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BMO InvestorLine Adds OTC Markets Data for Canadian Investors
Officials say the move will make it easier for Canadian investors to identify investment opportunities and trade on OTC Markets in the US.
Broadridge Releases Liquidity Aggregator for Repo Trading
Repo Order Quotes tool consolidates liquidity from European repo markets in real time.
iMeta Hires Former Capita Operations Director for COO Role
Steve Piper will manage day-to-day operations at iMeta.
HKEx to Deploy Orion Trading System on February 5
The exchange is planning a series of investments in its technology this year, including a clearing platform.
Irish Stock Exchange Becomes Ireland's First LOU
The exchange can now issue, renew and update LEIs via its online services website, ISEdirect.
FIX Releases Cybersecurity Guidelines
The guidelines recommend authentication methods to use TLS protocols with FIX.
Hanweck Bows Options-Derived Stock Borrowing Signal
Hanweck officials say the tool will deliver a real-time dataset on stock borrowing activity, where information has traditionally been opaque and delivered only daily.
DTCC Proposes Measures to Further Reduce US Settlement Times
The two proposals could bring settlement down to a day-and-a-half from time of trade, but still need more feedback from the industry.
DTCC Taps Taskize for Speedy Post-Trade Solutions
Post-trade market infrastructure provider leverages Taskize technology to help users quickly resolve trade exceptions.
Visible Alpha Raises $38M from Banks
The new investment brings the total funding raised by Visible Alpha in the last three years to almost $70 million.
Goldman Leads $38 Million Funding Round for Visible Alpha
Fintech firm to complete integration of Alpha Exchange and expand into Europe and Asia, with eye on potential further acquisitions.
Societe Generale Completes Trades on Blockchain Platform
The French bank's securities services arm successfully tests a full trade cycle with OFI Asset Management on a blockchain platform
Bermuda Stock Exchange Confirms Status as LEI Issuer
The exchange is able to issue LEIs to listed and unlisted Bermuda-domiciled companies.
ICE Launches Cryptocurrency Data Feed
Consolidated data feed will provide real-time trade information on six cryptocurrencies.
TRG Buys Screen, Creating Global Data Cost Management Vendor
The combined vendors will be able to offer a range of products for different client types and use cases.
CEO Sentance Departs Xenomorph
Sentance is stepping down after leading the company he co-founded for more than 20 years.
Aquis Tech Links SIs, Counterparties via Connectivity Hub
Hub allows counterparties to continually adjust which stocks they want to interact with.
Swift, CSDs to Develop Blockchain for Post-Trade
More depositories are seen to join the initiative.
Northfield Partners with Alexandria for Sentiment-Based Risk Models
The offering aims to help users quantify risk based on the latest news.
Horizon to Connect More Crypto Exchanges in Q2
The firm is looking to add itBit and Coinygi to the list of exchanges it is connected with.
Swift Recruits CSDs to Explore Post-Trade DLT Implementation
The group has defined product requirements for an e-voting solution based on DLT that includes common standards and principles.
Money.Net Debuts Crypto Data
The vendor says the new data is in response to an about-face in demand for cryptocurrency data.
Lind to Lead Data Services at DTCC
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. appoints industry veteran Tim Lind to manage data services, following the departure of Ron Jordan in December 2017.
SIX Names New Executive Board
As part of a corporate restructure, SIX Group introduces its new executive board.