Latest Trade execution News: Finextra Research

Researchers develop algo that uses Twitter to predict the stock market

Researchers from a Dutch university have developed an algorithm that scans tweets about stocks, successfully predicting price fluctuations.

24 January 2018

Company update/Trade execution

Aquis chosen to supply UBS MTF with surveillance kit

Aquis Technologies, the financial and regulatory technologies services arm of Aquis Exchange, has been chosen by UBS MTF as its supplier of market monitoring, surveillance and reporting software.

23 January 2018

Company update/Trade execution

Rival readies for Cboe Futures Exchange migration to Bats tech

Rival Systems (Rival), an award-winning provider of trading and risk management software, today announced that the firm has already established readiness for the Feb. 25 planned migration of Cboe Futures Exchange (CFE) onto the Bats technology platform.

23 January 2018

Company update/Trade execution

Saxo Bank prime brokerage introduces full amount execution capability

Today, Saxo Bank announces a new capability in its FX Prime offering catering for institutional clients.

23 January 2018

Company update/Trade execution

Five energy traders to take BTL blockchain gas trading platform to next phases

BTL GROUP LTD. (TSX Venture: BTL) (“BTL” or “The Company”) is pleased to provide further information on the next phase of its previously announced European energy trading project, under which four oil and gas supermajors and five leading energy traders including Eni Trading & Shipping, Total, Gazprom Marketing & Trading Limited, Mercuria, Vattenfall, Petroineos and Freepoint, propose to participate in using BTL’s Interbit blockchain platform to deliver gas trading reconciliation through to settlement and delivery of trades.

22 January 2018

Company update/Trade execution

Jyske Bank selects Barracuda For FX order management

Barracuda FX, the specialist provider of FX Order Management technology, today announced the signing of a new contract with Jyske Bank, the major Danish FX trading institution.

22 January 2018

News/Trade execution

Swedish court backs Nasdaq in data centre wrangle

A Swedish court has dismissed years-old allegations that Nasdaq abused a dominant market position to prevent rival exchange operator Burgundy from renting space in a data centre.

19 January 2018

Finextra TV/Trade execution

Building the real-time rails

Paul Thomalla, SVP Global Corporate Relations & Development, ACI Worldwide, talks about real-time payments and the differences between Europe and the US, how real-time is likely to affect both businesses and consumers, and how schemes are likely to develop in the future.

19 January 2018

Company update/Trade execution

ICE launches cryptocurrency data feed

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, and Blockstream, a leader in blockchain technologies and financial cryptography, announced today the launch of the Cryptocurrency Data Feed.

18 January 2018

Company update/Trade execution

World Federation of Exchanges publishes best practice guidelines for cyber-security management

The World Federation of Exchanges (“The WFE”), which represents more than 200 market infrastructure providers including exchanges and CCPs, has today published a set of best practice guidelines for market infrastructures designed to engender a staff culture of cyber security compliance.

18 January 2018

Company update/Trade execution

CBOE conducts first settlement of bitcoin futures

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE | Nasdaq: CBOE), one of the world's largest exchange holding companies, today announced the settlement of January expiry Cboe bitcoin (XBT) future.

18 January 2018

Company update/Trade execution

TraderTools picks Abacus to host FX trading tech

Abacus Group, a leading provider of hosted IT solutions and application hosting for alternative investment firms and financial services software providers, today announced its newest software application hosting client, TraderTools.

16 January 2018

Company update/Trade execution

Bolsa de Valores de Panamá picks Nasdaq for matching engine tech

Nasdaq Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) and Bolsa de Valores de Panamá (BVP) have signed an agreement for Nasdaq to deliver matching engine technology via the Nasdaq Financial Framework architecture to Panama's national stock exchange.

16 January 2018

Company update/Trade execution

TradeStation International and Interactive Brokers UK prep global trading account

TradeStation International Ltd, the London-based, United Kingdom subsidiary of TradeStation Group, Inc., announced today it has teamed with Interactive Brokers (U.K.) Limited, an affiliate of the Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (IBKR), to offer a TradeStation Global platform and brokerage account with the ability to trade markets across the globe.

16 January 2018

News/Trade execution

Swift recruits CSDs for DLT post trade plans

Banking cooperative Swift has signed an MoU with seven central securities depositaries (CSDs) to explore how distributed ledger technology (DLT) can be used to improve post-trade processes such as corporate actions, proxy voting and trade processing.

16 January 2018

Company update/Trade execution

Broadridge hires new exec to lead its international efforts

Broadridge Financial Solutions today announced the creation of Broadridge International, appointing Tom Carey to head Broadridge’s International efforts, responsible for leading the company’s rapidly expanding efforts and presence in the EMEA and Asia Pacific regions across all business lines.

16 January 2018

News/Trade execution

Fired Barclays trader testifies about use of FX algos

A London court has heard testimony from a fired Barclays FX trader about his use of the bank's FX algorithmic trading system in his bid to win his job back, reports Bloomberg.

15 January 2018

News/Trade execution

Russia bids for blockchain success with latest banking launch

The largest commercial bank in Russia, Alfa Bank, is developing a new digital cash service where all transactions will be transmitted and cleared via the blockchain.

15 January 2018

News/Trade execution

Exchanges call for global fintech standards

As new technologies such as AI and DLT transform the capital markets landscape, the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) has called on regulators to hold new fintech entrants to the same standards as established players.

11 January 2018

Company update/Trade execution

Redline offers Bitcoin futures trading on Cboe and CME

Redline Trading Solutions, the premier provider of highperformance market data and order execution systems for automated trading, today announced support for Bitcoin futures.

10 January 2018