Latest Post-trade & ops News: Finextra Research

Cinnober clinches EUR2.5 million EU funding for new clearing platform

Swedish capital markets technology vendor Cinnober has won EUR2.5 million in funding from the European Commission to develop a real-time risk margining, multi-asset clearing platform for the banking sector.

14 January 2015

News/Post-trade & ops

2014: That was the year that was

As Finextra pulls the shutters down on 2014, we take a look back at our most popular news stories, videos, features and blogs over the course of the past year. The site will re-open for business on 2 January 2015.

22 December 2014

News/Post-trade & ops

Bitcoin margin trading platform launched in Vietnam

VBTC Vietnam and Coinarch have launched VBTC plus, Vietnam’s first bitcoin leverage trading platform.

16 December 2014

News/Post-trade & ops

Euronext launches app for retail investors

Downloadable from the Apple App Store, the new iOS app provides investors with access to market information, direct to their mobile devices, from Euronext's cash markets and other equity exchanges.

16 December 2014

News/Post-trade & ops

DTCC/Swift top LEI rankings; overall industry coverage remains spotty

The DTCC and Swift have trumped 13 other Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) registration authorities in Q3 2014 rankings compiled by Tabb Group and Alacra for data consistency and uniformity.

15 December 2014

News/Post-trade & ops

Neptune bids to FIX liquidity shortage in bond trading

The FIX trading community has agreed a set of best practices for use of the messaging protocol for the exchange of pre-trade information in the bond market, as banks and asset managers work together to overcome a liquidity shortage in fixed income trading.

25 November 2014

News/Post-trade & ops

Conde takes up chairmanship at Calastone

Funds transaction network Calastone has appointed former SunGard chief Cristóbal Conde as executive chairman.

17 November 2014

News/Post-trade & ops

FIS and Credit Agricole launch post-trade utility

FIS has paired with Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank to launch a post-trade utility for the derivatives market.

04 November 2014

News/Post-trade & ops

OpenGamma names Beeston as chairman; appoints Conde to the board

Open source risk management outfit OpenGamma has named Mark Beeston as its new chairman and appointed Cristobal Conde to its board of directors as it leans on heavyweight industry support to move the company forward.

27 October 2014

News/Post-trade & ops

First Derivatives to take controlling interest in Kx Systems

First Derivatives has agreed a £36 million deal to acquire a further 46.47% stake in high performance database outfit Kx Systems, giving the firm a leg-up into the market for big data systems in capital markets and other vertical industries.

17 October 2014

News/Post-trade & ops

DTCC to oversee US market shift to T+2

Within a week of European markets moving to a T+2 settlement cycle, the DTCC in the US has formed a steering committee and working group to oversee a similar shift for trades in equities, corporate and municipal bonds, and unit investment trusts (UITs).

16 October 2014

News/Post-trade & ops

Finextra expands into North America

Just as fintech steps from the shadows into the mainstream, Finextra is establishing a local North American editorial presence.

19 September 2014

News/Post-trade & ops

CME Group names Kim Taylor president, global operations, technology and risk

CME Group has revamped its leadership structure, naming company veteran Kim Taylor president of global operations, technology and risk.

16 September 2014

News/Post-trade & ops

Banks could make big T2S-related savings - research

Banks and brokers could save millions of euros if they act fast to adapt their securities and cash supply chains for Target2-Securities (T2S), according to Clearstream commissioned research.

09 September 2014

News/Post-trade & ops

Wall Street banks turn to messaging startup as Bloomberg alternative

A group of Wall Street banks, led by Goldman Sachs, are on the verge of buying a stake in instant messaging firm Perzo as they prepare to break free of their reliance on Bloomberg, according to Reuters.

04 August 2014

News/Post-trade & ops

Swift signs more banks to KYC Registry

Interbank messaging network Swift has signed up another six major banks to its KYC Registry initiative as it gears up for a launch at the end of this year.

22 July 2014

News/Post-trade & ops

FSB moots creation of global utility for fixing FX benchmarks

The Financial Stability Board is canvassing views on the potential to develop a global order matching utility for fixing foreign exchange trades in an effort to clamp down on banks trading ahead of the daily benchmark rates.

15 July 2014

News/Post-trade & ops

UK watchdog to probe pre- and post-trade market infrastructure

The UK's Financial Conduct Authority is to probe for anti-competitive practices in the pricing and packaging of pre- and post-trade wholesale market infrastructure.

10 July 2014

News/Post-trade & ops

London Stock Exchange partners Wipro to launch reconciliation utility

The London Stock Exchange has partnered with Indian IT services firm Wipro to launch a hosted reconciliation utility designed to eliminate the needs for firms to invest in technology, people and processes for tracking their outstanding transactions.

09 July 2014

News/Post-trade & ops

Markit sells Boat trade reporting service to Cinnober

Swedish trading technology vendor Cinnober has bought the Boat trade reporting service from Markit. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

02 July 2014