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ISDA warns on proposed changes to post-trade deferrals regime.
The partnership will focus on delivering an institutional custody solution for digital assets.
The IOSCO Fintech Task Force will collaborate closely with other international bodies.
On 5 June Markets Media held its first in person European Markets Choice Awards event in London.
Second quarter volume was up 25% year-over-year.
J.P. Morgan has to pay an $850,000 civil monetary penalty and BNP Paribas $6m.
M&A activity had the slowest opening six months in two years.
The Hong Kong exchange is partnering to explore carbon opportunities in the region.
Proceeds will go toward accelerating the expansion of OpenFin OS within financial services.
The weekly recap of new hires, promotions and job changes in capital markets trading and technology.
Margin has increased by 30% in just two months, OpenGamma research shows.
Firms should ensure a robust operational risk approach in tandem with resilience, ITRS Group says.
A look back at a Markets Media event from a decade ago.
Aim is to help investors better navigate the characteristics and risks of standardized options.
Traders are increasingly being asked how ESG fits in execution.
Solution enables financial firms to better determine ESG credentials for clients and their supply chains.
Richard Turner of Insight Investment sees more automation and more transparency around cost and outcomes.
Status grants clearing members clarity on the regulatory treatment of their exposures to OCC.
Blockchain-enabled platform reduces risk and operational costs and enhances liquidity for market participants.
Automated, digital-first payments platform will help financial firms with spot FX and international payments.
Stephanie Dumont and Ola Persson of FINRA reflect on advances in fixed income transparency.
The suite enables GAM to seamlessly manage market risk exposure and liquidity and investment risk.
Partnership brings cutting-edge trading functionalities to the voluntary carbon market.
A better institutional platform for custody and fund administration will expand the digital asset market.
Investors lack confidence in fixed income data and believe only half is really reliable.
Asset manager anticipates an SEC decision on converting its fund to a spot bitcoin ETF by early July.
Fidelity continues to hire thousands to support cryptocurrency.
Kaiko will use the funding to strengthen its institutional data products and infrastructure.
Federal regulators still lag behind some global counterparts which could adversely affect U.S. companies.
The EU Parliament’s report substantially extends the coverage of the label.
Consortium is creating the first open market electronic trading platform for syndicated loans and CLOs.
Lime Financial won Best Quantitative Trading Broker at the 2022 Markets Choice Awards.
$63.8bn of shares were executed in the Closing Cross in 2.04 seconds in Russell's annual reconstitution.
The collaboration achieved a 76% reduction in email traffic for operational processes for trades.
The SETL/Colendi enterprise is preparing a new public blockchain infrastructure.
Singletrack combines on-demand technology and analytics for a purpose-built capital markets CRM solution.
Net sales registered net outflows of €3bn, compared to €42bn in March 2022.
Cross-chain messaging will allow trades in different assets to be seamlessly brought together.
The firm is one of a handful of Singapore-based digital payment token service providers with approval.
Rachlin is a member of Citadel Execution Services’ Liquidity Strategy team.
Justin Chapman will lead the Digital Assets and Financial Markets group.
This year's traded notional exceeded €100m compared to last year’s €20m.
BNP Paribas Asset Management launched its first European ESG ETF Barometer survey.
The suite of tradeable indices are based on the Bloomberg Fixed Income Indices.
Buy-side users can access Tradeweb’s RFQ process while strengthening relationships with diverse dealers.
More crypto tech vendors are expected to join forces with well-established firms.
The Treasury is soliciting public feedback on additional post-trade data transparency.
Instinet won Best New Product at the 2022 Markets Choice Awards.
Last month FalconX became the first CFTC-registered crypto-focused swap dealer.
Clients can access UMBS TBA futures alongside U.S. Treasury and short-term interest rate contracts.
Bringing Neptune onto Genesis technology makes it easy to add features, datasets and analytics.
OSCAR reduces the time to set up and negotiate an individual collateral basket from weeks to hours.
SDX Web3 Services are targeted at institutional clients.
By Greta Zhou and Andy Cheung, APAC AES, Credit Suisse
Citadel Securities won Best Company at the 2022 Markets Choice Awards.
OCC said trading revenue was 47.8% more than in the previous quarter.
Citi intends to integrate METACO's bank-grade digital asset custody and orchestration platform.
European financial markets would benefit from a well-functioning fixed income consolidated tape.
Using a digital sovereign currency could foster innovation while safeguarding stability and security.
The clearinghouses will be using a VaR methodology.
The US regulated cryptocurrency exchange has acquired Embed Clearing.
Instinet DealMatch automates the deal process which is still highly manual.
The ETF provides a way for investors to potentially profit from a decline in the price of bitcoin.
The goal of carbon reduction has become a key focus for investors.
Clients want consolidated data in midst of high volatility and price fluctuations.
The future of trading is digital and interoperable.
