UBS to launch European multilateral trading facility
UBS Investment Bank intends to launch, pending regulatory approval from the UK Financial Services Authority, a new multilateral trading facility for crossing orders in European stocks. UBS MTF will be a non-displayed orderbook, featuring a central counterparty model.... [more]
UBS to launch European multilateral trading facility
UBS Investment Bank intends to launch, pending regulatory approval from the UK Financial Services Authority, a new multilateral trading facility for crossing orders in European stocks. UBS MTF will be a non-displayed orderbook, featuring a central counterparty model.... [more]
Atrium Network offers connectivity into Pure Trading
Atrium Network is building on its expansion into the Canadian market with low latency connectivity to Pure Trading, a Toronto-based alternative auction market system aimed at attracting latency sensitive traders interested in Canadian exchange-listed securities. Low latency connectivity... [more]
Appointments: Gravitas names Gusick head of systems integration
Gravitas Technology, the alternative investment systems provider, has appointed managing director Robert Gusick to a newly created position leading the firm's Software Development and Systems Integration groups. Gusick joined Gravitas in 2009 and previously headed the company's Software... [more]
Insurance Day Summit Bermuda
New Endurance chief executive David Cash is the latest industry leader to join the speaker line-up for the fourth annual Insurance Day Summit Bermuda, which will take place on the island over June 15 and 16. Mr Cash,... [more]
Continental Europe insurance news 
UBS to launch European multilateral trading facility
UBS Investment Bank intends to launch, pending regulatory approval from the UK Financial Services Authority, a new multilateral trading facility for crossing orders in European stocks. UBS MTF will be a non-displayed orderbook, featuring a central counterparty model.... [more]
Continental Europe insurance news
Amsterdam Trade Bank signs ten-year license for Misys BankFusion Equation
Amsterdam Trade Bank has signed a ten-year licence for Misys BankFusion Equation. The bank is hoping that this will enable it to bring new products and services to market and to expand internationally. Amsterdam Trade Bank is a... [more]
Continental Europe insurance news
Chi-X becomes second largest equity marketplace in Europe
According to the January figures of the Federation of European Stock Exchanges, Chi-X is now the second largest trading venue in Europe by turnover, and the largest by number of trades. Chi-Delta, its dark pool, also tops the... [more]
Continental Europe insurance news
Floor trading on Frankfurt Exchange to be terminated by 2012
The Exchange Council of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange has resolved unanimously to terminate lead-broker based floor trading on the regulated market with effect as of 28 March 2012. The lead brokers at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange support this... [more]
Continental Europe insurance news
RTS Exchange joins BT Radianz
The Russian Trading System Stock Exchange, Russia's first regulated stock exchange and a main benchmark for Russia's securities industry, has joined the BT Radianz community. RTS hopes to offer faster, secure and flexible global access to trading on... [more]
Continental Europe insurance news
Fixnetix delivers access to Burgundy
Fixnetix is offering a direct market data feed and trading access to Burgundy, the regional multilateral trading facility for Nordic securities. Traders can use Fixnetix's 10 GB+ fibre network to connect with the new trading platform, which is... [more]
Continental Europe insurance news
Aigrain named LCH.Clearnet chairman following disastrous period at Swiss Re
The board of LCH.Clearnet Group has appointed of Jacques Aigrain as non-executive chairman. Aigrain will replace Chris Tupker, who has been chairman since July 2006 and who announced his intention to step down in September 2009. Aigrain was... [more]
Asia & Australasia insurance news
SunGard launches new derivatives stream gateways for Singapore and London
SunGard has launched two new Stream Gateways for the Singapore Exchange and the London Stock Exchange - SGX and EDX respectively. SunGard's Stream Gateways are a series of clearing gateways for listed derivatives markets. The new Stream Gateways... [more]
Asia & Australasia insurance news
Appointments: Instinet expands Australian team
Instinet Australia has added four staff members to its new Sydney office. Glenn Lesko, chief executive of Instinet in Asia, said the extra staff represented the next step on Instinet Australia's growth journey after coming onshore as an... [more]
Asia & Australasia insurance news
Industrial Bank selects Teradata for event-based marketing
Industrial Bank has selected the Teradata Relationship Manager software portfolio for event-based marketing. As the first of its kind in China's banking industry, the EBM pilot project of the bank has passed through the proof-of-concept stage and is... [more]
Asia & Australasia insurance news
Appointments: Instinet expands Australian team
Instinet Australia has added four staff members to its new Sydney office. Glenn Lesko, chief executive of Instinet in Asia, said the extra staff represented the next step on Instinet Australia's growth journey after coming onshore as an... [more]
Asia & Australasia insurance news
RTS Exchange joins BT Radianz
The Russian Trading System Stock Exchange, Russia's first regulated stock exchange and a main benchmark for Russia's securities industry, has joined the BT Radianz community. RTS hopes to offer faster, secure and flexible global access to trading on... [more]
Asia & Australasia insurance news
BT Trading Services providing voice infrastructure for broker Totan
Totan Group, the inter-dealer wholesale money broker in the Japanese markets, has selected BT to supply its complete voice infrastructure, including for its trading floor, IP PBX, voice recording and call logging requirements. BT has already installed its... [more]
Banco Fator selects Progress Apama for high frequency trading
Banco Fator Corretora has deployed the Progress Apama Algorithmic Trading Accelerator. The Apama Algorithmic Trading Accelerator will play a role in Banco Fator's new electronic trading strategy, helping it to develop high frequency, proprietary trading tactics, rapid customisation,... [more]
Appointments: Fiserv adds Capdevila to risk and compliance team
Chris Capdevila has joined Fiserv as vice president of Product Management and Strategy for Risk and Compliance Solutions. Capdevila comes to Fiserv from Oracle Corporation, where he served as vice president of GRC Strategy responsible for driving the... [more]
Rasmala Investment Bank selects BCS Integrity
Rasmala Investment Bank has selected BCS Integrity to assist with internal financial governance. The Middle East regional investment banking group will use the system for its balance sheet substantiation and financial close process. Once implemented at Rasmala's Dubai... [more]
