Latest Futures and options News: Finextra Research

Bats unveils community policing programme

Bats Global Markets, Inc. (BATS) today announced the creation of the Bats Community Policing Program for its U.S. equities and options exchanges, an initiative designed to further enhance the company’s capabilities in monitoring markets.

12 July 2016

Company update/Futures and options

Dash Financial unveils Drop360

Dash Financial, a leading FinTech company devoted to bringing unfettered transparency and institutional-grade performance to the U.S. options and equities markets, today announced the launch of DROP360, an enhanced, real-time drop-copy facility delivering instantaneous transparency into the complete order routing behavior, execution behavior, costs and performance in machine readable format utilizing FIX protocol.

22 June 2016

Company update/Futures and options

Quantitative Brokers and TradingScreen team up for best execution algos

TradingScreen Inc., the leading independent provider of liquidity, trading and investment technology via SaaS, and Quantitative Brokers (“QB”), a leading provider of clearer and dealer-neutral agency algorithms for fixed income and futures markets, have partnered to provide QB’s best execution algorithms through the TradingScreen electronic trading platform.

07 June 2016

Company update/Futures and options

Bracken chooses Rival Systems

Chicago-based Rival Systems (Rival), a trading software company established last year, today announced that Bracken, LLC has selected Rival as the platform for its equity options market-making business on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE).

07 June 2016

Company update/Futures and options

ABN Amro Clearing signs with Fidessa for execution platform

Fidessa group plc (LSE: FDSA) today announced that it has signed a contract to provide cross-asset execution services to ABN AMRO Clearing (AAC). This allows AAC to offer its clients low-latency access to more than 110 futures, options, equities and FX markets worldwide via a globally consistent interface, delivered out of 11 key locations around the world.

06 June 2016

Company update/Futures and options

Credit Suisse selects FIS Derivatives Utility

Credit Suisse, a leader in the global cleared derivatives industry, has selected the Derivatives Utility from FIS (NYSE: FIS), a global leader in financial services technology, for its post-trade futures and cleared over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives operations and technology.

24 May 2016

Company update/Futures and options

CME to sell Chicago data centre

CME Group today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its suburban Chicago data center in Aurora, Ill. to CyrusOne, Inc., (NASDAQ: CONE) a global data center services provider, for $130 million. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions.

16 March 2016

Company update/Futures and options

Thomson Reuters Eikon desktop gets futures and option execution capability with OptionsCity

OptionsCity Software, a global provider of futures and options trading and analytics solutions, today announced that City Execution, built on its REST-based City API, will power execution functionality on Thomson Reuters Eikon.

15 March 2016

Company update/Futures and options

Broadridge partners TTC on futures and options post-trade efficiencies

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR) and The Technancial Company Ltd. (TTC) today announced a strategic alliance to provide an enhanced post-trade offering for futures and options.

15 March 2016

Company update/Futures and options

CME Group to get Duco reconciliation service

Duco Technologies, a global fintech provider of award-winning data control services, and CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced a pioneering agreement to dramatically transform its member firms’ fee control processes.

15 March 2016

Company update/Futures and options

ASX chooses Nasdaq for post-trade technology overhaul

Nasdaq (NDAQ) and Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) have announced that Nasdaq will replace ASX’s existing equities and equity options clearing technology platforms – a significant element of ASX’s technology transformation program outlined in February 2015.

29 February 2016

Company update/Futures and options

Quantitative Brokers launches best execution algos for VIX futures

Quantitative Brokers (“QB”), a leading provider of clearer and dealer-neutral agency algorithms for fixed income and futures markets, has launched its best execution algorithmic offering on CBOE Futures Exchange (“CFE”).

18 February 2016

Company update/Futures and options

Andrew Ross appointed as head of LSE's new futures exchange

The CurveGlobal Limited Board today announces the appointment of Andrew Ross as CEO of CurveGlobal, the new interest rate derivatives venture between LSEG, seven major dealer banks and the Chicago Board Options Exchange.

05 February 2016

Company update/Futures and options

OptionsCity Software platform comes to DAW Trading clients

OptionsCity Software, a global provider of futures and options trading and analytics solutions, today announced that its cloud-based futures and options trading platform, CityTrader, is now available to DAW Trading clients.

21 January 2016

Company update/Futures and options

Orc introduces access to China Financial Futures Exchange

Orc, the global market leader in electronic trading technology for listed derivatives, today announced the availability of a market adapter to the China Financial Futures Exchange (CFFEX).

16 November 2015

Company update/Futures and options

BofA Merrill revamps options trading platform

Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofA Merrill) today unveiled new advanced features on its global trading and consulting platform, providing buy and sell-side clients with more efficient order handling and improved fill rates for options trading.

12 November 2015

Company update/Futures and options

FIA merges into single organisation

FIA announced today that official documents have been signed executing the merger of FIA, FIA Europe, FIA Asia into a single organization.

06 November 2015

Company update/Futures and options

OneTwoTrade launches app for iOS

OneTwoTrade, a leading provider of binary options trading solutions, has just launched a mobile app optimized for iOS smartphone users.

02 November 2015

Company update/Futures and options

Euronext gets green light in Hong Kong

Euronext today announced that it has received approval from the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (“HKSFC”) to provide automated trading services (ATS) to clients domiciled in Hong Kong, thus facilitating direct membership and access to Euronext’s Paris derivatives markets.

29 October 2015

Company update/Futures and options

TNS licenses Eris Exchange market data feed

Transaction Network Services (TNS) is strengthening its global markets roster and expanding its relationship with Eris Exchange by entering into a new license agreement to provide market data from the Swap Futures market.

06 October 2015