ParFX, the wholesale electronic trading platform delivering renewed transparency and equality in global spot FX, has been named Technology Project of the Year in the Dealing/Trading category by The Banker magazine, in recognition of its success in introducing fairness and equality into the world’s largest financial market – Forex. Created by the market, for the…
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Read moreEuroMoney reporter Farah Khalique is reporting this week that SuperDerivatives, a pioneer in derivatives trading technology and analytics, which had gone live back in May with FX options platform SDeX plans to expand the number of tradable asset classes from metals and FX to include oil, equity derivatives, credit and interest rates. The reporter states…
Read moreSome highlights from the week of August 4th - 8th Last Week's Forex Look Back! Interview: TopFX’s Paul Orford details the important factors of Prime Brokerage: https://www.leaprate.com/UBskF FXCM acquisition of FXDD US clients – $4.4 million: https://www.leaprate.com/vqgE4 Op Ed: Viewing a very different global FX landscape as 2014 passes halfway point: https://www.leaprate.com/m8KLb Investment giant BlackRock…
Read moreICAP Information Services (IIS), the information division of ICAP, and MTS, a leading fixed income electronic trading venue in Europe, announced today that they are expanding the RepoFunds Rate indices to include RepoFunds Rate Euro (RFR Euro), a daily repo index for Eurozone sovereign bonds. The new index, RFR Euro, is derived from eligible repo…
Read moreVolume doldrums continue to plague firms across the entire industry spectrum, with CME having transacted 583,000 contracts in July compared to 765,000 in June.
Read moreKCG has reported income for the second quarter of 2014 of $9.0 million, with pre-tax income from continuing operations standing at $145 million.
Read moreOptionsCity Software, a global provider of electronic trading solutions for professional futures and options traders, today announced that an upgrade to its flagship trading platform, Metro, will be available mid-August. Metro 5.2 has extended performance with added functionality that allows traders and brokers to manage execution, risk, and efficiently navigate electronic markets. Metro 5.2 includes…
Read moreAs ASIC follows the American and European lead in reformation of trade reporting for OTC derivatives, the regulatory authority seeks comment from the industry prior to implementation of proposed rulings.
Read moreThe efficiency of electronic trading infrastructure continues to evolve despite global regulatory efforts to standardize execution times.
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