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Saxo launches fully digital access to Chinese bonds

Saxo Bank, the leading fintech and regtech specialist focused on multi-asset trading and investment, today announces that it is broadening access to Chinese securities, further cementing its position as a gateway to China for its international client base.

04 March 2019

Company update/Trade execution

IHS Markit valuations to support best execution for OTC derivatives

IHS Markit (Nasdaq: INFO), a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, today announced that its best-in-class OTC derivatives valuation data is available to financial institutions for best execution compliance.

04 March 2019

Company update/Trade execution

HKEX sets out three-year strategic plan

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) is delighted to announce today (Thursday) its Strategic Plan 2019-2021, which sets out its vision and strategic objectives for the next three years.

01 March 2019

Company update/Trade execution

Genesis launches Automated Quoting System to streamline fixed income trading workflows

genesis, the international capital markets software firm, today launched the Automated Quoting System (AQS).

28 February 2019

Company update/Trade execution

Ogier advises BTG Pactual on isecurity token offering

Ogier has advised long-standing client BTG Pactual, Latin America's biggest standalone investment bank, on its first security token offering (STO) known as "ReitBZ". The token will be backed by distressed real estate assets.

28 February 2019

Company update/Trade execution

OpenFin provides app store in the cloud

OpenFin, the operating system (OS) of finance, today announced the launch of OpenFin Cloud Services, providing every bank, asset manager, hedge fund and wealth management firm with its own FDC3-standard private app store and workspace management solution out of the box, eliminating the need for time-consuming and costly internal builds.

28 February 2019

Company update/Trade execution

TradingScreen hooks up with new kid on the block Bids Trading

TradingScreen Inc. (TS), the all-asset class order and execution management system (OEMS), today announced a strategic partnership with BIDS Trading (BIDS), the largest block trading Alternative Trading System (ATS) by volume in the U.S. and the technology behind Cboe LIS in Europe.

28 February 2019

Company update/Trade execution

Malaysia's RHB goes live on Murex MX.3

Murex, a global leader in trading, risk and back-office solutions for the capital markets is pleased to announce that Malaysia’s fourth largest fully integrated financial services group, RHB Bank Berhad (RHB Bank) is now live on Murex’s MX.3 for all its global market activities.

28 February 2019

Company update/Trade execution

Axioma appoints Amaury Dauge as president

Axioma announced today the appointment of Amaury Dauge as President. Dauge will also continue to serve as Chief Financial Officer, a position he has held since joining Axioma in June 2016.

27 February 2019

Company update/Trade execution

MarketAxess secures Dutch approval for EU passporting

MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq:MKTX), the operator of a leading global electronic trading platform for fixed-income securities and provider of market data and post-trade services, announced today that its group entities have received approval from the Dutch regulator, the AFM, to operate a Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF) and act as a Data Reporting Service Provider (DRSP) in the Netherlands.

27 February 2019

News/Trade execution

State Street puts Maiuri in charge of global technology

State Street has promoted thirty-year industry veteran Lou Maiuri as chief operating officer with overarching responsibility for technology, operations, product and innovation across the group.

27 February 2019

Company update/Trade execution

Rakuten signs up for oneZero Liquidity Hub

oneZero Financial Systems, the global leader in innovative institutional and retail FX liquidity and technology solutions, today announced Rakuten Securities, Inc., a leading online brokerage in Japan and across Asia that services over 3 million clients, is using oneZero’s award-winning Liquidity Hub to deliver CFD (Contract For Difference) indices through MetaTrader 4 to Rakuten Securities Australia’s customers.

27 February 2019

News/Trade execution

London Stock Exchange leads $20 million round in cap markets blockchain startup

The London Stock Exchange has led a $20 million seed round in blockchain startup Nivaura.

27 February 2019

Company update/Trade execution

Gemini joins BT Radianz

BT today announced that leading cryptocurrency exchange and custodian Gemini Trust LLC (Gemini), a New York-based trust company, has joined the BT Radianz Cloud.

27 February 2019

Company update/Trade execution

QuantHouse adds Euronext FastMatch FX Tape to API ecosystem

QuantHouse, the leading independent global provider of end-to-end systematic trading solutions including innovative market data services, algo trading platform and infrastructure solutions, today announced that the FastMatch consolidated central market data product, the FX Tape®, is available on the QuantHouse API Ecosystem store.

27 February 2019