Category: Technology

Kyber Network opens to become the VISA for cryptocurrency
January 25, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

GMEX launches Fusion - integrating centralised and blockchain technologies

In response to changing global market drivers and technical innovation, GMEX Technologies Ltd (GMEX), a provider of multi-asset exchange and post-trade business and technology solutions announced GMEX Fusion, a unique integrated centralised and distributed solution set. GMEX Fusion combines the established GMEX centralised technology– currently live in multiple exchanges and post trade venues, such as…

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January 23, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Aquis Technologies to supply UBS MTF with surveillance & reporting solution

Aquis Technologies, the financial and regulatory technologies services arm of Aquis Exchange, announced that it has been chosen by UBS MTF as its supplier of market monitoring, surveillance and reporting software. Aquis will provide UBS MTF with its state-of-the-art Aquis Market Surveillance (AMS) and the RTS 27 reporting software as required since the implementation of…

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Nasdaq
January 23, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators extends its contract with Nasdaq

The Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) just announced that it has officially extended its contract with Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) to continue to leverage Nasdaq’s SMARTS Market Surveillance technology to detect insider trading and market manipulation across the European Union’s wholesale energy markets by digesting and analyzing massive volumes of data from hundreds of…

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STOXX Low Carbon products licensed to Italian bank IMI
January 22, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

STOXX launches first global AI index based on AI algorithm

Today, STOXX Ltd., the operator of Deutsche Börse Group’s index business and a global provider of innovative and tradable index concepts, introduced the world’s first index that uses AI-related algorithms to select companies exposed to the artificial intelligence (AI) megatrend at the Inside ETFs conference in the U.S. The new index will be available as…

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January 22, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Motive Partners launches financial technology innovation catalyst & value-creation engine

Motive Partners, an investment firm focused on technology enabled companies that power the financial services industry, today announced the launch of Motive Labs, a membership-only innovation and investment organization that will support the firm's mission to back and build the next generation of financial technology. Motive Partners also announced the founding strategic partners for Motive…

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DFSA launches Cyber Threat Intelligence Platform
January 19, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

PolySwarm and Rivetz announce the creation of Decentralized Cybersecurity Consortium

Decentralized IT security marketplace PolySwarm and decentralized mobile security solutions provider Rivetz today announced a partnership to form the Decentralized Cybersecurity Consortium. DC2 is a professional group for IT security companies aimed at developing best practices for blockchain-based cybersecurity. PolySwarm is thrilled to partner with Rivetz as co-founding members of the Decentralized Cybersecurity Consortium, and…

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January 17, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Torstone Technology enters Norwegian market

Establishes connectivity to the Norwegian Central Securities Depository Torstone Technology, a global provider of post-trade securities and derivatives processing, today announced that it has entered the Norwegian market by connecting its flagship Inferno platform to Verdipapirsentralen ASA (VPS), Norway’s Central Securities Depository. Inferno is a modern, flexible, scalable and cost-effective post-trade platform which will enable…

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Volante Technologies Inc. expands executives team
January 17, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange signs Memorandum to support adoption of DLT

Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX), the region's financial market, announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) and seven leading global Central Securities Depository (CSD) companies to collaborate on Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) implementation in post trade operations, as well as capital market transactions.…

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January 16, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

TraderTools selects Abacus Group to host its FX trading technology

Abacus Group, a provider of hosted IT solutions and application hosting for alternative investment firms and financial services software providers, today announced its newest software application hosting client, TraderTools. TraderTools, a financial technology firm providing FX market participants innovative solutions for liquidity access and distribution through its Unique Liquidity Network™ (ULN™), has completed migrating all…

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January 12, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FIA Tech launches Secure Lockbox for indirect clearing data

Another news from FIA Tech today, the company announced the expansion of its Owner & Controller Repository (OCR) service to securely and confidentially store data for firms offering indirect clearing services under MIFID II. The new Indirect Clearing Lockbox capability allows indirect clearers to store their client account data securely to be accessed by their…

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