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LedgerEdge Enters Administration Amid Tough Funding Climate
London-based corporate bond trading platform, LedgerEdge, has entered administration just three years after its inception. The company launched as a multilateral trading facility (MTF) in the UK last year, with approvals from both the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and US regulatory bodies. LedgerEdge aimed to modernise the corporate bond market by combining artificial intelligence…
The Journey to T+1 Settlement: An Inside Look with Xceptor
With now less than ten months to go until the proposed live date for the transition to T+1 settlement in North America, most firms are deeply embedded in projects that will enable them to achieve that deadline, with major firms beginning their first phase of testing this month (August). However, multiple challenges still exist. In…
It’s Time to Control FX Credit
By Andrew Coyne, Founder, CobaltFX. The Global Forex Exchange Division (GFXD), the industry body which focuses on improving FX industry infrastructure, has published a paper highlighting the need for Dynamic Credit management and allocation tools in the FX market. In my view, the over-allocation of static credit limits has been an issue for far too…
The Future for Trading in the Cloud
By Mike Powell, CEO, Rapid Addition. If the picture of cloud adoption by trading firms and market services providers is a little grey today, is the outlook brighter tomorrow? A survey of 20 capital markets organisations commissioned by Rapid Addition and conducted by A-Team Group suggests the mixed appetite for public cloud could change if…
Archax Unveils 24×7 Crypto Exchange Tailored for Institutional Investors
In the wake of its $28.5m Series A funding round of November last year, Archax, the regulated digital asset exchange, broker, and custodian, has formally launched its 24×7 crypto exchange designed specifically for institutional investors. The move is further evidence of Archax’s role as a pioneer in bridging the gap between the DeFi crypto community…
big xyt and JSE Establish Joint Venture to Market New Data Analytics Platform
big xyt, the independent provider of smart data and analytics solutions, and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), Africa’s largest stock exchange, have established a joint venture, big xyt ecosystems. The new company will make the Trade Explorer data analytics platform, initially launched in South Africa, available to other trading venues and financial centres worldwide. The…
Amundi Intermédiation Selects FlexTRADER EMS for Cross-Asset Trading Consolidation
Amundi Intermédiation, the execution business subsidiary of Amundi Asset Management, has selected FlexTrade Systems’ FlexTRADER EMS as its global, centralized EMS platform to deliver cross-asset trading capabilities to over 60 dealers across its investment hubs with trading desks in Paris, Dublin, Singapore and Tokyo. FlexTRADER’s advanced automation tools will aim to streamline Amundi Intermédiation’s order…
A-Team Group Releases Institutional Digital Assets Handbook
A-Team Group has this week released the first edition of the Institutional Digital Assets Handbook 2023, an in-depth guide to the institutional digital assets landscape for trading technologists. Financial institutions have demonstrated a marked and noticeable growth in interest in digital assets in recent years. With the potential for assets of all types to be…
T+1: Why Equities and FX Must Be in Perfect Harmony
By Vikas Srivastava, Chief Revenue Officer, Integral. Significant enhancements to market structure always result in technological innovation to better enable market participants to handle any changes. With the introduction of T+1 for US securities less than one year away, there are multiple elements that need to be considered. For European and Asian based market participants,…
Institutional Digital Assets Handbook 2023
After initial hesitancy, interest in digital assets from institutional market participants has grown over the past three to four years. Early focus inevitably centred on the market opportunities presented by bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. But this has evolved into a broad acceptance of a potentially meaningful role for digital assets in institutional markets. It’s now…