FMSB said precious metals market could learn from other FICC markets in adopting automation.
With Julien Messias, Founder, Head of Research & Development, Quantology Capital Management
FESE members have been developing and publishing their playbooks on outage protocols.
The project is minting NFTs to fund free fintech & web3 learning for students from any background.
The acquisition marks the latest regulatory licence acquisition by the crypto firm.
Mauro won Excellence in Operations Leadership at the 2022 Markets Choice Awards.
'Crypto carnage’ has shown how meaningful protections for investors, markets, and the public are needed.
Allowing algorithms to control the supply and demand of crypto was challenged by Terra Luna.
The impact strategy aims to contribute to the transition to carbon-neutral and resilient economies.
EFAMA said concerns about rising inflation and monetary policy hit bond funds in the first quarter.
In May CME Ether futures had the highest volumes since launch.
Mizuho Americas won Best in Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the 2022 Markets Choice Awards.
DeFi needs to learns from successes and failures of existing financial systems.
Infrastructure and sustainability will be one of the biggest opportunities in alternative investments.
MFA analysis shows that shorting carbon-heavy stocks is an effective mechanism to hedge climate risk.
The conversions expand J.P. Morgan's active ETF lineup.
DTCC aims to fully automate the corporate actions lifecycle from end-to-end.
The use of risk-free rates has also reached an all-time high.
Funds not invested in digital assets cited regulatory uncertainty as their biggest hurdle.
Broadridge Trading and Connectivity Solutions won Best OMS at the 2022 Markets Choice Awards.
BlackRock is committed to every investor, even individuals, participating in voting decisions.
The scorecard covers 7,400 issuers globally and the universe is growing to meet client demand.
Nearly all cleared activity in non-deliverable forwards.
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Brokers and exchanges seek ways to unlock demand from hedge funds and mutual funds.
Sarah Bratton Hughes, head of ESG and sustainable investing, has changed jobs and had her second child.
Miami International Holdings owns options and equity exchanges.
Fusion allows clients to integrate and combine data from multiple sources into a single data model.
The partnership expedites implementations, improves data access, and increases operational efficiency.
Spending is fueling competition amongst institutional fintech providers.
The Australian exchange said the April 2023 go-live date is no longer viable.
OIC kicks off with a high-level state of the market report.
Talos is valued at $1.25bn after the funding round which included BNY Mellon and Citi.
The bank aims to gain share from its systematic approach to trading, market structure proficiency and modern technology.
Providing more time will allow stakeholders time to provide critical information the SEC must consider.
The regulator voted to approve a proposed rulemaking to modify the interest rate swap clearing requirement.
The non-profit is dedicated to transforming ESG practices in the trading industry.
The NBS contract is designed to measure the carbon sequestration and storage capabilities of nature.
The number of trading participants on SIX Swiss Exchange has risen to 95.
OCC will host its 40th annual Options Industry Conference on May 10-12.
Demand for outsourcing is growing independent of macro events, practitioners say.
Credit markets are on the cusp of a digital transformation that has come to other asset classes.
Covid-19 and the emergence of cryptocurrencies have accelerated work on CBDCs.
Aquis members can compare their trading dynamics on the exchange versus their peer group.
LuxSE and UN Women will work to promote sustainable debt advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment.
JSE Trade Explorer will use big xyt’s Liquidity Cockpit for security analytics.
Exchange-traded options is one of the remaining markets that needs to shift away from USD LIBOR.
Inflows to responsible investment funds continued to be a bright spot.
Solidus HALO is currently used to monitor more than 1 trillion events per day across more than 150 markets.
ICE reported its best-ever quarter and a $13bn acquisition of a mortgage-tech company.
It becomes the first US state to begin creating a comprehensive framework for web3 technology.
This is the first phase of implementing NDF and Spot Matching, and streaming relationship venues in Asia.
Wellington Management has joined FINOS as a platinum member.
Interconnections can provide firms operational efficiencies but may also pose certain risks.
No net new capital has flowed into UK-focused funds over the last seven years combined.
Cindy Jay wins Lifetime; Brad Levy takes CEO honors; Eric Charron, Dwayne Middleton win for Excellence in Trading.
Overall average daily volume increased 26% year-over-year.
Clearpool launches its first permissioned lending pool with Jane Street and BlockTower Capital.
Genesis was one of the first participants in the crypto derivatives market.
Institutions can offer European retail investors trading turbo warrants on crypto for the first time.
Crypto exchange-traded products could gain $100bn in assets over the next five years.
The Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit in the Division of Enforcement will grow to 50 dedicated positions.
FINBOURNE Technology highlights that the EU and SEC have set their sights on hedge funds.
Customers want to access comprehensive market data on a single interface.
Ownership gives Cboe entry to digital asset spot and derivatives, clearing and settlement.
AFME said a longer deferral period is needed for the publication of larger or illiquid corporate bond trades.
