Latest Trade execution News: Finextra Research

Mizuho selects smartTrade as core technology supplier for next gen trading system

smartTrade Technologies, a global leader in multi asset, end-to-end trading solutions for the Sell and Buy sides, has been selected by Mizuho Bank Japan to deliver their next generation e-FX platform.

28 March 2019

News/regulation

Goldman Sachs follows UBS onto the naughty step over flawed transaction reporting

Last week it was UBS in the dock for transaction reporting failures, this week Goldman Sachs gets its chance to shine, forking out £34.3 million to the UK's Financial Conduct Authority for errors relating to 220.2 million transaction reports over a ten-year period.

28 March 2019

Company update/Trade execution

Confluence appoints Joe Bree as senior accounts exec

Confluence, a global leader in investment data management automation for regulatory, financial and investor reporting, today announced that Joe Bree has joined the firm as Senior Global Strategic Account Executive.

27 March 2019

Company update/Trade execution

CFTC issues report on automated futures trading

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Market Intelligence Branch in the Division of Market Oversight (DMO) issued a report today that analyzed the entering of orders manually and automatically in commodity futures markets in the United States to determine how technological change is affecting futures trading.

27 March 2019

Company update/Trade execution

MDX Technology undergoes corporate restructuring

MDX Technology Limited (MDXT), the leading provider of real-time data collaboration and distribution solutions for the global trading community and financial services industry today announces the completion of a corporate restructuring programme.

27 March 2019

News/Trade execution

SGX strengthens forex biz with BidFX investment

Singapore Exchange (SGX) has paid US$25 million for a 20% stake in BidFX, a specialised trading platform for global FX markets.

27 March 2019

Company update/Trade execution

Thai stock exchange begins first round of consultations on digital asset trading

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) is developing a “Collaborative Digital Asset Platform” for the Thai capital market.

27 March 2019

Company update/Trade execution

Boerse Stuttgart and Axel Springer to create joint venture for digital asset trading

Boerse Stuttgart Group and Axel Springer SE with its finanzen.net portal will be working together in future.

27 March 2019

Company update/Trade execution

Hong Leong goes live with Iress ViewPoint

Financial technology provider IRESS today announced that Hong Leong Investment Bank Berhad (“Hong Leong”), a leading Malaysia-based provider of broking services, has implemented IRESS technology to support the expansion of its retail broking operations.

27 March 2019

Company update/wholesale

Willis Towers Watson picks SimCorp Dimension for investments business

SimCorp, a leading provider of investment management solutions and services to the global financial services industry, today announces that leading global advisory, broking and solutions company, Willis Towers Watson, has chosen SimCorp Dimension to form the front to back system for its global Delegated Investments business.

26 March 2019

Company update/Trade execution

Euronext FastMatch expands in Asia

FastMatch, Euronext’s Electronic Communication Network (ECN) for Foreign Exchange (FX) trading, announced it is setting up a new matching engine in Singapore, which is expected to be fully operational in the fourth quarter of 2019.

26 March 2019

Company update/Trade execution

InvestorID launches in Europe to help investors access tokenized securities

InvestorID is a market-driven decentralized application allowing investors to generate their on-chain identity to access and trade compliant tokenized securities.

25 March 2019

Company update/Trade execution

Leading swap dealers join GlobalCollateral utility

DTCC-Euroclear Global Collateral Ltd. (GlobalCollateral), an award-winning joint venture of Euroclear and The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), today announced that the Margin Transit Utility (MTU) collateral settlement infrastructure community continues to grow, as the firm moves beyond its pilot production phase.

25 March 2019

Company update/Trade execution

FXTM gets Mauritius license

As part of its monumental growth and continued international expansion, FXTM is delighted to share that it has added another licence to its growing portfolio of regulated entities with the Financial Services Commission (FSC) of the Republic of Mauritius.

22 March 2019

News/Trade execution

Russia pushes its Swift alternative

Russian authorities are promoting the international use of an alternative financial messaging system to the global Swift network in order to mitigate the risk of sanctions.

22 March 2019

Company update/Trade execution

EquiLend gets MTF approval in ireland

The Central Bank of Ireland has approved EquiLend Limited, the Dublin-based business of global securities finance technology provider EquiLend, to operate a multilateral trading facility (MTF) in Ireland.

22 March 2019

News/Trade execution

IPC partners Omniex to build cryptocurrency trading system

Dealing room communications outfit IPC has teamed up with digital asset trading platform Omniex to enable institutional investors to buy and sell orders for a host of cryptocurrencies through the IPC Connexus Cloud.

21 March 2019

Company update/Trade execution

Tokeny partners Archax for security token trading

Tokeny, the compliant tokenization platform delivering institutional grade solutions in the issuance, lifecycle management and secondary trading of digital securities, today announced their partnership with Archax, the forthcoming institutional tokenized securities exchange based in London.

21 March 2019

Company update/Trade execution

LMAX posts 135% increase in operating profit in 2018

LMAX Exchange Group (“LMAX Exchange” or “the Company”), a leading independent operator of institutional exchanges for electronic FX trading and crypto currencies, reports excellent growth and record financial performance for the year ended 31st December 2018.

21 March 2019

Company update/Trade execution

Trade Informatics names Andrew Shortland CEO, Europe

Trade Informatics (TI), a leading independent provider of quantitative analytics and systematic trading solutions to institutional asset managers, is pleased to announce that Andrew Shortland (Shorty) has joined as Chief Executive Officer EMEA where he will be responsible for the continued expansion of Trade Informatics’ international client base as well as building a team of data analysts and client service professionals to provide local support to the clients based outside of the US.

20 March 2019