NYSE Liffe, the Europe-based derivatives business of NYSE Euronext, says the rules and trading procedures of the Amsterdam and Brussels derivatives markets have been harmonised after regulatory approval of their respective regulators, the AFM and the CBFA. This harmonisation is
As Bitcoin continues its recent rally, Jon Cotton (pictured), Head Strategist at global cryptocurrency prime brokerage BCB Group, has commented on why this latest move may point to a sustained move upwards for the currency in the medium-term. “As trading volumes increase
InfoHedge Technologies, a provider of IT services and solutions to the alternative investment industry, has been selected by Tradar as an authorised hosting provider for Tradar Insight, a portfolio management system. The partnership enables Tradar’s client base to have an
Blockchain for private equity firm Swarm has partnered with decentralised autonomous organisation MakerDAO to integrate the Dai token into the Swarm platform. Swarm writes that this will give Swarm’s community of accredited investors a greater capability to lock in
Citi has cleared its first client trades through the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on the CME’s newly launched interest rate swap clearing platform. In addition to CME, Citi currently clears interest rate swap trades for clients through LCH.Clearnet’s Swapclear service. Andrew
OKCoin is to join SharesPost’s Global Liquidity And Settlement System (GLASS) as exchange nodes. In conjunction with SharesPost’s existing Alternative Trading System (ATS), GLASS will provide OKCoin with compliant access to the US investor market. “With the security token market
The European Fund and Asset Management Association says it is very concerned about the European Commission’s financial services tax proposals. It considers that the policy reasons advanced by the Commission are seriously flawed in the case of the funds industry.
European equities clearing house EuroCCP has appointed Cécile Nagel as Chief Executive Officer. Nagel joins from the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) where she was most recently Head of LSE Markets Global Product Development and LSE Exchange Traded Products. Nagel
Options, a managed service and IT infrastructure provider to the global capital markets industry, has appointed former NYSE Technologies and Vela Trading Systems executive Micah Kroeze to its management team. Kroeze (pictured), joins the New York team as VP, Product
The markets in the Asia Pacific region exhibit high rates of economic growth and cover almost half of the global population, which makes it an attractive market for electronic trading. In a report, Electronic Trading in Asia-Pacific: A Market by
