The ability for traders to see the full depth of the order book on an exchange not only proffers greater insight and transparency on the supply and demand of individual stocks, it allows them to enhance their trading strategies, not
In July 2016, the monthly volume on EEX’s power derivatives market amounted to 244.0 terawatt hours (TWh), increasing the volume traded in July 2015 (172.9 TWh) by 41 per cent. EEX also recorded the highest volume in power options for
NEX Data is working in conjunction with NEX Markets on behalf of the Financial Futures Association of Japan (FFAJ) to produce new FX margin ratios for 170 currency pairs that are core to meeting new Japanese regulatory requirements. Launched in
Colt and Korean financial IT provider Koscom are forming a global securities network partnership to provide ultra-low-latency connectivity between capital markets participants in Korea and the world’s major stock and derivatives exchanges. As part of this collaboration, Koscom, which was
Banks are battling the rising cost of running their bond businesses by increasingly favouring a riskless-principal or order-driving trading model that leaves the responsibility to determine the best price for a bond increasingly shifting to pre-trade and real-time price modelling,
Tower Trading Group (TTG), a trading firm delivering bespoke commercial and technical solutions for professional traders, has selected Ancoa’s market surveillance platform to monitor its multi-asset trading activities across all exchanges and independent services providers (ISVs). Deployment of the Ancoa
The European Commodity Clearing (ECC) is cooperating with KB TECH to expand access to cleared commodity markets for trading participants. KB TECH is a UK based software development company providing data management services and products to the trading, pension and
The Colt PrizmNet, a financial extranet offering deterministic low latencies for delivering data, software, content and financial services worldwide, now connects three out of the five leading brokers in US electronic equity trading. Colt PrizmNet provides connectivity to all major
ALTX East Africa has gone goes live with its high tech exchange in Uganda. The team, led by chief executive Joseph Kitamirike, has built the exchange since 2013, and spent most of the last eight months optimising their systems, aiming
The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) plans to list S&P 500 Index (SPX) Monday-expiring Weeklys options, beginning 15 August 2016, pending regulatory approval. With the expected introduction of SPX "Monday Weeklys," CBOE will now offer SPX options with Monday, Wednesday