Partnership will develop digital financial services, commodities and sustainability markets in MENA.
Retired buy-side trader survived the "hey honey, give me one of the traders" era.
The weekly recap of new hires, promotions and job changes in capital markets trading and technology.
Broker's new platform generates execution strategies that leverage client-specific trading data.
Equity derivatives clearing organization also elected member and public directors at stockholder meeting.
Cboe reported record quarterly results following a record year in 2021.
The electronic marketplace operator surpassed $300m in quarterly revenue for the first time.
Quant researchers are freed from the burden of managing data infrastructure.
The partnership will empower fixed income investors with portfolio analytics and index products.
Capabilities are going live on a weekly basis.
He won ‘Excellence in Block Trading’ at the Markets Choice Awards 2017 at Deutsche AM.
Stablecoins lack shared standards and are not interoperable.
Refinitiv has released an ‘Evolution of Trading’ series covering equities, fixed income, and FX.
In 2018 Gibraltar authorised the first purpose-built regulatory framework for DLT businesses.
Polaris has an HTML5 interface for dynamic visualizations, customized alerting and algorithmic execution.
Equity underwriting on European exchanges declined 75%.
FTX US want to remove futures commission merchants from the clearing process.
The complaint alleges Archegos lied to banks to obtain additional capacity to engage in manipulative trading.
Digital simulation of a bond origination and order submission has been completed.
The revenue impact of Ukraine and Russia s anticipated to be c.£60m in 2022.
The exchange has partnered with DataBP to automate the data licensing process.
HKEX reported lower trading and clearing fees in the first quarter.
The regulator wants to improve pre- and post-trade transparency and cut settlement times.
This is the industry’s first offering to enable individuals to allocate some retirement savings to bitcoin.
The platform allows portfolio managers to identify ESG leaders and laggards.
Margining index, single name and options in one portfolio provides growth opportunities for CDS.
Accessing the 16 US equity options exchanges requires high bandwidth.
Corporate bond trading platform has more than doubled market share since 2020.
La Salla is currently chief executive of BNY Mellon’s Issuer Services business.
Assets invested in ESG ETFs globally as at March 2022 were second highest.
Over two thirds, 68%, of APAC asset owners are prioritising climate issues.
Overly stringent capital requirements would impair investment in the transformation to a green economy.
The firm will be rolling out algos for institutions to navigate crypto market structure.
The ISDA-Clarus RFR Adoption Indicator rose to a monthly average of 36.6%.
Firms need to rewrite hundreds of applications in modern languages to get the full benefit of the cloud.
Trade automation was a record in terms of trading volume, trade count and active clients
Recommendations focus on non-economic trade data, client onboarding and uncleared margin.
She won for “Women in Finance Outstanding Contribution”at Markets Media’s 2015 Markets Choice Awards.
The AI-powered investment management and asset servicing platform has closed a $40m funding round.
The regulator has set positive diversity targets for listed companies.
F10 will take over the team of SIX Fintech Ventures.
Volatility led to market services having its second highest quarterly net revenues.
ADV rise of 22% was driven by record U.S. Treasury, emerging markets and municipal bond volume.
Capital markets firms need to increase automation and speed up innovation.
A fundamental shift in U.S. market structure deserves far more deliberate and nuanced evaluation.
The bank is increasing litigation provisions and will lose CHF 200m in relation to Ukraine.
Firms on the Swiss tokenization platform can issue equities seamlessly in SDX's regulated CSD.
Cboe Europe Derivatives is adding 8 products to the 12 made available at launch last September.
Investors can assess corporate bonds holdings that seek to meet the EU Paris-Aligned Benchmark label.
Financial firms use low code to shift from their traditional ‘buy or build’ approach to technology.
Carolyn Cushman DeSena and Rishi Nangalia talk about the late Neil DeSena and the award named after him.
March was the 34th month of consecutive net inflows.
Blockdaemon is Citi Ventures' first investment in blockchain infrastructure.
Aon’s proprietary ESG fund ratings may be made available to asset owners.
The bank will begin equities clearing in May on the Dubai Financial Market.
Two equity index futures contracts have listed in Nigeria.
2019 Instinet Positive Change Award winner aims to keep expanding Wall Street Rides FAR biking fundraiser.
The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation requires identification and disclosure of impacts.
Real-time trading and data spending accounted for the largest share of revenues.
PolySign can offer vertically integrated custody, trading and administration to institutions for digital assets.
A select group of bulge-bracket brokers have gained market share.
Regulation lays down uniform requirements for the 'European Green Bond' designation.
The fund manager is also using hologram technology to reduce flying.
The new platform will provide significantly enhanced processing times and faster market data.
Capital markets firms will benefit from a single destination to manage digital assets.
Saphyre uses AI technology to reduce the time to set up a new fund.
French bank makes first investment in fintech venture capital fund, Anthemis.
