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US SEC Seeks Fairer Market Data Access, Deeper Data in SIP Feeds
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is calling for reforms that would level the playing field for access to market data. In a bid to narrow the differential between those with access to high-cost data feeds that contain a greater depth of information, and other investors in the marketplace, the SEC proposals would subject…
IOSCO Calls for Parity on Crypto-Asset Trading Platform Scrutiny
Crypto-asset trading platforms (CTPs) such should be subject to the same kinds of standards that other types of trading platforms are, according to a new report from the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO). The report – Issues, Risks and Regulatory Considerations Relating to Crypto-Asset Trading Platforms – suggests that regulators look at: access to…
New FX Spot Benchmark Launched by Raidne to Fix Past Challenges
Outsourced trading services specialist Raidne has teamed up with New Change FX to launch a new foreign exchange fixing benchmark aimed at providing an alternative to the WM/Reuters (WMR) benchmark, which has been at the centre of ongoing manipulation allegations. The new Siren benchmark has been designed to reduce the risk of abuse that has…
IHS Markit Boosts TCA Service Down Under with Yieldbroker
IHS Markit is enriching the fixed income analytics within its Trade Cost Analysis (TCA) service by adding transaction data from the Yieldbroker electronic trading platform for Australian and New Zealand debt securities and derivatives. The move seeks to bolster IHS Markit’s best execution capabilities for the fixed income marketplace, for which sourcing robust data sets…
SteelEye Outlines International Expansion and Product Development Plans Following Series A funding of $10 Million
SteelEye will extend its presence in Europe, evolve its regulatory compliance and data analytics products, and expand its team after raising $10 million of Series A funding in a round led by Eight Roads, the proprietary investment firm backed by Fidelity, and including its existing investor Illuminate Financial. Looking two years out, the company is…
Join the Debate on Cost and Accessibility of Market Data at A-Team Group’s TradingTech Summit
Is your firm challenged by the high costs of market data and redistribution charges? Does it face barriers to accessing market data in a timely fashion? And is it looking for ways to resolve these problems? If the answer to any of these questions is ‘yes’, join A-Team Group’s TradingTech Summit in London on 25th…
New BMLL CEO Humphrey Outlines ‘Scale-Up Phase’ Post-$25 Million Funding
Fresh from a January funding round that brings total financing raised to $25 million, UK trading analytics specialist BMLL Technologies has named industry veteran Paul Humphrey to take the helm as CEO. Humphrey says the company is now in “scale-up phase” as it sets about its mission to derive value from data hidden within market…
What’s to Come in 2020: Advanced Trading Technology Opens Door to Highly Individualized and Agile Strategy
By Chris Hollands, Head of European and North American Sales, TradingScreen Farewell to the 2010s, the decade of pure speed. The period when automated trading shot up the curve, ascending from a tool of the early adopters to a cross-asset industry norm. We embraced algorithms as our trump card, so much so that they now…
S3 Offers SEC CAT Solution Ahead of April Reporting Deadline
As reporting to the SEC Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) fast approaches, with large industry participants and small industry participants reporting to the Order Audit Trail System (OATS) due to submit files on April 20, 2020, vendors are finalising solutions to support firms subject to the regulation. Among them is S3, a provider of regulatory reporting…
London Metal Exchange Partners Trading Technologies
The London Metal Exchange has partnered Trading Technologies (TT) to supply the exchange’s trading participants with direct access to the exchange via the TT front-end interface. TT will replace the LME’s current GUI when its new trading platform launches in 2021. Delivered via software-as-a-service, the TT platform will provide LME members and members’ clients around…