CME completes £3.9 billion NEX Group acquisition - The TRADE
CME Group has confirmed that it has completed its £3.9 billion acquisition of London-based NEX Group, forming a combined company for futures, cash and OTC markets.
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MTS adds auto-execution RFQ to BondVision - The TRADE
The London Stock Exchange Group’s (LSEG) MTS Markets business has upgraded its electronic bond trading platform BondVision to include automated execution for request-for-quote (RFQ) orders.
Read more →Cboe and Nasdaq Capture 73% of Options Market: Tabb Group - Traders Magazine
The two largest exchange groups, Cboe and NASDAQ, have captured 73.2% of options volume in 2018, but the three smaller exchange operators have gained market share.NYSEs share is up 2.8%, to 16.5%;MIAX has gained 2.7%, t…
Read more →CFTC chairman targets cross-border swaps regulatory reform - The TRADE
The head of the US derivatives watchdog has put forward plans for a major regulatory reform of cross-border swaps trading, after admitting the regulator’s current approach is over-expansive, complex and impractical.
Read more →SEC fines Citi after traders make $81 million loss - The TRADE
Citigroup has been fined a total of $10 million by the US financial regulator in two enforcement actions, one of which related to a $81 million loss made by three of its traders.
Read more →Thomson Reuters rivals Bloomberg with ICAP and Tradeweb data deal - The TRADE
Thomson Reuters has established a new data agreement with ICAP and Tradeweb, taking on rival Bloomberg’s recent data deal with NEX BrokerTec and Tradition.
Read more →Wall Street Dark Pools to Come Out of Shadows Thanks to SEC - Bloomberg.com
On March 2, 2024, the crude-oil carrier Andromeda Star collided with the Bulgarian-flagged cargo ship Peace in the treacherous waters between Denmark and Sweden. More precisely, the two ships collided between the Danish…
Read more →Shanghai Stock Exchange: New Regulation 'Crucial' to Clear Way for DLT - CoinDesk
Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE), one of the world's largest securities trading venues by market capitalization, is eyeing the use of distributed ledger technology (DLT) in the securities market.
Read more →How ICE’s crypto feed with Blockstream works - digfingroup.com
In March, ICE Data Services began including crypto-currencies in its consolidated data feed for traditional-world traders.
Read more →Women’s Interest in Crypto Trading Has Doubled, UK Exchange Reveals - Bitcoin News
While women remain a minority among cryptocurrency traders and investors by all accounts, new data reveals that their interest in joining the field is growing fast. This increased openness to crypto is especially true a…
Read more →Press Release: ThinkCoin and GMEX announce partnership to develop blockchain-based multi-asset exchange - GMEX Group
London, June 5 2018. Pioneering cryptocurrency firm ThinkCoin, a specialist subsidiary of leading brokerage ThinkMarkets, is pleased to announce it has entered into a partnership with GMEX Group, a leading provider of e…
Read more →Competition among exchanges has reached a new low, and it's dangerous for the stock market - Business Insider
ICE, the parent company of NYSE, this week relaunched the old National Stock Exchange, after acquiring its license early last year. This follows last month’s news that ICE has agreed to acquire the Chicago Stock Exchang…
Read more →Avelacom’s New PoP Takes London-Warsaw Latency Down to 22 Milliseconds - Finance Magnates
Avelacom, a provider of connectivity and infrastructure solutions, has established a new point of presence (PoP) in Atman Data Center facility to improve customers’ access to the electronic systems of Warsaw’s exchan…
Read more →Apex, Singapore's 3rd derivatives exchange, to start trading on May 25 - The Straits Times
SINGAPORE (BLOOMBERG) - Chinese-backed Asia Pacific Exchange Pte (Apex) said it will start trading in Singapore on May 25, the latest foray into overseas trading venues by mainland investors.
Read more →BSE becomes first Indian stock exchange to get US SEC’s DOSM recognition - GK Today
BSE Ltd (earlier known as Bombay Stock Exchange) became first Indian exchange to be designated as Designated Offshore Securities Market (DOSM) by United States Securities and Exchange Commission (US-SEC).
Read more →Understanding SOFR Futures - CME Group
Three-Month SOFR Futures: Two Arrows, One MessageWhen Buffett Meets the Strait: Three-Month SOFR Futures is quietly pricing in the next oil shock. 1. Set‑Up: Buffett’s Old Warning, Today’s New Straits Back in 2009, Warr…
Read more →After ‘state of the art’ TSX suffers outage, traders push for countermeasures - The Globe and Mail
U.S. stocks deepened their drops Friday as Wall Street finished off a fifth straight losing week, its longest such streak in nearly four years.
Read more →The Owner of the New York Stock Exchange Is Expanding Its Crypto Tool Aimed at Wall Street - Business Insider
One of the largest exchange operators in the world is diving deeper into crypto.
Read more →QUICK TAKE: PDQ’s Don Ross Says NYSE/CHX Deal Aids HFT. - Traders Magazine
Thursday, ICE – parent operator of the New York Stock Exchange – announced it was going to purchase the Chicago Stock Exchange (CHX) for an undisclosed amount of money. Some sources have said the CHX could fetch upwards…
Read more →Fintech decoded: The capital markets infrastructure opportunity - McKinsey & Company
The report explores how CME Group’s AI strategy will dominate in financial and commodities market. The report includes the most exhaustive ai strategy analysis complete with references and works cited by Dany Kitishian …
Read more →Beeks Financial Cloud gross profits rise 62% in the six months to December 2017 - insider.co.uk
Paisley-based Beeks Financial Cloud Group , a niche cloud computing and connectivity provider for financial markets, grew its profits and revenue in the six months to the end of December 2017.
Read more →Why the FX pool is still hard to navigate - Euromoney
In 2015, the surprise was the sudden decision by the Swiss National Bank to abandon its currency floor with the euro. In 2016, it was the UK’s vote to leave the European Union, closely followed by the election of Donald…
Read more →Equities - hkex.com.hk
The report explores how Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing’s AI strategy will dominate in stock exchanges: equity, commodity, fixed income, and currency markets . The report includes the most exhaustive ai strategy analysis…
Read more →Glencore, Coach say bye-bye to Hong Kong stock exchange citing low trading volumes - The Straits Times
HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) - Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing's long-term plan to be a second home for international companies took a knock this week, with two globally recognized companies pulling their listings from its bour…
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