Rick Steves
Senior Reporter, Regulation and Fintech
Rick Steves has seen business and economics through many lenses. He joined the financial services industry in 2009, and has been a financial journalist since 2011. He holds a degree in Business Administration and has experience producing real-time news, from both buy-side and sell-side, as well as for retail traders, brokers and service providers. Steves' work has appeared in a variety of online publications including FX Street, NewsBTC, FinanceFeeds, and The Industry Spread. Rick has great interest in the dynamics of the trading industry. The never-ending clash between technology, economics, regulation, and more importantly, the people.
July 2020
State Street’s BestX Launches Post-Trade TCA Module for Equity Markets
BestX has expanded its execution analytics software and launched a post-trade transaction cost analysis (“TCA”) module for equity markets.
Steven Billiet to Head APAC Asset Management at BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas has appointed Steven Billiet as Head of Asia Pacific to succeed Ligia Torres, who is retiring from the firm and will return to Europe in August.
Episode Six Raises $7m From HSBC, Mastercard, SBI Investment
Episode Six has raised $7 million of its Series A funding, led byHSBC, and includes other big names such as Mastercard and SBIInvestment.
SmartStream Launches Module to Shorten Stress Tests to Minutes
SmartStream Technologies has launched its Intraday Liquidity StressTesting module, part of the TLM Cash and Liquidity Management suite ofproducts.
Robinhood Cancels UK Launch Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Robinhood, the fast-growing trading app that allows unlimited commission-free trades, has announced it is canceling its UK Launch amid Covid-19 pandemic.
CIC Data Pro Launched to Provide Global Trade Data Insights
Singapore's Commodities Intelligence Centre (CIC) has launched the international version of its web-based business intelligence suite, CIC Data Pro.
EliData’s Smart Order Router Integrates QuantHouse Market Data
QuantHouse has partnered with EliData which will integrate QuantFEED market data into the EliData Smart Order Router (SOR).
WFE Survey Finds Investor Demand for ESG Disclosure
Sustainability Survey, which captures the nature andextent of member engagement with Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) issues in both developed and.
Avaloq Announces Series of Stand-Alone Wealth Management Platforms
Avaloq has announced the launch of a new stand-alone, core-agnosticsuite of digital wealth management platforms.
Also filing this week: Karthik Subramanian and Abdelaziz Fathi.