clear
clear

Latest Results from /markets

/markets

Crédit Agricole CIB hails quantum computing experiment results

Crédit Agricole CIB has declared two quantum computing experiments - one investigating the valuation of financial products, the other the assessment of credit risks - a success.

/markets

ION servers knocked out in ransomware attack

ION has been hit by a cyber attack that knocked out servers dealing with cleared derivatives, sparking trade reporting and maching problems for brokers and rival processing services.

/markets

EIB issues its first ever digital bond in pound sterling

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has priced its first ever £50 million digital bond using a combination of private and public blockchains operated and accessed via HSBC's tokenisation platform, Orion.

/markets

UK Government outlines plans to regulate cryptoasset industry

The UK Government has floated proposals to bring cryptoassets into the same regulatory regime as traditional financial services.

/markets

Moody's preps stablecoin scoring system - Bloomberg

Moody's is developing a scoring system for up to 20 stablecoins, according to Bloomberg.

/markets

Nyse trading chaos caused by failure to turn off backup system

The New York Stock Exchange experienced huge price swings and trading halts on Tuesday after a staffer at a data centre failed to properly shut down a disaster recovery system, according to Bloomberg.

/markets

Morgan Stanley fines bankers over messaging breaches

Morgan Stanley has doled out million of dollars in fines to its own bankers for conducting business over WhatsApp, in breach of a regulatory crackdown on the use of the popular messaging app.

/markets

Art shares exchange strikes deals with SIX, Bloomberg and The London Stock Exchange

Artex, a stock exchange for investing in artworks by the great masters, has been granted a license to operate a Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF) in Europe.

/markets

Investing social network yeekatee raises $1.9m

Investing social network yeekatee has raised $1.9 million in a pre-seed funding round joined by Avaloq co-founder Ronald Strässler.

/markets

Peel Hunt analysts take bullish view on fintech

The financial technology industry may be in the doldrums, but analysts at investment bank Peel Hunt have taken a bullish perspective on the sector, comparing the evolution of the space to that of the dot.com crash of 2000 and declaring "fintech is the new internet".

/markets

Robinhood launches media arm

Trading app Robinhood is setting up an independent media unit, called Sherwood, that will cover things like money, technology and geopolitics through newsletters, a website and events.

/markets

Climate X hires Monzo's Andrew Ellam as tech VP

London-based climate risk analytics provider Climate X has appointed former Monzo, Amazon and Facebook staffer Andrew Ellam vice president of technology.