Foreign exchange (FX)
LMAX Exchange Grows APAC Presence
Launch of LMAX Hong Kong Limited as an SFC licensed broker for leveraged foreign exchange trading.
Update: Trading Central's Recognia Buy Will Enable Analytics Cross-Pollination, Institutional Expansion
Vendors eye lengthy company integration, but speedy product integration roadmaps
SunGard Creates TCA Solution for FX Trading
Product will help customers digest quality of FX executions.
Icap to Merge EBS and BrokerTec
The FX and fixed income trading platforms will be combined to form EBS-BrokerTec
Malaysia Brokers Tap Bloomberg for MYR FX Rates Distribution
The Malaysia Money Brokers Association, a group of six licensed money brokers in Malaysia, will use Bloomberg as its primary platform for the dissemination of foreign exchange rates, in move to increase price transparency in the country and support…
FX Lobby Group Opens US Branch
Foreign exchange (FX) trade body ACI ─ Financial Markets Association has announced its expansion to the US with the opening of a new branch, ACI America.
FSB Unveils FX Benchmark Recommendations
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has released its final report into foreign-exchange (FX) benchmarks, where it lists a number of recommendations related to the calculation of the "fix" and trading conduct.
Colt Launches Global FX Liquidity Service
Colt, the London-based telecoms giant, has unveiled its FX Liquidity Access service, connecting market participants to the London, New York and Tokyo FX markets. The service, which includes low-latency connectivity and proximity hosting, is designed to…
FX Manipulation Targeted with b-next Release
Surveillance vendor b-next has announced the release of a tool for its Capital Market Compliance (CMC) offering, aimed at detected suspicious trading activity around the foreign exchange (FX) fix.
Exegy Grows FX Feed Handlers
St. Louis, Mis.-based hardware ticker plant appliance vendor Exegy has expanded its range of foreign exchange feed handlers with support for six new FX datafeeds from brokers and trading platforms.
CQG Preps Mobile Charting, Cross-Asset Data
Data, charting and trading software vendor CQG is enhancing its CQG M mobile data and trading application with charting tools and data on multiple asset classes in response to customer feedback, as part of an effort by the vendor to make the mobile…
FIX Finishes TESI Extension to FX
The industry group says its Trading Enablement Standard Initiative (TESI) will now be available for foreign exchange (FX) client enablement.
Thomson Reuters Adds BGC OTC Data
Thomson Reuters is making real-time over-the-counter data from interdealer broker BGC Partners available via its Eikon desktop, its Elektron Real Time feeds infrastructure, and its Tick History and DataScope Select products, to increase OTC data…
ITG Launches FX Trading Cost Index App
Broker and research provider ITG has released a tool that provides foreign exchange traders and portfolio managers with liquidity costs for 20 currency pairs.
FX ECN Spotex Taps Solace for Data Messaging
Spotex, a foreign exchange trading ECN that launched in June, has confirmed it is using Ottawa-based hardware messaging appliance vendor Solace Systems' routing technologies to provide low-latency messaging for price and trade data between trading…
At Integral, New Appointments for Barker, Farrell Ahead of Product Refresh
The FX platform has given new responsibilities to Jon Barker, now managing director of products, and hired Richard Farrell as managing director, who replaces Barker as global head of sales.
FXStreet Adds Real-Time Spreads to Broker Tables
Foreign exchange news, commentary and data provider FXStreet has added real-time spreads data to its Brokers Comparative Table service, which enables investors to compare the offerings of different brokers.
UK Government Mulls FX Oversight
The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, is reportedly preparing to announce plans that would see formal regulation enter the foreign-exchange (FX) markets for the first time.
NBAD, Celer Partner on Electronic FX
National Bank of Abu Dhabi says it will partner with London-based Celer Technologies to develop global market e-commerce applications for foreign exchange (FX) and related markets.
FX Tech Moves Forward Amid Scandals
Rocked by rate-rigging scandals and questions over manipulation of benchmarks, foreign exchange as an asset class has lost its luster for some. Partly as a result of these events, though, technology innovation is still growing for this unique market. By…
Eurex to Launch FX Contracts in July
Eurex, the German exchange operated by Deutsche Boerse, has announced it will offer foreign-exchange (FX) futures and FX options on six currency pairs beginning on July 7 2014.
FXStreet's FXBeat Newswire Now a Premium Subscription Service
Foreign exchange news, commentary and data provider FXStreet has upgraded its FXBeat news and commentary feed to a premium service for traders and for brokers to integrate into their own trading platforms.
CFH Clearing, NetDania Partner on NetStation Data-Trading Platform
London-based prime brokerage firm CFH Clearing and NetDania Markets, the subsidiary of Danish foreign exchange data display and technology provider NetDania, have launched a new data and trading platform, dubbed NetStation, aimed at retail brokers.
Nous Expands Asset Classes, Adds Feed to Trading ‘Game'
Startup mobile trading application and data provider Nous has expanded the asset classes available for trading on its Spark Profit trading game--which the vendor uses to collect consumer investment predictions for use by institutional traders--and has…