Category: Technology

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November 18, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

GMO Internet acquires TownWiFi Inc.

The GMO Internet, Inc. has announced earlier today that it has acquired TownWiFi Inc., which will now become a consolidated subsidiary of GMO Internet. The provider service was launched back in 1995. Since then GMO Internet Group has launched the Internet business under the corporate slogan “Internet for Everyone.” As of today, GMO Internet Group…

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November 12, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

PrimeXM to host Global Prime’s integration with TraderEvolution

Technology provider PrimeXM has just announced that it is going to exclusively host Global Prime's setup with TraderEvolution. The partnership between the Australian brokerage and the connectivity provider for Forex and CFDs services is not new, yet is now expanding into a brand new setup. Global Prime is one of the first brokers to integrate…

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November 12, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

SMBC Nikko Securities adopts Itiviti’s connectivity solutions

Itiviti, a technology and service provider to financial institutions, has announced that SMBC Nikko Securities Inc., one of Japan’s largest brokerages, has implemented Itiviti’s high capacity low-latency market connectivity solutions for trading the Japan Stock Exchange (JPX) and regional exchanges. SMBC Nikko Securities has now centralized its in-house automated trading (algo) system and proprietary trading…

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Vela and PlusWealth to enable traders to easily access Indian markets
October 29, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Vela and PlusWealth to enable traders to easily access Indian markets

Vela, the independent provider of trading and market access technology for global multi-asset electronic trading, and PlusWealth Capital Management LLP, the stockbroking business of proprietary trading firm Plus Wealth, have announced yesterday the addition of the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) to Vela’s automated trading platform, Metro. PlusWealth Capital Management is a registered member…

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BoC: Bank of Canada January Rate Meeting: What to Expect?
October 28, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Torstone Technology expands in Canada

Torstone Technology, a provider of post-trade securities and derivatives processing, has announced that it has expanded in Canada, opening a new office in Toronto. The announcement comes after Credit Suisse Canada selected Torstone’s post-trade processing platform, to replace the firm’s existing third-party outsourced operations in order to support its institutional equites business. Torstone’s platform covers…

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October 21, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Spotex releases a multilevel credit-margin manager module

Spotex, a developer of foreign exchange (FX) technology systems and ECN operator, have announced earlier today that they have launched a brand new multilevel credit and margin management module named Periscope. Periscope will enable prime brokers and prime-of-prime brokers (PoPs) to extend credit and/or margin to multiple levels of downstream, sub brokers. Periscope is a…

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October 15, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

VivCourt extends the use of Itiviti tech, supports its global Asian derivatives business

Itiviti, a technology, and service provider to financial institutions worldwide, has announced that Vivienne Court Trading (VivCourt) has extended the use of Itiviti’s trading technology. VivCourt is an Australia-based, socially conscious investment firm, which trades across Asia and is now expanding into China, EMEA and Brazil. VivCourt has been using Itiviti's technology since 2011 for options…

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FXCM Pro teams up with FlexTrade on technology
October 08, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

FXCM Pro teams up with FlexTrade on technology

FXCM Pro has announced today that it has partnered with FlexTrade, a company specialising in high performance execution management and order management systems for equities, FX, options futures and fixed income. The technology partnership includes FXCM’s institutional business and Flextrade’s “MaxxTrader” solution. FXCM through FXCM Pro provide retail brokers, small hedge funds and emerging market…

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October 01, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Royal London Asset Management teams up with TradingScreen to drive better returns for investors

TradingScreen (TS), the multi-asset order and execution management system (OEMS), has just announced its partnership with the Royal London Asset Management (RLAM). The latest agreement aims to drive better returns for investors. RLAM will now be able to trade across multi-asset classes within its £130 billion portfolio via one centralised platform, and will also benefit from…

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