Germany
Big XYT adds SIX to Tick Data Hub
The SIX Swiss Exchange becomes the latest exchange to make its tick data available via Big XYT’s Hub, following the addition of data from Bats earlier this month.
Index Provider Solactive Selects Former Derivatives Association Exec Vollmuth
Vollmuth's previous role at the German Derivatives Association saw him work closely with regulators and industry bodies on structured products regulation.
Big XYT Launches Hub for Tick Data Analytics, Signs Bats Data Distribution Deal
The XYT Hub provides access to tick data from varied sources through a common interface. Big XYT has signed up Bats as its first data distribution partner, but plans to make a broad range of exchange data accessible via the new Hub.
AxiomSL Expands European Presence
Expansion will allow firm to guide clients through changing regulatory landscape.
Brexit Brings Boom to Bankenviertel as Tech Firms Eye Frankfurt
Eurozone's financial capital seen as the big Brexit winner as tech vendors begin to follow banks in launching new Germany-based services
Risk Focus, RegTek.Solutions and Deutsche Borse team up for MiFID II solution
Risk Focus, RegTek.Solutions provide Deutsche Borse Group with key system components for its OTC Trade Reporting solution.
TNS Unveils Frankfurt Managed Hosting and Connectivity
TNS' new managed service in Frankfurt will provide local clients with access to co-location resources and connectivity via its global network.
Solactive Taps Trio of Bank, Index Execs
The new hires bring almost 60 years of combined experience in financial markets, indexes, and structured products.
VWD Vet Maranon Moves to Diamos
Long-term VWD exec Maranon will head Diamos' product management function.
Colt Adds Equiduct Connectivity
Officials say that connectivity to Equiduct─alongside the other venues to which Colt already provides connectivity─will support firms' best execution requirements while expanding Colt's regulatory services.
ESMA Fines Moody’s €1.24M for Credit Ratings Breaches
ESMA says that between June 2011 and December 2013 Moody’s failed to explain decisions for 19 ratings.
German Data Vendor VWD Promotes Ramabadran to CEO
Before joining VWD as in 2015, Ramabadran held various positions at BlackRock, Prudential and Tudor Investment Corp
Bafin Opens Up About Electronic Whistleblower Platform
The German regulator discusses its recently launched platform through which financial markets employees can anonymously report regulatory abuses.
Deutsche Börse Preps New Market Data Feed
New CEF Ultra+ Xetra Order by Order feed will go live in June and provide insight into the entire Xetra order book.
Screen Taps Ex-Bank Data Exec Hohenacker for New German Office
The Frankfurt office will serve existing and new clients of Screen's InfoMatch software and its Screen Consultants business.
Munich Re's Asset Management Arm Selects SimCorp
Munich Ergo Asset Management GmbH (MEAG), the Bavarian insurance provider's $228 billion asset manager, will install SimCorp Dimension at its home office in Germany, as well as in Hong Kong and New York.
TMX Lights 10Gb Amsterdam-Frankfurt Network
TMX Atrium, the network subsidiary of Canadian exchange group TMX, has increased the bandwidth of its network between Amsterdam and Frankfurt to 10 Gigabits per second (Gbps) to meet demand from proprietary trading firms in the Netherlands for higher…
TMX Atrium Builds Ultra-Low Latency Moscow-Frankfurt Link
TMX Atrium, the network subsidiary of Canadian exchange group TMX, has added ultra-low latency access to Moscow M1, a third-party, multi-tenanted hosting facility in Russia, from Equinix’s FR2 International Business Exchange (IBX) datacenter in Frankfurt…
Nasdaq's Genium INET to Power German Exchange
Boerse Stuttgart, a 150-year old exchange serving private investors, has selected Nasdaq OMX’s Genium INET trading technology to power its market.
Berenberg Bank Rolls Out 100 VWD Terminals
Hamburg-based private bank Berenberg Bank has rolled out German data vendor VWD's Market Manager data terminal to around 100 of its client advisers, to provide access to real-time price information and news.
BNY Mellon Adds Benda in Germany
BNY Mellon has hired Gesa Benda as Global Collateral Services (GCS) product segment manager for clearing houses, and she will be based in Frankfurt.
Sapient Sees Frankfurt as Center for Growth
Sapient Global Markets has its sights set on Germany after opening a new office in Frankfurt in the third quarter of 2012, with additional hires on the horizon.
RWE Supply & Trading Taps Sapient
The technology consultancy is tasked with overseeing broad transformation of the German energy specialist's trading and risk management platforms.
Northern Trust Opens Office in Frankfurt
Northern Trust has opened an office in Frankfurt, Germany.