European Central Counterparty (EuroCCP), the largest cash equities central counterparty in Europe, will be clearing trades executed on London Stock Exchange (LSE). Firms using EuroCCP to clear UK equities trades executed on Aquis, BATS Chi-X, Equiduct, GETMatched, Sigma-X, SmartPool, Turquoise
Gain Capital, a provider of online trading services, has launched a foreign exchange trading platform that provides qualifying financial institutions, hedge funds, CTAs, high frequency traders, broker/dealers and high net worth individuals access to FX liquidity sources. Gain’s GTX trading
FTSE Group and Edhec -Risk Institute have launched an index series which uses a risk-adjusted strategy to that of traditional market capitalisation-weighted indices, to deliver investors with an optimal risk return ratio. The FTSE Edhec-Risk Efficient Index Series, can be
Northern Trust has expanded its securities exposure reporting for clients to include counterparties for over-the-counter derivatives contracts, in addition to more traditional investments such as equity and fixed income holdings. The incorporation of OTC derivative counterparties on the Security Exposure
IT service company Virtusa Corporation’s CSalt solution now integrates with Investor Analytics’ risk platform to streamline and simplify Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) Annex IV reporting. Both companies are committed to easing the burdens of alternative investment advisors and
Deutsche Börse Systems is developing an ultra low latency infrastructure from Frankfurt to Paris, Amsterdam, New York and Chicago. The new design will enable these markets to connect to Deutsche Börse, Eurex and Xetra trading systems as well as to
Deutsche Börse Market Data + Services has introduced real-time analytics for the most liquid futures contracts traded on Eurex. Eurex Real-time Analytics provides market participants with in-depth trade and order information based on the full Eurex order book for the
Singapore Exchange (SGX) has cleared more than USD3 billion notional worth of Malaysian Ringgit (MYR) and Thai Baht (THB) non-deliverable interest rate swaps (NDIRS) since its launch on 7 April 2014. This new asset class, with net interest payment settled
Agency broker Icap Equities has launched its algorithmic trading platform Icap ALX and is beginning the process of adding clients. The platform, developed with execution technology and algorithmic strategies provider Arctic Lake Systems, is scheduled to be delivered to Icap
Less than a third (28 per cent) of European financial industry participants believe that European equity markets are currently fair for all, and almost twice as many (28 per cent) believe that high frequency trading (HFT) is harmful as believe
