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CMC Markets, a provider of contracts for difference (CFD), is now offering its customers the ability to spread bet and trade CFDs on another seven cryptocurrencies.
In addition to bitcoin, ethereum, bitcoin cash, litecoin and ripple, now also available to trade on the Next Generation platform are: dash, EOS, monero, NEO, stellar, cardano and TRON. In addition, CMC Markets has lowered the spreads on their previously tradable cryptocurrency CFDs by an average of 50 percent.
David Fineberg, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, says: “Recently we have seen that cryptocurrencies are being rediscovered by traders. The volatility seen in early 2018
Exotix Capital, a London headquartered developing markets financial institution, has rebranded to become Tellimer Group (Tellimer).
Over 1400 firms are already connected to Tellimer’s proprietary platform which combines innovative technology with in-depth experience across 170 developing markets to deliver and connect world-class insights, advice, trading and analytics to market participants, investors, banks, insight providers, companies and sovereigns.
Duncan Wales, CEO of Tellimer Group, says: “I am pleased to announce the launch of Tellimer Group which truly reflects our vision of creating new and better services for clients by combining expertise with innovative technology. We are leveraging the 20 years’ specialist
OKEx, a Malta-based digital asset exchange, has launched Euro (EUR), Turkish Lira (TRY), and Russian Ruble (RUB) markets on its C2C fiat-to-token trading platform.
When trading on OKEx, investors can now take advantage of a comprehensive range of services, including C2C, spot, margin, and derivatives, with what OKEx describes as ‘unparalleled convenience and security at one sto’p.
“We strive for building a robust crypto ecosystem, that’s why we will never stop expanding and pushing crypto adoption forward. We are so thrilled about the expansion as our C2C platform is fostering the buying and selling of digital assets across Europe with
Liquidnet, a global institutional investment network, has launched its EU operations in Dublin, with Liquidnet EU Limited (located in Dublin’s International Financial Services Centre), now authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland as a MiFID II investment firm and MTF operator.
This new entity acts as an agency broker, ensuring Liquidnet continues to provide services to its Member community based in the European Economic Area (EEA).
Liquidnet began preparations to open an EEA-based presence in early 2017, following the UK invocation of Article 50 to leave the EU. As a result, and following an extensive evaluation and assessment of alternative
BlueBay has chosen Alpima to help its sales, product and multi-asset teams to intelligently visualise fund data and product characteristics across its full fixed income suite.
Offered as a white-label version of its cloud-based platform, ALPIMA has worked closely with BlueBay to customise it to its exact requirements.
Luc Leclercq, BlueBay’s COO, says: “We are pleased to engage with ALPIMA, whose modular and adaptive platform offers the speed, flexibility and robustness we need to serve our clients in the digital age.”
Ilan Heimann, ALPIMA’s Head of Sales and Partnerships, says: “We are thrilled to be working with BlueBay,
European fund distribution specialist MFEX has closed its previously announced acquisition of the Luxembourg based RBC Investor & Treasury Services (RBC I&TS) Global Fund Platform (GFP), having secured the necessary regulatory approvals for the deal.
In turn MFEX has gone live with the delivery of fund distribution services to RBC I&TS under a long-term partnership.
MFEX’s position as a leading expert for international fund distribution has been reinforced in both Europe and Asia through the opening of offices in Luxembourg, Malaysia and London, expanding its offering for both distributors and investment managers with 194 BEUR in assets, 305 distributors,
FlexTrade, a specialist in broker-neutral, execution and order management trading systems, has partnered with finance sector operating system OpenFin, to provide application interoperability and improve workflow management for buy-side traders using FlexTrade’s execution management system, FlexTRADER, and FlexTrade’s out-of-the-box cloud-based trading system, FlexNOW.
Technology updates across trader desktops can prove time and cost intensive as a result of the multitude of independent desktop applications used throughout the business day. By partnering with OpenFin, traders using FlexTrade products are able to seamlessly integrate third-party vendor applications already deployed on the OpenFin OS into their workflows. Not only does this modernise and
Optima Partners, a global regulatory compliance firm, has promoted Director Sani Jackson to Partner.
Jackson has had an impressive career in providing regulatory advisory services to hedge funds, private equity firms, investment banks, broker-dealers and other financial services firms across the globe.
Since she joined Optima, Jackson has played a vital role in delivering high-quality compliance projects to clients, helping drive tremendous growth for the firm’s UK office, and leading a team of talented and highly respected professionals.
Prior to joining Optima, Jackson held senior-level positions at Deloitte LLP, Deutsche Bank and Brevan Howard Asset Management LLP.
Kpler has joined forces with Powernext, part of EEX Group which belongs to Deutsche Börse, to create Spark Commodities. The joint venture will focus on providing technology based solutions to promote liquidity in the physical LNG market whilst providing buyers and sellers with a transactional platform.
Spark Commodities combines Kpler’s proven expertise in energy related real-time transparency solutions with Powernext’s in-depth knowledge of exchange platforms and commodity markets. The company plans to launch in Q4 2019.
“As the LNG market evolves, technology can play a pivotal role in unlocking value and removing barriers to trade. By constantly focusing on helping
Northern Trust has been appointed by US investment manager Corry Capital Advisors (CCA) to support its expansion into Europe and distribution of its longevity-based life settlement strategies to new investors.
Northern Trust will provide fund administration and depositary solutions for CCA’s new Irish Life Settlements Irish Collective Asset-management Vehicle (ICAV), as CCA increases its European presence and opens a new office in Dublin.
CCA is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US and was founded in 2006 by William Corry who also serves as its general manager. CCA is a specialist alternatives investment manager with a focus on life insurance and
