Latest Trade execution News: Finextra Research

Securities financing startup Wematch goes In-Residence with JPMorgan

JPMorgan has welcomed securities financing startup Wematch to its In-Residence fintech programme where it will work side-by-side with the bank over a six-month period to explore ways of applying its technology at scale.

08 November 2018

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Bitstamp enlists Cinnober for trading system upgrade

European cryptocurrency exchange Bitstamp is replacing its in-house built matching engine with a platform from Swedish trading technology vendor Cinnober.

06 November 2018

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Data skills now key for fixed-income traders

As they face up to sharp declines in fixed-income revenue and profitability, banks are looking to technology to bail them out to such an extent that top data management and analytics skills are being demanded from new sales and trading staffers, according to Greenwich Associates.

24 October 2018

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Fidelity targets Wall Street with new cryptocurrency unit

Fidelity Investments is making a move into cryptocurrencies through the launch of a new company offering institutional investors custody and trade execution services for digital assets.

15 October 2018

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Swiss stock exchange takes stake in digital asset startup PassOn

The Swiss stock exchange has taken a minority stake in pre-ICO start-up PassOn AG as part of its strategy to build a digital asset custody ecosystem.

15 October 2018

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Deutsche Bank's AI stockpicker cuts through corporate greenwash

Data scientists at Deutsche Bank have developed an artificial intelligence tool that cuts through the flannel padding out the Environmental Social and Governance reports of most companies to analyse non-financial news and quantify the stock impact.

05 October 2018

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ErisX preps cryptocurrency market

Chicago-based Eris Exchange has secured backing from the likes of TD Ameritrade and Virtu Financial for a cryptocurrency spot and futures trading platform.

03 October 2018

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Australian agency claims blockchain breakthrough

A federal science agency in Australia has claimed a world first after completing testing on a global blockchain network that is capable of processing 30,000 cross-border transactions per second.

26 September 2018

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Goldman Sachs to sell fixed income app

Investment bank Goldman Sachs is near to finding a buyer for its investment app Simon, according to reports.

20 September 2018

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Hackers steal $60m from Japanese crypto exchange

Security problems in the cryptocurrency market continue to mount after a Japanese digital currency exchange, Zaif, lost $60m to hackers.

20 September 2018

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Crypto exchanges’ legal status questioned in NY

New York’s Attorney General (AG) has reported three crypto exchanges to the state’s regulator for possible violations of digital currency violations.

19 September 2018

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Ex SpaceX engineer launches crypto exchange

A former engineer with Elon Musk's aerospace manufacturer SpaceX has launched what he claims is a public digital currency exchange with tools and services expected of an institutional standard.

17 September 2018

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Nasdaq makes $190 million offer for Cinnober

Nasdaq has made an all-cash offer of $190 million to acquires Swedish trading technolgy firm Cinnober.

14 September 2018

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Barclays invests in financial software development platform Beacon

Barclays has joined in a Series A funding round for Beacon Platform, which offers a a suite of applications for financial software development teams.

10 September 2018

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SEC tick-size pilot cost investors over $300m - report

A Securities and Exchange Commission pilot designed to encourage trading in the shares of smaller companies has cost investors more than $300 million over its two years run, according to analysis from Pragma Securities.

07 September 2018

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Citi creates group to invest in credit markets fintech firms

US banking giant Citi has set up a unit to invest in fintech startups working in credit markets, according to Bloomberg.

07 September 2018

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Standards bodies to map Isins to Legal Entity Identifiers

The Association of National Numbering Agencies (Anna) and the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (Gleif) have inked a deal to link International Securities Identification Numbers (Isins) and Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs) in an effort to improve exposure management between trading counterparties.

04 September 2018

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Deutsche Bourse sets up dedicated blockchain and crypto-assets unit

Deutsche Bourse has set up a dedicated 'DLT, Crypto Assets and New Market Structures' unit to further advance its work into the transformational potential of blockchain technology.

03 September 2018

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Traders under the #MeToo spotlight

Banks are increasingly turning to monitoring software in order to eradicate inappropriate behaviour on the trading floor.

29 August 2018

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Deutsche Börse buys stake in HQLAx to pursue blockchain-based securities lending

Deutsche Börse has acquired a minority stake in HQLAx, the liquidity and collateral management outfit with which it is building a blockchain-based front-to-back operating model for securities lending.

29 August 2018