Private equity is sitting astride a mountain of dry powder, which currently stands at USD1.14 trillion according to Preqin*. Fund raising has never been easier but with so much money floating around, valuations are being driven upwards. This is placing
CubeLogic, a specialist in business intelligence-enabled risk management solutions and FERDEC, a specialist in MAR/MAD II/REMIT transaction surveillance solutions for physical and financial Energy and Commodity markets, have formed a strategic partnership to enable CubeLogic’s clients to leverage the sophisticated
In January 2014 the international derivatives markets of Eurex Group recorded an average daily volume of 8.5 million contracts, down from 8.6 million contracts in January 2013. Of those, 5.5 million were Eurex Exchange contracts (January 2013: 5.9 million), and
MarkitSERV has launched a new, cloud-based technology for post trade processing of OTC derivatives trades. Called TradeServ, the new platform launched in September for matching, confirming and clearing trades of non-deliverable forwards (NDFs). Some 32 banks and major asset managers
As of 26 November Eurex Clearing customers participating in the GC Pooling trading at Eurex Repo will be in a position to re-use GC Pooling collateral to fulfil their overall Eurex Clearing margin obligations. Eurex Clearing members can make use
INTL FCStone Ltd Precious Metals (INTL) integration of Integral BankFX has enable the firm to access new liquidity sources and double trading volumes over the past year and a half. INTL needed a solution for their precious metals client base which
Powernext has introduced new PEG Spot contracts on its trading platform PEGAS to accompany the merger of the PEG Nord and TRS hubs, which completed on 1 November 2018. PEG Futures products were already available since 28 September 2018 and
BATS Global Markets and Direct Edge completed their merger on 31 January, creating one of the world’s largest stock exchange operators. In January, combined US market share of the BATS and Direct Edge exchanges reached 20.54 per cent compared to
Digital Vega has launched its FX option trading platform Medusa, which allows market participants to trade a range of FX option structures on prices from up to five relationship-based liquidity providers. The first transactions were undertaken by Pareto Investment Management,
Eurex will launch single stock futures on leading Canadian companies on 25 November 2010. The new listings reflect customer demand for expanded offerings in the rapidly growing equity derivatives segment. The futures contracts will be based on shares of Bank
