Blockchain hedge fund Diverse Blockchain Partners (DBP) is to utilise the infrastructure and trading technology developed by trading technology company XTRADE.IO (XTRD). XTRD has developed the same mature technology for cryptocurrency markets that is currently used throughout global financial markets
Liquidnet, a global institutional investment network, has launched its EU operations in Dublin, with Liquidnet EU Limited (located in Dublin’s International Financial Services Centre), now authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland as a MiFID II investment firm and MTF
The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) has published a GDPR Implementation Guide to help members understand and comply with new EU-wide rules that come into effect on 25 May. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which replaces the EU Data
BlueBay has chosen Alpima to help its sales, product and multi-asset teams to intelligently visualise fund data and product characteristics across its full fixed income suite. Offered as a white-label version of its cloud-based platform, ALPIMA has worked closely with
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has outlined its vision for the evolution of the US equities market structure, unveiling a series of proposals to provide seamless access to new shortened settlement processing options, both pre-and post-trade. Following the
Saxo Bank has enhanced it FX Prime offering catering for institutional clients with the launch of full amount execution capabilities running on dedicated infrastructure through the company’s DMA liquidity hubs in London and New York. Saxo Bank says the new
European fund distribution specialist MFEX has closed its previously announced acquisition of the Luxembourg based RBC Investor & Treasury Services (RBC I&TS) Global Fund Platform (GFP), having secured the necessary regulatory approvals for the deal. In turn MFEX has gone
ACA Compliance Group has expanded its team of over 185 compliance professionals with new employees who have extensive industry experience. Robert Horvath is a Senior Compliance Consultant based in San Francisco. Robert served as Securities Compliance Examiner with the US
By Matt Mulry (pictured), Dillon Eustace – In the shadow of an impending review by the Financial Acting Task Force the Cayman Islands has undertaken an overhaul of its laws, regulations and guidance notes which govern its anti-money laundering and
BNY Mellon is to launch a new prime brokerage service for its institutional clients in ‘early 2018’ aimed at allowing partcipants to trade, finance and margin their FX more efficiently. BNY Mellon says the new will provide clients with access to a
