OKEx, a Malta-based digital asset exchange, has launched a new derivative product, Perpetual Swap, a peer-to-peer, virtual derivative developed by OKEx to enable traders to speculate the direction of the price of digital assets such as Bitcoin. With the new
High frequency trading (HFT) strategies are rapidly being adopted in the FX asset class, with Celent estimating that 28% of volumes are executed through HFT, and HFT volumes are split across the interdealer and dealer-to-client segments. This is driving more
NYSE Euronext and BIDS Holdings, owner of an alternative trading system, have announced plans to form a 50:50 joint venture designed to improve execution quality and access to liquidity in
Linedata, a provider of credit and asset management technology, data and services, is teaming up with leading quantitative analytics firm, Trade Informatics (TI) to launch a new suite of execution analytics. Harnessing TI’s Strategic & Tactical Analytic Research & Trading
Global fund administrator HedgeServ, and Hazeltree, a provider of integrated buy-side treasury management solutions, have expanded their existing partnership. Powered by Hazeltree’s platform, HedgeServ will deliver comprehensive treasury and portfolio finance technology and operational support, as part of its enhanced
CryptoCompare, a global cryptocurrency market data provider, has launched new API service in response to customer demand for more complex and highly scalable cryptocurrency data solutions. CryptoCompare provides real-time, high-quality and reliable market and pricing data on 5,600-plus coins and
ErisX has closed a Series B funding from a group of investors spanning both the traditional capital and digital asset markets including Bitmain, ConsenSys, Fidelity Investments, Nasdaq Ventures (NDAQ) and TradeStation Securities’ parent company, Monex Group Inc. ErisX is receiving
London-based asset management consultancy, MJ Hudson, has acquired Amaces, a data and analytics firm, which provides tools and consulting services to help institutional investors benchmark and monitor the cost and quality of the investor services they receive from their custodian
Canterbury Consulting, a Newport Beach-based institutional investment advisory firm with more than USD18.3 billion in assets under management, will turn to Canoe Intelligence (Canoe), in a multi-year relationship to efficiently digitise, track and organise thousands of documents and data points.
Axioma, a provider of enterprise risk management, portfolio management and regulatory reporting solutions, has added a new Emerging Markets risk model (AXEM4) to its Equity Factor Risk Model Suite. AXEM4 incorporates the latest methodologies and research, plus a deep daily
