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Archax Raises $28.5m in Series A Funding
Archax, the UK FCA-regulated digital asset exchange, brokerage and custodian, has closed a Series A funding round of $28.5 million, with investors including abrdn as lead strategic investor, alongside Bitrock Capital, Blockchain Coinvestors, CE Innovation Capital, Keiretsu Capital, Lingfeng Capital, Mathrix AG, SGH Capital, The Tezos Foundation and others. Archax is the UK’s first digital…
OpenFin Expands to Government Sector
OpenFin, the operating system of enterprise productivity, has expanded out outside of the finance sector for the first time by entered into a strategic partnership with, and securing investment from, In-Q-Tel (IQT), the not-for-profit strategic investor serving the U.S. intelligence and national security community. The company has also announced record growth for the first half…
CQG Partners with Lime to Offer Trade Execution on US Equities
Trading technology solutions provider CQG has expanded its partnership with technology-driven broker-dealer Lime Trading Corp. CQG’s front-end trading platforms are now integrated and certified into Lime’s back end for trade execution, giving CQG clients the ability to seamlessly access Lime’s low-latency gateways to US exchanges and dark pool venues for equity trading. CQG clients also…
Capgemini Acquires Capital Markets Post-Trade Consultancy Quorsus
Capgemini has acquired Quorsus, a UK-based firm consultancy firm specialising in post-trade technologies, operations, regulatory solutions, and market infrastructure. The acquisition will allow Capgemini to further support its capital markets clients in addressing not only increasing regulatory requirements, but the need for strategic yet efficient operations across the trading lifecycle.
Recorded Webinar: How to make outsourced infrastructure work for trading
Transitioning from in-house to outsourced trading infrastructure is a significant challenge, but it can offer sizeable benefits including reduced costs, improved performance, access to diverse liquidity sources, and ability to stay abreast of technology changes. This webinar will discuss practical approaches to planning and implementing outsourced infrastructure for trading, the potential of hybrid solutions, and…
IPC Becomes Approved Application Service Provider for SIX Swiss Exchange
Communications and networking solutions vendor IPC has become an approved Application Service Provider (ASP) for SIX Swiss Exchange with Connexus Extranet, the company’s performance-engineered financial extranet for electronic trading, which leverages IPC’s Connexus Cloud to provide connectivity to a global community of capital market participants. The collaboration between IPC and SIX Swiss Exchange builds on…
Tradeweb & S&P Global Market Intelligence Collaborate to Link Up European Primary & Secondary Bond Markets
Tradeweb, the electronic marketplace operator, has collaborated with S&P Global Market Intelligence, the financial information services provider, to introduce electronic connectivity between primary and secondary markets for European credit, covered, sovereign, supranational and agency (SSA) bonds. With the integration of InvestorAccess, S&P Global Market Intelligence’s digital primary market platform, Tradeweb clients will now be able…
Beeks Group Delivers On-Demand Private Cloud Compute Solution for ICE Global Network
Beeks Group, the cloud computing, connectivity and analytics provider for capital markets, has collaborated with ICE Global Network (IGN), a division of Intercontinental Exchange, to provide a private cloud compute solution for IGN clients. The new offering combines Beeks’ on-demand compute service with IGN’s hosting and data access capabilities. “ICE sell colocation, managed services and…
Recorded Webinar: Adding cloud to your high performance trading infrastructure
Adding cloud to high performance trading infrastructure offers the benefits of scalability, faster development, and lower capex costs – but can it meet required speeds of data delivery, does it limit the extent of available data, and how can low-latency data be sourced in the cloud? Still more, is it feasible to run a complete…
Are Professional Traders Ready to Board the Crypto Rollercoaster?
By Thomas Schmeling, Managing Director, CryptoStruct GmbH. With cryptocurrency daily volumes regularly topping $200 billion, trading strategies that exploit the sector’s volatility are increasingly attractive. Combine that with the imminent reduction in regulatory headwinds, and it’s not surprising that professional proprietary trading firms have begun taking crypto seriously. But gearing up to access various crypto…