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The ACI – The Financial Markets Association (ACIFMA), a global finance trade association with over 8,000 international members in five continents, has signed an agreement with the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI).
ACIFMA, established in 1955 and based in Paris, France, represents the interests of the professional financial markets’ community, focusing on enhancing best market practice and supporting market participants to adhere to principles of ethical conduct. It has a global network of National Associations in 61 countries and offers a suite of education and certification products and services.
The agreement between the CISI, which has 45,000
GPP, a prime broking, investor services and wealth solutions firm, has hired Tiffany Roberts as Head of Compliance.
GPP, which launches ten years ago, provides prime brokerage, execution, custody and clearing services to hedge funds, wealth managers and broker-dealers.
Roberts will take on the role after over three years at a hedge fund as senior compliance officer. Her appointment is the latest in GPP’s strategic expansion of its leadership team, following the recent hires of Todd Johnson as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and James Parker as Chief Risk Officer (CRO).
GPP is building out its management structure as it enters
GSR, a specialist in algorithmic digital assets trading and market making, has Bitcoin Variance Swap, which allows Investors, traders, and companies to purchase and hedge their digital asset portfolio against the volatility of bitcoin.
Volatility in the world of cryptocurrency often makes front page news as massive swings in and out of the nascent market can cause huge fluctuations in value of digital asset portfolios. For the crypto markets, high volatility is part of the game. The introduction of a Bitcoin Variance Swap will allow traders, investors, and companies the ability to hedge against market volatility that happens during bitcoin price
McKay Brothers International (MBI), a provider of microwave-based private bandwidth and market data services, has connected the Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange (DGCX) to its European and US ultra-low latency network.
McKay’s new routes will further lower the latency between DGCX and major European and US trading hubs, thus improving the ability of McKay Brothers’ clients to not only access the DGCX, but also to trade in the most effective manner.
Les Male, CEO of DGCX, says: “We are delighted to welcome McKay Brothers to the DGCX. The addition of DGCX to their network and of McKay Brothers to ours, will
Chainalysis, a provider of cryptocurrency compliance and investigation solutions, has launched real-time transaction monitoring for ten cryptocurrencies.
The launch of additional cryptocurrencies comes in anticipation of global regulatory guidance that will require automated transaction monitoring for the cryptocurrencies that exchanges and financial institutions support.
Real-time monitoring is now available in Chainalysis KYT (Know Your Transaction), the anti-money laundering compliance solution used by more than 110 cryptocurrency businesses and financial institutions in 36 countries. Access to four of the most popular cryptocurrencies, including Binance Coin, Gemini Dollar, Tether, and USD Coin is available beginning today. Over the past year, the company
Murex, a specialist in trading, risk management and processing solutions, has launched a new offering addressing the challenges of LIBOR discontinuation and benchmark reforms. The company is also collaborating with LCH on a project relating to the cleared rates derivatives market.
To deliver a solution that quickly evolves with market requirements, Murex established itself as an active member of the ISDA community, participating in industry working groups and contributing to key reports. For the close monitoring of LIBOR updates, Murex also created a dedicated task force to provide guidance for customers as they assess how the changes will impact their
CMC Markets, a spread betting and contracts for difference (CFD) provider, is now offering its customers the ability to spread bet and trade CFDs on the US Fang Plus index.
This delivers exposure to a balanced portfolio of highly-traded growth stocks from next-generation technology companies, including Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, Alibaba and Baidu.
Many of the high-profile technology stocks have outperformed the underlying market in recent years. Backtesting by the Intercontinental Exchange showed that the NYSE FANG+ Index would have returned a 24.2 per cent annualised total return from 19 September 2014 to 29 March 2019, compared with 15.21 per
Switch Datacenter Group has sold its AMS1 data centre and operations to Equinix, in an all-cash transaction for EUR30 million (USD34 million).
Switch Datacenter Group sees the sale as a logical step on its path to strengthening its focus on the colocation wholesale market and customer-specific site development for enterprises and hyperscale customers.
Over the last couple of years, Switch Datacenter Group has evolved from a high-end classical retail colocation provider into a professional designer, developer and operator of high-end (wholesale) data centres. Switch Datacenters has made significant investments in R&D and the development of state-of-the-art data centre infrastructure
SIX and Shanghai Stock Exchange have renewed their existing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the intention of further deepening their collaboration which was initiated in 2015.
A Swiss delegation visited the Shanghai Stock Exchange today, where the two parties signed the document in the presence of Swiss Confederation President Ueli Maurer.
Through the updated MoU, SIX and Shanghai Stock Exchange are underpinning the long and close relationship between China and Switzerland that has been intensified since the signing of the free trade agreement concluded between the two countries in 2013 and currency agreement between the Swiss National Bank and
Sterling Trading Tech (STT), a specialist in professional trading technology solutions, and Nasdaq have created a video series outlining the primary features and benefits of utilising Nasdaq TotalView on Sterling Trader Pro professional trading platform.
Nasdaq TotalView is the standard Nasdaq data feed for traders, displaying the full order book depth for Nasdaq market participants. Leveraging Nasdaq TotalView on Sterling Trader Pro enables traders to determine pockets of liquidity at each price. The three-part video series provides traders with the tools needed to refine their strategy and make informed decisions based on the depth of liquidity.
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