With only 30 days until implementation, more than 50 per cent of investment firms globally are unlikely to be ready for the European Union’s new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on 25 May 2018. That’s according to a global industry
OKEx is the top crypto exchange in terms of derivatives monthly volume, according to a new report from CryptoCompare, a cryptocurrency market data provider. Although OKEx saw an astonishing derivatives total volume of $90.34B in September, it is still down
New Change FX (NCFX), an independent data and analytics business, has joined IOWA.rocks, a new financial data marketplace. NCFX enables market participants who require objective trade cost measurement capabilities to quickly and easily calculate all related expenses against a recognised
Options, a provider of global market data and colocation services for trading firms, has extended its high performance managed colocation solution to Equinix’s Zurich (ZH4) and Milan (ML2) International Business Exchange (IBX) data centres. Options’ clients colocated at the facilities
Intertrust, a provide of tech-enabled corporate and fund solutions to clients operating and investing in the international business environment, has expanded its services in the United States. Clients with US domiciled legal entities and affiliated transactions now benefit from Intertrust’s
Simmons & Simmons has advised Crake Asset Management on the launch of its new London management business and its global long-short equities hedge fund structure, one of the largest European launches of 2019. Richard Walker, CEO of Crake, says: “We
Capitolis, a technology provider for the capital markets, is now live with its foreign exchange credit switching service, Capitolis Switch. Capitolis’ mission is to address capital markets constraints in the financial system. With the launch of Capitolis Switch, a key
IHS Markit, a specialist in critical information, analytics and solutions, is now offering brokers and other asset managers a comprehensive solution for cost basis calculation and reporting in alliance with Scivantage. When assets like stocks are sold, resulting in a
SteelEye, a compliance technology and data analytics firm, is pleased to announce its best execution support for MiFID II’s regulatory standards RTS27 & RTS 28. With RTS28 due to take effect on 30 April, financial services firms are now looking
Swiss fintech specialist Avaloq has acquired a 10 per cent stake in Metaco, a Lausanne-based blockchain and crypto-currency specialist. The acquisition, which is part of Metaco’s second round of funding, will see Francisco Fernandez (pictured), Avaloq’s founder and Group Chairman,
