Foreign exchange (FX)
TMX Atrium Mulls Asia FX Expansion, Eyes Canada, SEFs
TMX Atrium, the network provider subsidiary of Canadian exchange group TMX, is considering expanding its current foreign exchange market coverage beyond Europe and the US to Asia, to meet growing demand from customers for FX market data and connectivity…
IDC Adds BCG FX, IRS Rates to OTC Data
Interactive Data will this week make pricing data for foreign exchange and interest rate contracts from interdealer broker BGC Partners available via its Consolidated Feed of data from more than 450 exchanges and over-the-counter sources worldwide, as…
NFEA Taps Moscow Exchange FX Fixing for Swap Rates
Russia's National Foreign Exchange Association has announced that from Jan. 9, it will begin using the Moscow Exchange's US dollar-ruble price fixing to calculate the NFEA FX swap rate instead of the current Central Bank of Russia rate.
Exegy Grows FX Coverage with Bloomberg, Currenex, Gain Feed Handlers
St. Louis, MO-based low-latency feed handler and data platform appliance vendor Exegy has rolled out new feed handlers for foreign exchange trading platforms Bloomberg Tradebook, Currenex ITCH and Gain GTX within its Exegy Ticker Plant to expand its…
Integral Readies FX Benchmark Rate Fixings
Foreign exchange trading software vendor Integral Development Corp is preparing to launch a set of benchmark rates for major currency pairs, updated at one-second intervals and made available at the end of every trading day, to provide more reliable data…
Caplin Unveils Single-Dealer Platform For FX
Caplin Systems has launched a new single-dealer platform for foreign-exchange (FX) trading.
FX Bridge Preps Options Volatility Commentary
Foreign exchange spot and options trading platform provider FX Bridge Technologies is rolling out two new subscription-based FX volatility measures designed to help traders and investors identify trading opportunities in FX options and less common…
Interactive Data, Icap Strike Data Distribution Deal
Interactive Data has signed a licensing agreement with Icap Information Services, the data services arm of interdealer broker Icap, to make the entire universe of Icap data available on its Consolidated Feed of data from more than 450 exchanges and over…
FXstreet Launches FXBeat FX News, Commentary
Barcelona-based news and foreign exchange analysis provider FXstreet will this week launch a new real-time FX news service, dubbed FXBeat, on its www.fxstreet.com web portal to provide traders with information and commentary on currencies and related…
Bloomberg Bows ‘First Word FX' News
Bloomberg has rolled out a new dedicated foreign exchange news service, dubbed First Word Foreign Exchange, that provides concise 24-hour economic, geopolitical and currency-specific news, including daily event previews and exclusive market summaries,…
Tradition Taps Bloomberg Price Fixings for Volatis Trading Platform
Interdealer broker Tradition is to use daily price fixing observations from Bloomberg's independent valuation services for derivatives and structured notes, to provide prices that more accurately reflect realized volatility to Volatis, the broker's newly…
Bloomberg Supplies Fixings Valuation for Tradition's Volatis
Volatis, the interdealer broker's newly-launched hybrid platform for negotiation and trading of realized volatility futures, will use daily fixing observations from Bloomberg.
Bloomberg Bows Range of OTC Indexes
The data giant unveils a play for OTC index business, leveraging its existing index and analytics tools, and market penetration.
Bloomberg Releases IB Dealing for FX Traders
The chat-based platform, called Instant Bloomberg (IB) Dealing, is now being used for trade negotiation and execution by more than 100 banks globally.
Westpac Taps Broadway Technology for Global FX
The Sydney-based bank's institutional arm says it will deploy Broadway's high-performance TOC software platform to back increased trading activities in Australian (AUD) and New Zealand (NZD) dollars, key Asian currencies, and the mainstay G3: US dollars,…
Tick Data Bought Out by Management, VC
Former Penson data business is sold to management team and ex-Pension execs by Desjardins brokerage subsidiary.