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CME Europe Goes Live
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group (CME) has launched its new London-based derivatives venue, CME Europe.
Nasdaq OMX NLX Expands Board of Directors
London-based derivatives trading venue Nasdaq OMX NLX has appointed Anthony Belchambers, Rod Banus and Andrew Chart as non-executive directors of NLX.
Wall Street Horizon Readies ETF Calendar Feed
Woburn, Mass.-based corporate earnings and event data provider Wall Street Horizon has launched a new ETF Calendar Data Feed to provide institutional traders and market makers with access to announced, projected and historical exchange-traded fund…
WorkFusion Gains Funding
Venture capital firm Mohr Davidow Ventures is leading $15 million in funding for the crowdsourcing data operations company, including investment by former Thomson Reuters CEO Tom Glocer
Belzberg Founders Hatch Twitter Analysis Tool
Infinigon Group, the social media analytics startup created by Belzberg Technologies founders Sid and Alicia Belzberg, is beginning to roll out its financial markets-focused Echo service that monitors Twitter activity to identify price-impacting…
Liquidnet Expands Market Surveillance Team in Europe
Institutional trading network Liquidnet has expanded its market surveillance team in Europe with the appointment of Christopher Wall as head of market surveillance in Europe and David Stockwell as market surveillance specialist.
Swift Unveils Revamped Payments Reference Data Tool
International payments utility Swift has unveiled a new version of its Bankers World Online directory─part of its SwiftRef payments reference data suite─that now includes broader coverage and datasets, such as Business Identification Codes (BICs),…
SIX Exchange Bows New Index Data
The SIX Swiss Exchange is to roll out real-time, delayed and historical data on a new index that tracks the 20 stocks from its Swiss Performance index with the highest dividend payments and profitability.
Instinet Makes Necakov CTO
Instinet, the equity execution services arm of the Japanese bank Nomura, has appointed Tony Necakov as CTO.
ConvergEx Survey: Market Not “Fair For All Participants”
A recent survey on US equity market structure conducted by New York-based broker ConvergEx found that 70 percent of respondents do not believe that equity markets are “fair for all participants.”
Alasdair Haynes Named Chairman of Neonet
Swedish agency broker Neonet Securities has appointed Aquis Exchange founder Alasdair Haynes as its non-executive chairman, replacing Peter Melbi.
BI-SAM Unveils Structural Changes to Support Growth Plan
Paris-headquartered buy-side performance, attribution and risk management vendor BI-SAM has made a number of executive appointments.
Cordium and Indus Valley Partners Team Up for AIFMD Compliance
UK-based compliance specialist Cordium is partnering with New York-based technology provider Indus Valley Partners (IVP) to offer a solution for the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive’s (AIFMD) Annex IV reporting requirements.
Shanghai Exchange to Distribute Deutsche Börse Data in China
Under a new partnership between Deutsche Börse and the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE), SSE will license and distribute Deutsche Börse's market data in mainland China through its subsidiary China Investment Information Services.
Lombard Risk Appoints Groetch as Director for the Americas
Lombard Risk Management has appointed John Groetch as its new regional sales director for the Americas.
Ashmore Selects Vermilion for Client Reporting
Software vendor Vermilion has announced that Ashmore Group has gone live with its Vermilion Reporting Suite (VRS), following a four-month implementation.
Fincad Debuts F3 for Risk and Margin
Fincad, the Vancouver-based provider of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives pricing and risk management solutions, has launched the F3 Platform, which provides enterprise-wide views of risk and collateral requirements.
Fincad Bows F3 Valuation, Analytics Platform
Canadian over-the-counter derivatives pricing and risk management software vendor Fincad has rolled out its F3 platform for enterprise valuation and risk analytics, which provides views of risk, margin and collateral requirements across an enterprise,…
Atlas, NSX Sign MOU For Digital Currency Oversight
Atlas and Jersey City, N.J.-based National Stock Exchange (NSX) have signed a memorandum of understanding to make the alternative trading system (ATS), which facilitates trading in Bitcoin, Litecoin, and digital currency options, the first of its kind to…
Tradier Gets $3M Funding to Expand API, Developer Base
Cloud-based brokerage platform and supporting data, trading and analytics application hosting environment provider Tradier has raised $3 million in new funding from Devonshire Investors-the private investment arm of Fidelity Investments' owners, the…
JSE Integrates Clearing Technology from Cinnober
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) has partnered with Cinnober for the development of its multi-asset clearing technology platform.
US Accountability Body Criticizes SEC Infosec Approach
The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a critical report on information security practices at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), finding that basic security measures are not taken by the regulator and that it must improve.
Morningstar Partners UBS Delta for Solvency II Calculations
Research firm Morningstar UK and UBS Delta have announced a joint offering that will provide Solvency Capital Requirement (SCR) calculations to asset managers, as part of the Solvency II regulation.
Quincy Extends Microwave Data Service to Europe
Oakland, Calif.-based low-latency microwave connectivity and market data provider Quincy Data has expanded its Quincy Extreme Data service into Europe, to provide automated trading firms in London and Frankfurt with low-latency futures market data from…