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Paisley-based Beeks Financial Cloud Group , a niche cloud computing and connectivity provider for financial markets, grew its profits and revenue in the six months to the end of December 2017.
In 2015, the surprise was the sudden decision by the Swiss National Bank to abandon its currency floor with the euro. In 2016, it was the UK’s vote to leave the European Union, closely followed by the…
HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) - Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing's long-term plan to be a second home for international companies took a knock this week, with two globally recognized companies pulling their lis…
The crypto trading industry doesn't have much experience of margin trading, but it's something that traders demand.
CHICAGO, June 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE), a leading global markets operator and pioneer in equity and index derivatives, today reported May trading volume statistic…
Officials say that making access to PrizmNet—which connects more than 85 exchanges, trading venues and service providers to more than 10,000 market participants—in Verne’s datacenter will help clients…
Liquidity provider XTX Markets announced on August 10 it was operating a “zero hold time” model in its application of last look to its FX counterparty businesses.
The buy-side for years has lamented its inability to find large blocks of stock – either due to HFTs picking them off, fragmentation or a brokers lack of market reach – and will employ electronic or h…
Chinaâs demand for a traditional medicine known as e-jiao is fueling the slaughter of millions of donkeys every year, say animal welfare groups and veterinary experts.
There has been no shortage of high-profile failed ‘mega-mergers’ between trading venues in the past. News of the rejection of the London Stock Exchange’s (LSE) proposed merger with Deutsche Boerse thi…
This page summarises our most recent research into liquidity conditions in the UK corporate bond market.
Internalisation refers to the process whereby dealers seek to match staggered offsetting client flows on their own books instead of immediately hedging them in the inter-dealer market. Until now, soli…
In June this year, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) officially approved the Investors Exchange’s (IEX) application to become a registered trading venue. Brad Katsuyama, chief executive off…
Institutional Investor revealed a list of 2016 Fintech Finance 35, crowning leading financial experts and facilitators in the booming fintech industry. They are strategic advisers, collaborators, also…
President of Nasdaq and head of global trading and marketing services Hans-Ole Jochumsen, speaks to The Trade about the exchange’s ever-growing data business. He discusses European regulation MiFID II…
When hackers penetrated a secure authentication system at a bitcoin exchange called Bitfinex earlier this month, they stole about $70 million worth of the virtual currency.
The SEC has approved IEX, warts and all. The question now is: Whats next? How will the approval of IEX impact US market structure?
Federal authorities are investigating the market-making arms of Citadel and KCG Holdings, looking into the possibility that the two giants of electronic trading are giving small investors a poor deal …
In the time of technology development and human creativity, more and more startups are established to tackle various problems in different industries. When it comes to Finance, technology and computer…
We think IEX is a useful innovation and serves the needs of institutional investors well in its current form. These benefits exist from the combination of a dark liquidity pool and a speed bump, allow…
The Equity Market Structure Advisory Committee (EMSAC or Committee) held its third meeting at the Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission or SEC) in Washington DC on February 2, 2016.1 The Comm…