Latest Trade execution News: Finextra Research

Orc obtains CBOE certification for next-generation trading platform

Orc, a global leader in trading technology, today announced that its next-generation Orc Tbricks trading platform now offers a certified interface to the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), including the CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE).

18 May 2015

Company update/Trade execution

Liquidnet adds Mark Taylor to fixed income sales team

Liquidnet, the global institutional trading network, today announced that Mark Taylor has joined the company as a senior member of the fixed income sales team.

14 May 2015

Finextra TV/Trade execution

Liquidity, Market & Credit Risk Challenges & Market Developments

Thomson Reuters Kate Toumazi, Global Head of Risk Data Services talks about the challenges both the buy and sell-side are facing in measuring, mapping and mitigating against Credit, Market and Liquidity risk.

14 May 2015

Company update/Trade execution

Bloomberg Bond Cross function launches for European corporate bonds

Bloomberg today announced the launch of the Bloomberg Bond Cross function (BBX<GO> on the Bloomberg Professional service) allowing European buy-side and sell-side participants to access European bond market liquidity with State Street.

13 May 2015

Company update/Trade execution

Colt, GemaTech and TTC launch IP-based private wire service

Colt, GemaTech and TTC today announced the launch of an IP-based private wire solution, Trader Voice Anywhere.

13 May 2015

Company update/Trade execution

Macquarie selects SunGard’s Fox River for US trading

Macquarie Securities, the institutional equities arm of Macquarie Group, has selected SunGard’s Fox River Execution electronic trading software and infrastructure for use in its trading operations in the US.

13 May 2015

Company update/Trade execution

Moroccan CSD signs with LSE UnaVista

Maroclear, the Moroccan Central Securities Depository (CSD), has selected the London Stock Exchange (LSE) Group’s UnaVista solution to provide it with the trade repository technology it needs to establish Casablanca as a financial hub for Africa.

12 May 2015

News/Trade execution

Nasdaq OMX embraces the blockchain

Exchange operator Nasdaq OMX is set to start using blockchain technology for the issuance, transfer and management of private company securities.

11 May 2015

Company update/Trade execution

Remium extends use of Ullink tech

Ullink, a global provider of market leading electronic trading and connectivity solutions and Remium, a leading liquidity provider in the Nordic markets, today announced the successful deployment of the Ullink Market Making solution as part of an extension of Remium’s existing Ullink DMA and connectivity platform.

11 May 2015

Company update/Trade execution

Alpha Omega names Hila Sanders MD and head of account management

Alpha Omega Financial Systems, Inc., (“Alpha Omega”), an innovator in post-trade technology, announced today that Hila Sanders has joined the firm as managing director and head of account management.

08 May 2015

Company update/Trade execution

ISDA launches UTI prefix service for derivatives trade reporting

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) today announced the launch of UTIPrefix.org, a service that enables counterparties to obtain a unique trade identifier (UTI) prefix in order to create UTIs for the reporting of derivatives trades.

08 May 2015

News/Trade execution

Commission-free stock trading app Robinhood raises $50m

Robinhood, the Silicon Valley startup behind a no-commission stock trading app, has raised $50 million in funding and set its sights on an Australian launch.

08 May 2015

News/Trade execution

Swedish startup preps institutional digital currency marketplace and clearing house

A startup with $10 million in funding behind it has applied to Sweden's financial watchdog to become a regulated institutional foreign exchange and digital currency marketplace and clearing house.

07 May 2015

Company update/Trade execution

EBS to beta launch FX Outrights and Swaps on EBS Direct in Q4

EBS, ICAP's market-leading electronic FX business, announces today that it will beta launch FX Outrights and Swaps on EBS Direct in Q4 2015, subject to regulatory approvals.

07 May 2015

Company update/Trade execution

Bolsa de Valores de Lima goes live with MillenniumIT trading tech

MillenniumIT, the provider of ultra-low latency, flexible and scalable capital markets solutions, and part of London Stock Exchange Group, today announced that Bolsa de Valores de Lima (BVL), the Peruvian stock exchange, has gone live with a MillenniumIT trading technology solution.

07 May 2015

Finextra TV/Trade execution

Trading regulations: dealing with change

Phil Langton, chief risk officer, NetOTC, talks about the changing deadlines of trading, clearing and reporting regulations and the barriers for innovation in the sector.

07 May 2015

News/Trade execution

Nomura exploring Chi-X sale - Bloomberg

Stock market operator Chi-X is exploring a sale that could value the Nomura-controlled unit at $400 million, according to Bloomberg.

07 May 2015

Company update/Trade execution

SEC approves pilot to assess tick size for smaller companies

The Securities and Exchange Commission today approved a proposal by the national securities exchanges and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) for a two-year pilot program that would widen the minimum quoting and trading increments–or tick sizes–for stocks of some smaller companies.

07 May 2015

Company update/Trade execution

Telstra launches low latency route between ASX and SGX

Telstra has strengthened its offering for the financial services sector with the launch today of the lowest latency international connectivity between the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and the Singapore Exchange (SGX).

07 May 2015

Company update/Trade execution

TIG Advisors goes live with Eze Software investment suite

Eze Software Group, a premier provider of global investment technology, has brought TIG Advisors, an investment management firm with approximately $3 billion in assets under management, live on its investment suite.

06 May 2015