London Stock Exchange Group to acquire Thomson Reuters’ Refinitiv? LeapRate

July 29, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

London Stock Exchange Group to acquire Thomson Reuters' Refinitiv?

Information giant Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI) has confirmed last Friday that it and private equity funds affiliated with Blackstone are in discussions related to a possible acquisition of Refinitiv by the London Stock Exchange Group plc (LSEG). According to latest news, LSEG will acquire Refinitiv for a total enterprise value of approximately US$27 billion. New LSEG…

June 24, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Activity on Refinitiv's FX platforms in Asia reaches record highs

Refinitiv, formerly the Financial and Risk business of information giant Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI), announced that activity on the company’s foreign exchange platforms has reached new highs in 2019. Regional market participants across the buy-side and sell-side benefit from Refinitiv’s comprehensive offering, from dealer-to-client trading on FXall, to interdealer trading on Matching. The company has earlier this…

May 02, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

IBM and Thomson Reuters to simplify how financial institutions tackle regulatory compliance challenges

IBM (NYSE: IBM) and information giant Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI) have teamed up to help banks address ever-growing regulatory requirements through the powerful combination of artificial intelligence (AI) and real-time regulatory insights. IBM and Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence will offer financial institutions access to IBM Cloud's RegTech solution. The two companies collaboration will enable risk and…

RoboMarkets Asia Ltd receives Malaysian license, opens a regional headquarters in Labuan

February 11, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Refinitiv re-appointed as a KLIBOR calculating agent in Malaysia

Refinitiv, formerly the financial and risk business unit of information giant Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI), has just announced that it has been re-appointed by Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) as the calculating and distribution agent for the industry interest rate benchmark, Kuala Lumpur Interbank Offered Rate (KLIBOR). KLIBOR is the official indicator of conditions in the interbank money…

January 21, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Refinitiv appoints Sherry Madera as Global Head of Industry and Government Affairs

Refinitiv, formerly the Financial and Risk business of information giant Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI), has announced that it has appointed Sherry Madera as Global Head of Industry and Government Affairs to enhance the company’s engagement across government, policy initiatives, industry trends and regulatory developments. This engagement will support Refinitiv’s role as an essential part of global…

November 27, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Refinitiv enhances Thai Baht FX benchmarks

Refinitiv, formerly the Financial and Risk business of Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI), has just informed the public that it is enhancing the WM/Reuters Thai Baht Spot FX Benchmarks with data sourced from Matching, Refinitiv’s anonymous central limit order book. This has allowed the Thai Baht (THB) and Thai Baht Offshore (TOF) benchmarks to become ‘trade’ currencies using the…

November 22, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Refinitiv expands data partnership with National University of Singapore

Refinitiv, formerly the Financial and Risk business of Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI), has announced that it is expanding its partnership with the National University of Singapore to launch a new service which see’s the NUS Risk Management Institute – Credit Research Initiative (CRI) provide specialist credit risk and default data through Refinitiv’s flagship data and information platforms, Eikon…

November 21, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Thomson Reuters receives Court approval for return of capital transaction

Information giant Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI) has just announced that the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) issued a final order today approving a plan of arrangement to implement the company’s proposed return of capital transaction. Yesterday, Thomson Reuters received shareholder approval for the return of capital transaction at a special meeting held in Toronto.…

November 19, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Refinitiv launches an aggregate bond service

Refinitiv, formerly the Financial and Risk business of Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI), has announced that it has launched an aggregate bond service to help clients access fixed income trade data that is available as a result of MiFID II in a single, simple aggregated data feed. The trade data from approved publication arrangements (APAs) and multilateral trading…

Microsoft announces expansion of blockchain offering on Azure Cloud

November 01, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Refinitiv launches quantitative analytics platform QA Direct in the Cloud with Microsoft Azure

The Cloud-based service means asset managers and hedge funds can get faster access to data for new quant initiatives and spend more time testing strategies, optimizing portfolios and managing risk. Building on its commitment towards consumption of its financial data in the Cloud, Refinitiv, formerly the Financial and Risk business of Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI), has…

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