Nasdaq Futures, Inc (NFX), the exchange group's US-based energy futures market, has approved 16 Futures Commission Merchants (FCMs) as new members. Some of the new members include: ABN AMRO Group, ADM Investor Services, Advantage Futures, Citigroup Global Markets, ED&F Man
The Euronext Milling Wheat futures contract listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) is showing encouraging levels of market interest, following its official start of trade on 8 July. To date, the JSE has traded just over 10 000 tons
Last month Perseus, the world’s leading managed services provider of high-speed connectivity across the trade lifecycle, announced a USD20.5 million investment by Goldman Sachs. The capital injection is a sign of the growing importance of technology specialists as global markets
The first electronically-traded and JSCC-cleared yen swap transaction by a Japanese bank has been executed by Tradeweb. Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Limited traded with Deutsche Bank and used the Tradeweb “intention to clear” facility to indicate that it would send
Portfolio analytics and intelligence platform Novus has partnered with Thalia, a provider of hedge fund investment solutions based in Switzerland with USD1.8 billion in assets under management and advisory. Transparency within hedge funds has significantly increased since the financial crisis,
Clients of self-directed retirement plan administration company Vantage can now access FNEX.com to source, review and invest their funds in a wide variety of alternative investments. Launched in September 2013, FNEX.com is a web-based platform that provides accredited investors, investment
A large number of businesses in the financial services sector are putting their IT systems and data at risk by failing to adopt good cloud computing practices, according to research from NCC Group. NCC Group surveyed chief investment officers from
ULLINK, a provider of electronic trading solutions and connectivity to the financial community, is to acquire NYFIX and Metabit from NYSE Technologies, part of Intercontinental Exchange (ICE). The transaction, which is subject to regulatory approval, is expected to close in
BNY Mellon has launched MyOnCore, an online portal that offers transparency and oversight to investment managers who have outsourced their middle-office operations. Many investment managers who have entered outsourced agreements are now re-evaluating how their operations teams can best address
TOM Smart Execution is now connected to BATS Chi-X Europe, adding another trading venue to the Smart Order Router (SOR). With the new connection, TOM Smart Execution now compares more available prices across different pan-European exchanges. Willem Meijer, chief
