CULedger, a credit union-owned CUSO that focuses on delivering innovative applications to credit unions through its cross-border global distributed ledger platform, is now a member of the enterprise software firm R3’s global blockchain ecosystem
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FlexTrade Upgrades Client Experience with Corvil
Multi-asset execution and order management systems provider FlexTrade has partnered with Corvil to deploy its analytics platform in order to assure excellence in client performance and experience across its trading solutions.
SAXO Bank Posts Record-Low FX Trading Volumes in November 2018
Copenhagen-based SAXO Bank which was recently acquired by China’s Geely Group has posted trading volume numbers for November month marking new lows. The overall trading […]
Virtu Financial Adds David Urban to its Board
High-speed trading and liquidity provider, Virtu Financial has added David Urban to its Board of Directors with immediate effect. Urban has over two decades of experience in senior-level roles in US government, law and consultancy.
FXTM Adds Former Gain Capital Executive Nicholas Scott as its new Head of Product Development
The CySEC regulated online forex brokerage group, FXTM has added former Gain Capital’s Nicholas Scott as its new Head of Product Development. According to the […]
Feature Articles
SEC Blames SRO’s for Slow CAT Rollout
The Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT) is behind schedule and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is blaming the Self-Regulatory Organizations (SROs), including FINRA, the Financial Regulatory Authority. Jay Clayton, Chairman of the SEC, was on Capitol Hill testifying in front of the Senate Banking Committee on December 11, 2018. In a wide ranging written opening […]
Crypto MidWeek Buzz : ConsenSys downsizes, bad news for others is good news for stablecoins
ConsenSys downsizes, bad news for others is good news for stablecoins.Options are coming in so far out of the money they are astonishing in their worthlessness.
Feds Bust Stock Manipulation Conspiracy
The Feds continued charging in a complex stock manipulation scheme that even has two co-conspirators in a stock manipulation conspiracy. Recently , We at Theindustryspread , had published about hacking being a trillion dollar business and now this issue has been popped up. “Pavandeep Bakhshi, 41, of the United Kingdom, is charged by complaint with […]
Industry Thought Leadership
Will CTFs be the new ETF?
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are among the most popular methods of investing today, with investors pouring trillions of dollars into an ever-growing pool of funds. Particularly in comparison with expensive to use hedge funds, low-fee ETFs provide a safer, more stable means of investing. One of the benefits of ETFs is that they are infinitely broad in scope and […]
Equity Market Innovation Leads to Venue Proliferation
Several startups are planning to launch either new venues or order types, and even listing standards, to solve problems in US equity trading. At last month’s SIFMA Equity Market Structure conference, executives with the following three startups and one established exchange discussed their particular market innovations and how each one fits into the existing equity market […]
SEC Steers Pilot on Equity Trading Fee and Rebates Amid Headwinds
By Ivy Schmerken Diving into one of the more controversial issues in equity market structure, U.S. regulators are moving forward with the transaction-fee pilot that will force stock exchanges to lower the fee caps on rebates they pay to brokers and market makers. “I think the SEC is about to embark upon a productive time […]
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