GFI Group - Announcements, Interviews & News Stories

GFI goes live with Torstone Inferno reconciliation tech

Torstone Technology has announced that its latest new client, GFI Group - a global OTC and listed markets intermediary - has signed a multi-year contract for the use of Torstone's Inferno back office technology for Reconciliations.

16 July 2014

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GFI Group selects Lombard Risk Reporter for EBA common reporting

Lombard Risk Management plc (Lombard Risk), a leading provider of integrated regulatory reporting, compliance and collateral management solutions for the financial services industry, is pleased to announce that GFI Group has selected Lombard Risk Rerporter for EBA Common Reporting for its operations in the United Kingdom and for those of its subsidiary Kyte Group.

01 April 2014

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Interactive Data extends FutureSource

Interactive Data Corporation, a leading provider of market data solutions to the global energy and commodities industry, today announced a significant series of enhancements to FutureSource, its market data management and analytics platform.

16 December 2013

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GFI Market Data partners with Vector Risk for cloud-based CVA

GFI Market Data, a division of GFI Group Inc. (NYSE: GFIG) and Vector Risk Inc., a leading provider of financial risk management solutions, announced today that they have entered in to an agreement whereby GFI will supply the Vector Risk cloud solution with market data on several of the key asset classes the company brokers: credit derivatives, bonds, interest rate options and FX options.

12 December 2013

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SwapEx, GFI and MarkettAxess get SEF green light from CFTC

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) has approved the applications of SwapEx, LLC (SwapEx), GFI Swaps Exchange LLC (GFI), and MarketAxess SEF Corporation (MarketAxess) for temporary registration as swap execution facilities (SEFs) pursuant to section 5h of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and section 37.3(c) of the Commission's regulations.

16 September 2013

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GFI Group files SEF application

GFI Group Inc., a leading provider of wholesale brokerage, electronic execution and trading support products for global financial markets, today announced that it has filed an application with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") to become a multi-asset Swap Execution Facility ("SEF") under the CFTC's recently announced SEF rules issued pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act.

22 July 2013

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GFI Group looks to boost trading platform performance with Flash Memory Arrays

GFI Group Inc. (NYSE: "GFIG"), a leading provider of wholesale brokerage, electronic execution and trading support products for global financial markets, announced it will deploy Flash Memory Arrays from Violin Memory to increase the speed and capacity of its trading platforms across all assets classes.

22 May 2013

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GFI Group and CIB agree to stream bank live prices

GFI Group Inc. (NYSE: "GFIG") GFI Group Inc., a leading provider of wholesale brokerage, electronic execution and trading support products for global financial markets, and Crédit Agricole CIB, the Corporate and Investment Banking arm of the Crédit Agricole Group, the world's sixth-largest bank by total assets, announced the launch of their Live Price Streaming initiative catering to the Asian Forwards market.

12 March 2013

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GFI Group opens Manila office

GFI Group (NYSE: "GFIG") announced today the opening of an office in Manila, the Republic of the Philippines. The new office will focus on brokering of Philippine Government and corporate fixed income products in the domestic market.

26 February 2013

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GFI Group names Colin Heffron CEO

GFI Group (NYSE: "GFIG") has announced the appointment of Colin Heffron as GFI's Chief Executive Officer.

15 February 2013

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GFI Group renames Fenics Trader GFI Direct

GFI Group Inc. (NYSE:GFIG) announced today that the Fenics FX options multi-bank trading platform "Fenics Trader" will now be operated by regulated subsidiaries of GFI Group Inc. and renamed GFI Direct.

14 January 2013

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Mexico's PiP selects GFI for market data

GFI Market Data, a division of GFI Group Inc. (NYSE:"GFIG") announced today that it has signed an agreement with Mexico's Proveedor Integral de Precios "PiP" under which GFI Market Data will become an official price contributor to PiP's eurobond pricing and curve calculations.

03 January 2013

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