Citadel Securities the market-making firm set up by hedge fund boss Ken Griffin, is to launch its fixed income offering in Japan following the opening of a new office in Tokyo, according to a report by SWFI. The firm now has 15 offices across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific.  Following its recent registration as a Type 1 Financial Instruments Business Operator, Citadel Securities can now offer liquidity in US fixed income products, including US Treasuries and USD interest rate swaps, in the Japanese market. Operations are set to commence under the supervision of Japan’s Financial Services Agency as soon

Optiver has become a trading member on the Vienna Stock Exchange. The company is one of the leading market making institutions and operates globally with offices in Amsterdam, London, Austin, Chicago, Sydney, Taipei, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Singapore. Optiver was founded in 1986 in the Netherlands and has over 1,600 employees worldwide.    A total of 65 members, including 23 Austrian and 42 international banks and securities firms, are currently admitted to trading on the Vienna Stock Exchange. The top market participants in the first half of 2022 were: Morgan Stanley & Co (13.48%), JP Morgan SE (7.47%) ahead of BOFA Securities Europe SA (6.98%).

ED&F Man Capital Markets has assisted its customers and the CME in completing the first CME BTC/EUR and ETH/EUR futures block trades on market open, Sunday, 28 August. The regulated crypto derivatives markets continue to evolve rapidly and, with products such as these new Euro-denominated BTC and ETH futures, investors, traders, risk managers and others have expanded capacity to take on and manage crypto market exposures. The launch of these new CFTC regulated futures contracts is another positive signal that the crypto currency markets are gaining institutional acceptance.      CME’s BTC/EUR and ETH/EUR futures are cash settled and traded

Ebury, a global provider of transaction payment solutions, is increasing its presence in the alternative investment sector to meet growing demand for better, more focused services as an alternative to traditional banking providers.

LPA, a capital markets software and advisory firm, has enhanced its Contract Navigator solution offering through a partnership with OpenRisk Technologies (OpenRisk), a US-based specialist business solutions. The partnership will see LPA integrate OpenRisk micro-services into its new financial markets solution offering, Contract Navigator. Contract Navigator is a modular solution for financial institutions to improve the efficiency of a broad range of financial market agreements throughout their entire life cycle. The solution offers deal transparency through a high-impact digital interface, with its ultimate objective being the discontinuation of paper documents in Capital and Debt Markets.   The OpenRisk platform complements

Pragma a specialist in multi-asset execution technology, has released a new generation of Panorama, the firm’s algorithmic management system (AMS). Panorama 2.0 provides Pragma’s global client base with the next generation in algorithmic management, real-time transaction cost analysis (TCA), and full transparency across the life cycle of their algorithmic orders. It also provides clients with increased dynamic order performance and venue visualisations, customised alerting, and a high degree of transparency into their algorithmic execution as a result of its new and faster architecture. For clients working in partnership with Pragma to run A/B experiments with different algo logic and configurations,

Huobi Global, Huobi Group’s crypto asset trading platform under the Huobi Group, has launched a new Prime membership programme aimed at heightening users’ income-generating opportunities while reducing trading transaction costs. Unlike other competing membership programs, Prime is open to both retail traders and professional investors. Prime consists of twelve levels – from Prime0 to Prime11. Members will qualify for discounted transaction fees that could go as low as 0.0126% for spot trading, and enjoy rebates of up to 0.01% of the total transaction amount for derivatives trading. The launch of Prime signals an innovative move in the digital assets industry,

SDX Web3 Services, a newly launched business unit from SIX Digital Exchange, is now live with its non-custodial ether staking service. This service enables reliable and secure management of ether validator nodes through a fully managed, API based infrastructure.  The service is tailored to institutional clients who need to scale their ether staking capabilities. This new offering is a straightforward and secure way to launch new validators and generate yield from staking. SDX Web3 Services is already signing its first client for this non-custodial staking service in the private wealth sector in Switzerland.  The Ethereum network is improving the security

Options Technology, a Capital Markets services provider, has achieved VMware Cloud Verified status in NJ2 Weehawken. The accomplishment follows the VMware Cloud Provider Principal Partner Status awarded to the firm last year, along with Cloud Verified status at PRDC, LHC, LD4 and NY5 sites. Cloud Verification assures that a partner is validated to expertly deliver cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service across VMware’s best-in-class network, storage, and compute solutions to meet individual client needs specifically. It also enables customers to achieve unmatched levels of consistency, performance, and interoperability for traditional and containerised enterprise applications based on the most advanced VMware cloud technologies.