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Talent trumps tech on buy-side trading desks

Increased spending on compensation in fixed income drove buy-side trading desk budgets up approximately 4% from 2014 to 2015, according to a new report, Trading Desk Optimization: Talent Trumps Tech, from Greenwich Associates.

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Oanda acquires TradeStation forex accounts

Oanda, a leading global provider of online foreign exchange (“Forex”, “FX”) and over-the-counter commodities and indices trading services, today announced an agreement to acquire all of the forex accounts of IBFX, Inc. (a/k/a TradeStation Forex), the forex dealer firm subsidiary of TradeStation Group, Inc., as IBFX exits the forex dealer business.

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IPC enhances network in Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines

IPC Systems, Inc., a leading global provider of specialised communications and managed network-as-a-service (MNaaS) solutions for the financial trading community, has enhanced its network capabilities in three major Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries – Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines.

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MayStreet hires David Streltsoff as head of business development

MayStreet, an emerging tech firm specializing in next-gen market-access and analytics software for capital markets firms, today announced the addition of David Streltsoff, a former director at KCG Holdings (Knight Capital) and Citadel, as head of business development and a member of the firm’s senior management team.

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GFT Group expands Post Trade Practice with appointment of Amolak S. Roopra

Amolak S. Roopra has joined GFT, a provider of business, design and technology consulting to the financial services community, as joint Post Trade Practice Lead.

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Tokenisation of customer information

Markku Mehtälä, Founder & CEO, MePIN, speaks about how PSD2 affects payment authorisation and future-proofing security platforms for new devices and standards.

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Bats receives SEC approval for client suspension rule

Bats Global Markets (Bats) received Securities and Exchange Commission approval of the Bats Client Suspension Rule, assisting the company in taking swifter action to prohibit manipulative behavior, such as spoofing and layering, on the Bats Exchanges.

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Citi launches Total Touch ADR X-WiNG liquidity platform

Citi has launched Total Touch ADR X-WiNG, a liquidity providing execution platform that optimizes investor’s access to liquidity in both EMEA and the U.S. American Depositary Receipt (ADR) market.

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London Stock Exchange confirms merger talks with Deutsche Bourse

The London Stock Exchange has confirmed that it is holding merger talks with Deutsche Bourse under a reverse takeover deal that would give the German exchange a 54.4% stake in the combined group.

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NextCapital and Pershing announce retail digital advice for large institutions

NextCapital, the leading enterprise digital advice firm, today announced that it has selected Pershing Advisor Solutions as its custodian to enable scalable personal advice delivery for large financial institutions.

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Fortex and Axiory forge mobile FX partnership

Fortex, Inc., one of the leading electronic communication network (ECN) trading platforms, and Axiory – a global operated brand with direct market access (DMA), brokerage & asset management services, have teamed up to drive FX industry transformation in a collaborative effort to make FX Trading available on- the-go from any device.

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Deutsche Bourse and Vienna Stock Exchange extend tech contract

Vienna Stock Exchange will continue to use Deutsche Börse’s trading technology. Both exchanges extended their contract by a further six years, at least until 2021.

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Bitcoin distracted from blockchain potential

Davide Girompini, Global Leader Payments and Transaction Services, IBM, speaks about the options banks have when trying to innovate cost-effectively, and how distributed ledger technology can be applied in the financial services industry.

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Jigar Patel to join XTX Markets

Andonis Sakatis, Head of Business Development says ''I am delighted to have Jigar join XTX Markets to head up our Commodities Business Development team.

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Iosco steps up focus on blockchain and robo-advisors

International securities regulators are stepping up their research into the disruptive potential posed by the development of distributed ledgers, robo-advisors and cybersecurity threats.

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Avoiding a society of digital haves and have nots

Ahead of her keynote at Mobile World Congress this week, Ann Cairns, President of International Markets, MasterCard Worldwide, discusses the importance of digital inclusion in avoiding fractures in society, and the technologies and partnerships that can work to ensure financial inclusion globally.

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Blockchain will transform payments ecosystem

Ruth Wandhöfer, Treasury and Trade Solutions, Citi, speaks about why movement towards a cashless society is slow and what the future may hold for the role of banks and money in the context of distributed ledger technologies.

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Quantitative Brokers launches best execution algos for VIX futures

Quantitative Brokers (“QB”), a leading provider of clearer and dealer-neutral agency algorithms for fixed income and futures markets, has launched its best execution algorithmic offering on CBOE Futures Exchange (“CFE”).

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Red Box Recorders launches compliance assurance application

Leading voice and data recording specialist Red Box Recorders, has today released Quantify Insight, a new application designed to assure financial institutions that they are meeting compliance standards and enable them to ensure trading operations continue without interruption.

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Partnership launch between Sberbank and eToro social trading network

Sberbank has launched a partnership with eToro, a leading global investment social network, bringing together 5 million traders from 140 countries.