetip combine to form B3

B3 is born today, providing a world-class financial market infrastructure that is complemented by a wide range of products and services.

31 March 2017

Company announcement

Object Trading approved by BM&FBOVESPA as conformed ISV

Object Trading, a provider of multi-asset trading infrastructure, announced today that it has been fully approved by BM&FBOVESPA in Sao Paulo, as a conformed ISV to handle market data, order entry and pre-trade risk constraints via its Direct Market Access (DMA) Platform for its clients and partners. BM&FBOVESPA’s recent requirements for direct connections, in lieu of order routing partnerships, takes effect today.

31 October 2016

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R3 signs up BM&FBovespa as first exchange member

The rapidly expanding R3 distributed ledger consortium has added its first exchange, in the shape of Brazilian giant BM&FBovespa.

06 September 2016

Company announcement

Nasdaq extends market surveillance contract with BM&FBOVESPA

Nasdaq, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) has announced today the extension of their contract regarding BM&FBOVESPA's - the largest stock exchange in Latin America - use of the SMARTS Market Surveillance platform across Brazil's equities, commodities and futures markets.

18 August 2016

Company announcement

BM&FBovespa agrees deal to buy Brazilian clearing house Cetip

BM&FBOVESPA and Cetip presented the press today with a proposal to merge the operations of the two companies, creating a world-class financial infrastructure company of great systemic importance, ready to compete in a global market that is ever more sophisticated and challenging, while increasing the security, solidity and efficiency of the Brazilian market.

11 April 2016

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Direct Edge plans Brazilian exchange

US electronic exchange operator Direct Edge has outlined plans to set up a Brazilian bourse based in Rio de Janeiro.

21 November 2011

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BM&FBovespa taps Cinnober for clearing overhaul

Brazilian exchange operator BM&FBovespa has licensed technology from Swedish vendor Cinnober for a major revamp of its clearing operations.

09 November 2011

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BM&FBovespa moves to complex event processing for app innovation

Brazilian exchange operator BM&FBovespa is to implement complex event processing technology from Streambase to build a dynamic fleet of real-time, low-latency data applications.

07 June 2011

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BM&F Bovespa raises CME stake; plans new e-trading platform

Brazil's BM&F Bovespa is increasing its stake in Chicago's CME Group to five per cent, at a cost of $620 million as part of an agreement between the two exchanges that will also see them jointly develop a multi-asset class electronic trading platform.

12 February 2010

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BM&FBovespa hires Cathryn Lyall to lead new London office

Brazil's BM&FBovespa has hired former Icap executive Cathryn Lyall to head up its new London office, from where the exchange plans to build up a presence in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

27 January 2010

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Nasdaq OMX and BM&F Bovespa in partnership talks; LSE and Nyse Euronext eye Indian bourse stakes

Nasdaq OMX and Brazil's BM&F Bovespa have entered into exclusive discussions aimed at setting up a strategic, commercial and technological partnership. Meanwhile, local press reports suggest the LSE and Nyse Euronext are both considering taking five per cent stakes in India's MCX-SX.

27 August 2009

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Brazil's Ágora Corretora deploys Progress Apama for algo trading

Brazilian broker Ágora Corretora de Titulos e Valores Mobiliarios has rolled out Massachusetts-based Progress Software's Apama complex event processing (CEP) platform to support algorithmic equities trading.

06 February 2009