Thomson Reuters Eikon Messenger numbers surge as Yahoo retires legacy messaging platform LeapRate

August 05, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Thomson Reuters Eikon Messenger numbers surge as Yahoo retires legacy messaging platform

Thomson Reuters has seen a significant increase in new Eikon Messenger account registrations after the announcement that Yahoo will discontinue support for its legacy messaging and API service on August 5, 2016. Global energy company Gazprom Marketing and Trading Limited and Dong Energy, Denmark’s largest energy company, are the latest firms to publicly endorse Eikon…

August 02, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Thomson Reuters to join R3 blockchain consortium

Thomson Reuters has joined financial innovation firm R3’s partnership to design and apply distributed and shared ledger-inspired technologies to global financial markets. As a leading source of news and information for professional markets, Thomson Reuters will contribute insights from its work with customers to drive product innovation and transformation in the financial sector using distributed…

July 20, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Thomson Reuters and Imperial College London partner to advance FinTech and RegTech through joint research

Thomson Reuters and Imperial College London are working together to bring data science expertise from both corporate and academic worlds to bear on the global big data challenges impacting financial and legal professionals. The joint venture aims to drive faster innovation in FinTech and RegTech industries through collaborative research projects. Working with researchers from the…

July 19, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Thomson Reuters adds futures and options execution application for commodities traders in Eikon

After linking Eikon with Pivot last week, Thomson Reuters has another announcement to make regarding Eikon. Energy and commodities traders can now execute futures and options orders directly from Thomson Reuters Eikon, helping reduce the need to pay for expensive market data fees across multiple platforms without sacrificing functionality. The service is provided through City Execution,…

July 13, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Thomson Reuters Launches KYC Solution for Africa together with Barclays Africa, Rand Merchant Bank and Standard Bank of South Africa

Thomson Reuters has announced the launch of its Org ID managed service solution for Know Your Customer (KYC) due diligence in South Africa, together with design partner banks Barclays Africa, Rand Merchant Bank (a division of FirstRand Bank) and Standard Bank of South Africa, who have all committed to use the Org ID service to…

July 13, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Thomson Reuters and CME Group to link their Instant Messaging Networks

Thomson Reuters and CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) have announced they have reached an agreement to implement connectivity between their instant messaging networks, Thomson Reuters Eikon Messenger and CME Pivot Instant Messaging, to support open and compliant cross-industry communication for financial and commodities markets. This combined service will be available late Q3 2016. The agreement between…

July 11, 2016 BY Mike Fox

Thomson Reuters Forex platform volumes best since January

Thomson Reuters Corp (NYSE:TRI) has published their Forex volume metrics for June 2016, with spot FX volumes rebounding to 23% higher MoM to $116 billion from May's $94 billion due to the UK's EU referendum induced volatility. The massive volatility on Brexit day saw Reuters FX trading platforms report 3x the normal volume the Friday of the vote.…

July 11, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Thomson Reuters adds EBS to its Post-Trade Network

Thomson Reuters has added FX platform EBS to its post-trade network as part of its drive to improve market efficiency through provision of a venue-agnostic trade notification service. EBS joins more than 2500 other publishers and receivers on Thomson Reuters Trade Notification (TRTN) which enables EBS to offer complete straight through processing to its clients.…

May 24, 2016 BY Mike Fox

HKEX and Thomson Reuters sign agreement for new Renminbi indices

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) and Thomson Reuters today signed an agreement for the creation of a new series of Renminbi (RMB) indices. HKEX has taken the lead amongst exchanges in RMB offerings, just yesterday the exchange announced new RMB futures contracts to commence at the end of May. The new index series will…

April 07, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Thomson Reuters Eikon becomes available as Apple Watch app

The list of financial services providers offering their applications for Apple Watch keeps growing, with the latest addition to this expanding group being Thomson Reuters Corp (NYSE:TRI). The company has recently released an update to the Thomson Reuters Eikon app, which offers support for Apple Watch. Owners of Apple Watch that use the application can…

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