Latest Trade execution News: Finextra Research

Tools For Brokers expands product range

Cypriot-based global provider Tools For Brokers is ushering in the future of managing liquidity.

29 August 2018

Deutsche Börse buys stake in HQLAx to pursue blockchain-based securities lending

Deutsche Börse has acquired a minority stake in HQLAx, the liquidity and collateral management outfit with which it is building a blockchain-based front-to-back operating model for securities lending.

29 August 2018

Company update/Trade execution

JonesTrading names Tim Baker SVP, equity sales trading group

JonesTrading Institutional Services LLC (“JonesTrading”) continues recruiting top industry talent to resource growth, naming Timothy (Tim) Baker as Senior Vice President in its Equity Sales Trading Group.

28 August 2018

Company update/Trade execution

Trading Technologies extends into Brazil

Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), a global provider of high-performance professional trading software, infrastructure and data solutions, today announced that execution and client connectivity services through the TT platform are now available in Brazil through the B3 Data Center.

28 August 2018

News/Trade execution

UK and EU banks plan early warning systems

Both UK and European banks are separately looking at projects to design an early warning system using market data to mitigate the threat of major misconduct or the beginning of the next financial crisis.

28 August 2018

Company update/Trade execution

Thomson Reuters to provide MiFID II reference data to Trax

Thomson Reuters has entered into an agreement with Trax to provide its trusted reference and market data to support Trax’s MiFID II regulatory reporting and Systematic Internaliser (SI) determination services.

22 August 2018

News/Trade execution

Barclays recruits Goldman computer scientist as head of markets innovation

Barclays has hired Justin Brickwood, formerly head of electronic trading engineering at Goldman Sachs, to fulfill a new role as head of markets innovation, promoting the adoption of advanced AI and machine learning techniques within the bank's trading business.

22 August 2018

News/Trade execution

BoE exec warns of AI job threat

The chief economist of the Bank of England (BoE) has warned that the rise of artificial intelligence could leave large groups of people "technologically unemployed" unless there was a skills revolution.

21 August 2018

News/Trade execution

BMO pilots blockchain for fixed income issuance

Bank of Montreal's capital markets unit has piloted the use of a blockchain platform for a pilot fixed income issuance transaction.

16 August 2018

Company update/Trade execution

Tradeweb brings RFQ trading to options industry

Tradeweb Markets, a global leader in electronic financial marketplaces, today announced the launch of the Tradeweb U.S. options platform for institutional customer-to-dealer trading.

16 August 2018

Company update/Trade execution

Archax partners with Custom House for KYC & AML checks

Archax, the upcoming institutional-grade crypto exchange, today announced that it has partnered with Custom House Global Fund Services to perform Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti Money Laundering (AML) checks on firms and professional investors wishing to join and trade on the Archax exchange.

16 August 2018

Company update/Trade execution

AIM Software and WHSS ally for enterprise data management

AIM Software, a leading global provider of Enterprise Data Management (EDM) software to the financial services industry, and West Highland Support Services, a global data service and solution provider, have entered into a strategic partnership to deliver near real-time data management services that meet the evolving needs of the Front and Middle Office.

15 August 2018

Finextra TV/Trade execution

KYC, AML & Transparency for Crypto-Currencies & ICOs

Conor Coughlan, Global Head of Marketing, Fenergo, discusses the challenges facing institutions, issuers, exchanges, & investors in determining viability & suitability, for investing in crypto-currencies, ICOs and derived offerings so that this new asset class can mature, open up to institutional investors and play a more value adding role in the global economy.

14 August 2018

Company update/Trade execution

Euronext ups its stake in FastMatch

Euronext, the leading pan-European exchange in the Eurozone, today announced the acquisition of approximately 8% of additional interest in FastMatch, a global FX spot market operator, operating as a Euronext company since August 2017.

14 August 2018

Company update/Trade execution

Cinnober promotes Lenardos to CEO

Today Cinnober’s board of directors has appointed Peter K. Lenardos as Group Chief Executive Officer.

13 August 2018

News/Trade execution

Finextra goes mobile first

Welcome to the new-look Finextra, optimised for mobile and rebuilt to drive deeper engagement with our growing global community.

10 August 2018

News/Trade execution

"The digitisation of assets has started," says Eurex Asia head

Products of all asset classes, from commodities to securities and debt, will increasingly be reduced to bits and bytes on a blockchain network, believes Eurex Asia head Roland Schwinn.

09 August 2018

Company update/Trade execution

BeQuant crypto exchange for professional traders goes live

BeQuant, the cryptocurrency exchange for institutions and active traders, has today announced its global launch.

09 August 2018

Company update/Trade execution

Eze Software adopts Trade Informatics trading engine

Eze Software, a global provider of investment technology, has expanded its best execution offering with Trade Informatics’ (TI) Strategic & Tactical Analytic Research & Trading tool (START), a broker neutral automated intelligent trading engine.

08 August 2018

Company update/Trade execution

Mosaic Smart Data launches real-time interest rate swaps analytics

Mosaic Smart Data (Mosaic), the FICC data analytics company, has added real-time analytics for interest rate swaps to its MSX platform.

07 August 2018