Latest Trade execution News: Finextra Research

Neptune bids to FIX liquidity shortage in bond trading

The FIX trading community has agreed a set of best practices for use of the messaging protocol for the exchange of pre-trade information in the bond market, as banks and asset managers work together to overcome a liquidity shortage in fixed income trading.

25 November 2014

Finextra TV/Trade execution

Meeting RDA compliance for 2016

Mike Zehetmayr, Partner, European Finance, Risk & Compliance and Marc Wood, Associate Partner European Finance, Risk & Compliance both at IBM GBS look at what banks need to do to meet the upcoming regulations concerning Risk Data Aggregation.

25 November 2014

Finextra TV/Trade execution

Retooling the Debate on the Governance of Global Finance

Professor Erik Jones of The Johns Hopkins University SAIS and Nuffield College discusses his new research examining the institutional preconditions for stable financial integration in a 'theory of optimal financial areas' (OFA).

24 November 2014

News/Trade execution

Goldman takes stake in data analytics platform Kensho

Goldman Sachs has led a $15 million investment round in Kensho, a startup that is seeking to supplant human equity analysts with intelligent big data mining bots.

24 November 2014

News/Trade execution

SEC strengthens exchange technology rules

The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved new rules designed to strengthen the US market's technology infrastructure, which has frequently buckled under increasing strain in recent years.

19 November 2014

Company update/Trade execution

Redi adds Evercore ISI to multi-broker network

REDI Holdings LLC (“REDI”), the independent, industry-backed provider of the REDIPlus® trade management platform, today announced the addition of Evercore ISI Institutional Equities’ (Evercore ISI) electronic execution platform to the REDI multi-broker network.

19 November 2014

Company update/Trade execution

Icap revenue and profits drop in "fragile" market

ICAP plc (IAP.L), a leading markets operator and provider of post trade risk mitigation and information services, announces today its results for the six months ended 30 September 2014.

19 November 2014

Company update/Trade execution

Icap launches equity derivative premium pricing service

ICAP Information Services (IIS), the information division of ICAP, announces today that it has launched ICAP Equity Derivatives, an end-of-day, premium data product.

18 November 2014

News/Trade execution

Regulator gives green light to new Canadian stock exchange

Canadian regulators have given approval to Aequitas, a new stock exchange backed by a consortium of financial services firms that plans to take on TMX Group and keep out high-frequency traders.

17 November 2014

Company update/Trade execution

Integral launches FX Yield Manager

Integral Development Corp, a leading FX trading network, today announced the launch of FX Yield Manager™, the first FX risk management suite delivering all the functionality needed for FX banks and brokers to offer world-class market making services to their customers.

17 November 2014

Company update/Trade execution

Iosco consults on post-trade transparency in the CDS market

The International Organization of Securities Commissions today published the consultation report Post-Trade Transparency in the Credit Default Swaps Market, which seeks to analyze the potential impact of mandatory post-trade transparency in the credit default swaps (CDS) market.

17 November 2014

Company update/Trade execution

SunGard Valdi connects to MTS BondVision

SunGard Valdi has added access to the fixed income market MTS BondVision to its hosted connectivity platform, Valdi Market Access.

17 November 2014

Company update/Trade execution

Thomson Reuters expands Elektron footprint

Thomson Reuters today announced a significant expansion of the footprint of its Elektron suite of propositions, increasing its ability to support customers who are looking for new growth opportunities while also controlling their costs.

17 November 2014

News/Trade execution

Conde takes up chairmanship at Calastone

Funds transaction network Calastone has appointed former SunGard chief Cristóbal Conde as executive chairman.

17 November 2014

News/Trade execution

RBS embraces crypto-currencies in hackathon challenge

A team from RBS took top honors at the Deloitte Digital #GoneHacking capital markets hackathon on Friday with a trading platform that utilises the Ripple protocol to handle integration with crypto-currencies.

17 November 2014

Company update/Trade execution

Perseus Telecom to host network infrastructure at Interxion’s Dublin facility

Interxion, a leading European provider of cloud and carrier-neutral colocation data centre services, today announces that Perseus Telecom is to host its new network infrastructure at Interxion’s Dublin facility.

12 November 2014

Company update/Trade execution

Nasdaq to provide Smarts surveillance technology to Kyte Group

Nasdaq (NDAQ), the world's leading provider of market technology, today announced it will provide SMARTS Broker technology to The Kyte Group Limited, an independent Futures Commission Merchant (FCM), providing DMA, brokerage, clearing and settlement services to professional traders who transact business on the world's leading exchanges.

12 November 2014

Company update/Trade execution

Accenture sets up financial analytics education programme

Stevens Institute of Technology, a premier, private research university, and Accenture (ACN) have initiated a research and education collaboration to focus on analytics for the financial services industry.

12 November 2014

Company update/Trade execution

Markit reports strong third quarter results

Markit Ltd. (MRKT), a leading global diversified provider of financial information services, today announced financial results under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for the third quarter ended September 30, 2014.

12 November 2014

Company update/Trade execution

Virtu Financial joins Eris Exchange as liquidity provider

Eris Exchange (Eris), a US-based futures exchange offering capital-efficient Swap Futures, today announced that leading global electronic market maker, Virtu Financial (Virtu), is streaming liquidity into Eris SwapBook™ and will be offering two-way voice markets for off-exchange trades for Eris Swap Futures.

12 November 2014