Credit Suisse

224 results about this entity

Period: 01 Nov 2005 - 05 Jul 2024

Turquoise launch delayed

Project Turquoise, the bank-backed equities trading platform that will compete head-to-head with domestic stock exchanges in Europe, will not launch until the second quarter of 2008.

BNP Paribas buys into Turquoise

French banking group BNP Paribas has acquired a three per cent stake in Turquoise, the bank-backed equities trading platform that will compete head-to-head with domestic stock exchanges in Europe.

Broker research evaluation service launched by TheMarkets.com, Wall Street firms

A full-service broker research evaluation programme called MeritMark is being launched by bank-backed capital markets portal TheMarkets.com in partnership with 12 Wall Street firms.

Instinet and Credit Suisse ink Japanese dark liquidity pact

Interagency broker Instinet and investment bank Credit Suisse have signed an agreement to provide their respective clients with access to each other's 'dark' pools of liquidity in Japan.

Project Turquoise banks select EuroCCP for clearing and settlement

The consortium of seven investment banks behind Project Turquoise - the new pan-European equities trading platform that is being established in response to MiFID - has selected DTCC subsidiary EuroCCP to provide clearing and settlement services for the new venture.

BT Radianz and Colt to provide connectivity to Boat trade reporting platform

BT Radianz and Colt have been selected to provide connectivity and infrastructure hosting services for Project Boat, the European trade reporting platform that is being established by nine City investment banks.

Six more Wall Street banks invest in Bids

Bank of America, Bear Stearns, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan and Knight Capital have each invested in the Block Interest Discovery Service (Bids), an alternative platform for equity block stock trading.

Credit Suisse to shift Swiss IT jobs offshore - report

Investment bank Credit Suisse is looking to outsource over half of the 5000 IT jobs at its operations in Switzerland to cheaper offshore centres, according to press reports.

TSX to undertake $20 million hardware upgrade; Canadian brokers losing out to US in algorithmic arms

The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) group has signed a $20 million contract to replace core trading engine hardware with Integrity NonStop servers from HP.

Credit Suisse confirms telecomms outsourcing pact

BT has confirmed a five-year, £578 million telecommunications outsourcing agreement with Credit Suisse that will involve the transfer of 231 of the Swiss bank's employees and 50 contractors.

Top tier firms sign up to Microsoft Novell Linux pact

Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse and AIG Technologies have put their weight behind the recently announced collaboration between Microsoft and Novell on interoperability between Windows and Linux.

Investment banks to launch European equities platform; compete with exchanges

A group of seven global investment banks have agreed to establish a pan-European equities trading platform that will compete head-to-head with the region's domestic stock exchanges following the introduction of the EU's Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID).