Latest Trade execution News: Finextra Research

Interactive Data to provide access to Sowa Labs social media feed

Interactive Data, a leading provider of financial market data, analytics and customized web solutions for financial institutions, has announced collaboration with Sowa Labs to provide its customers with access to Sowa Labs' social media analytics feed.

29 October 2014

News/Trade execution

UK watchdog to investigate blockchain potential

The Financial Conduct Authority is to investigate ways in which the technology underpinning bitcoin can be used elsewhere in the formal financial services industry.

29 October 2014

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Former SEC chairman Levitt becomes advisor to bitcoin firms

Former US Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Arthur Levitt is taking on advisory roles at bitcoin firms BitPay and Vaurum. He enters the cryptocurrency industry as it digests rulings from regulators that could see many companies classed as money transmitters.

28 October 2014

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Eagle Alpha swoops on $1.2 million funding round

Eagle Alpha, a startup which scans online chatter to discern profitable trading patterns, has scored $1.2 million in funding from individual industry investors.

28 October 2014

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EU regulators ask for FX traders' Facebook chats - Bloomberg

European Union antitrust regulators have asked banks to hand over the Facebook messages of foreign exchange traders, according to Bloomberg.

27 October 2014

Company update/Trade execution

Shanghai-HK Stock Connect derailed by democracy protests

This announcement is made by Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (“HKEx”) pursuant to the provisions under Part XIVA of the Securities and Futures Ordinance and Rule 13.09 of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.

27 October 2014

Finextra TV/Trade execution

Prospects for a common financial language

Alistair Milne, professor of financial economics at the University of Loughborough and Malcolm Chisholm president of AskGet.com Inc, discuss the findings of a research paper they wrote around the prospects of a common financial language.

27 October 2014

Company update/Trade execution

Thai Stock Exchange expands 'Smart Listing' service

The Stock Exchange of Thailand is expanding the “Smart Listing” service to cover the subscription of new ordinary shares and warrants from October 27, 2014 in an effort to streamline the listing process to offer more investment opportunities to investors, with a plan to make the system completely available for all products by 2015.

27 October 2014

Company update/Trade execution

StatPro wins five-year deal with Prudential Investment Managers

StatPro Group plc (SOG.L), the AIM listed provider of portfolio analysis and asset pricing services for the global asset management industry, is pleased to announce that following the signing of a five year contract earlier this year with Prudential Investment Managers, one of South Africa's top ten largest investment managers, StatPro products are now being rolled out across a selection of funds.

27 October 2014

Company update/Trade execution

Berkeley Futures turns to FlexTrade for FX

FlexTrade Systems, Inc, a global leader in multi-asset execution and order management systems, today announced that Berkeley Futures Ltd has implemented MaxxTrader, it’s white label ASP front-end platform, to facilitate global FX trading.

27 October 2014

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Nasdaq revenues down, earnings up

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NDAQ) today reported results for the third quarter of 2014. Third quarter net revenues were $497 million, down 2% from $506 million in the prior year period, driven in part by the impact of foreign exchange rates.

24 October 2014

Company update/Trade execution

Green Key Technologies releases version 2.0 of Trader Voice Box

Green Key Technologies, a voice software development firm, announced today the release of Trader Voice BoxSM 2.0, a VoIP "Soft Turret" that offers encrypted and recorded inbound/outbound calling as well as private hoot and holler.

23 October 2014

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TMX to overhaul trading architecture

TMX Group today announced that it is restructuring its equities trading offering to strengthen Canada's capital markets and meet its customers' evolving needs.

23 October 2014

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Tora readies for SH-HK Stock Connect

TORA, the leading provider of advanced trading technology and financial services, today announced the release of an enhancement to its Order and Execution Management System to accommodate the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect for clients.

23 October 2014

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TriOptima bids to resolve trade matching issues

TriOptima, leading provider of OTC derivative post trade risk services, announces that its triResolve service for portfolio reconciliation offers a solution to the unmatched trade problem reporting institutions are facing in European trade repositories.

23 October 2014

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Nasdaq eSpeed introduces US TBills trading

Nasdaq (NDAQ) today announced that eSpeed, the exchange group's over-the-counter platform for electronic trading in U.S. Treasury securities, successfully introduced U.S. Treasury Bill (TBills) with notional average daily volume exceeding $4 billion and daily highs exceeding $10 billion.

22 October 2014

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Coinfloor to expand trading to wider range of currencies

London-based bitcoin exchange Coinfloor is to open up to new currencies, accepting deposits in US dollars, euros and Polish zloty, this Tuesday. Coinfloor is already the the biggest exchange for bitcoin-to-sterling transactions by volume of currency traded.

20 October 2014

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First Derivatives to take controlling interest in Kx Systems

First Derivatives has agreed a £36 million deal to acquire a further 46.47% stake in high performance database outfit Kx Systems, giving the firm a leg-up into the market for big data systems in capital markets and other vertical industries.

17 October 2014

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DTCC to oversee US market shift to T+2

Within a week of European markets moving to a T+2 settlement cycle, the DTCC in the US has formed a steering committee and working group to oversee a similar shift for trades in equities, corporate and municipal bonds, and unit investment trusts (UITs).

16 October 2014

Finextra TV/Trade execution

Risk, opportunities and outlooks for capital markets

Daniela Peterhoff, partner, Oliver Wyman, discusses the findings of the report, published joint with Swift, which assesses the state of capital markets infrastructures.

16 October 2014