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CJC and BCC Group Announce Strategic Partnership to Launch ONE Platform-as-a-Service
CJC, the market data consultancy and professional services provider, has entered into a strategic partnership with BCC Group, the European software development firm behind the ONE Platform, which enables market data to be migrated from on-prem environments to the cloud. The collaboration will introduce ONE Platform-as-a-Service (OPaaS), which will provide round-the-clock support, real-time monitoring, and…
MENA – A Compelling Capital Markets Destination
As the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region undergoes a significant evolution from its traditional reliance on oil revenues to establishing itself as a dynamic financial market, exchanges and market intermediaries in the region are embracing advanced technologies to support their burgeoning financial services ecosystems. For international firms looking to take advantage of this…
Trading Tech Front and Centre at AFCM Conference in Doha
Last week witnessed an impressive gathering of exchange CEOs and senior market and technology practitioners from across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) at the Arab Federation of Capital Markets’ (AFCM) annual conference. At the event – this year in Doha, Qatar, and hosted by AFCM general secretary Rami El-Dokany – leaders met to…
A-Team Group Names Winners of Innovation Awards 2024
A-Team Group has named the winners of its prestigious Innovation Awards 2024. The awards celebrate innovative projects and teams across vendor and practitioner communities that make use of new and emerging technologies to deliver high-value solutions for financial institutions in capital markets with a focus on data management, trading technology, RegTech or ESG. This year’s…
Rapid Addition and Chainlink Bridge TradFi and DeFi with FIX-Native Blockchain Adapter
Rapid Addition, the provider of FIX connectivity solutions, has collaborated with Chainlink, the infrastructure for tokenised assets, to create a FIX-native blockchain adapter for institutional digital asset trading, built using Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP). The strategic partnership aims to enhance interoperability between the traditional finance (TradFi) world of banks and financial institutions and the…
Zayo Group Names Colman Deegan as CEO of Zayo Europe
Zayo Group, the global provider of network infrastructure, has appointed Colman Deegan as the new CEO of Zayo Europe, effective April 16, 2024. The strategic hire aims to accelerate the company’s expansion in response to the increasing adoption of cloud services and artificial intelligence across Europe. Deegan brings a wealth of experience to the role,…
McKay Brothers International Launches Ultra-Low Latency Bandwidth Service Between London and Stockholm
McKay Brothers International (MBI), the low-latency networking specialist, has unveiled a new bandwidth service providing the lowest latency connection between London’s LD4 data centre and Stockholm’s Stack STO01 data centre. The hybrid wireless-fibre route claims to achieve data transmission speeds that are hundreds of microseconds quicker than existing services, enhancing connectivity for major trading platforms…
QuantHouse Enhances Data Offering with BMLL Historical Order Book Data
QuantHouse, the API Data and Trading Solutions business of Iress, has entered into a new global partnership with BMLL, the independent provider of harmonised Level 3, 2 and 1 historical data and analytics for the equity and futures markets. This collaboration aims to merge QuantHouse’s real-time data services with BMLL’s comprehensive historical order book data,…
CTM Debuts New Tri-Party Matching Workflow for Prime Brokers with Société Générale as First to Go Live
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), the leading provider of post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry, has announced Société Générale as the first Prime Broker to adopt the Central Trade Manager’s (CTM) automated tri-party trade matching workflow. This development comes as the financial services sector worldwide braces for T+1 and more…
Euronext Completes Migration of Italian Derivatives Trading to Optiq, Finalising Borsa Italiana Integration
Euronext has announced the successful migration of Italian derivatives trading to its advanced trading platform, Optiq, marking the completion of Borsa Italiana’s markets integration into Euronext’s infrastructure. This milestone, achieved less than three years following the acquisition of the Borsa Italiana Group, is a critical component of the “Growth for Impact 2024” strategic plan, aiming…