The business of trading interest-rate swaps is moving to electronic platforms at breakneck speed, largely driven by the implementation of Dodd-Frank. Sixty per cent of notional client swap trading volume in the US this year is being executed electronically –
Euronext has received approval from the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (HKSFC) to provide automated trading services (ATS) to Hong Kong-domiciled clients, facilitating direct membership and access to Euronext’s Paris derivatives markets. Tan Yueheng, Chief Executive Officer of BOCOM
Colt has launched Colt PrizmNet in the US, connecting providers of financial content – including market data, research and trading services – to capital markets firms, improving trade execution and accelerating global market connectivity. This financial extranet addresses increased client
Markit has launched Markit WSO Credit Manager, a credit and portfolio analysis application for investment professionals focused on bank loans. Credit Manager was designed in partnership with CVC Credit Partners and other industry experts. The application helps portfolio managers and
Virtus, a provider of tailored fixed-income services, has launched Virtus Trade Settlement (VTS), which delivers unprecedented settlement times for primary/secondary trades in the four trillion dollar loan market. The launch of VTS follows on the acquisition of Trade Settlement Inc.
With the starting line for implementation only two months away, Justin Hayes, product manager at Linedata, says fund administrators and investment managers need to get to grips with the OECD’s Common Reporting Standards, dubbed ‘Global FATCA’, before it’s too late.
BCS Financial Group, the largest broker of securities on the Moscow Exchange, has overcome challenging market conditions in Russia in the first six months of the year to achieve significant growth compared to the first half of 2014. Despite a
Geneva-based asset management company Argos Investment Managers SA is changing its name to Quaero Capital SA. The rebranding is driven by the firm’s continuing international expansion and a growing concern that its original name may lead to confusion with other
Liquidnet saw record third quarter performance in Europe as institutional investors increasingly searched for size and improved execution quality, ahead of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) rules taking effect in January 2017. These rules are expected to
Start-ups in ASEAN are drawing increasing attention from venture capital firms and several countries have put in place measures to encourage such activities. The appetite for venture capital investments has seen a growth in both the number of deals and
