Boerse Stuttgart Opens Digital Exchange to All Investors in Germany
Boerse Stuttgart Digital Exchange (BSDEX) is now open to all investors based in Germany, almost 24 hours, seven days a week.
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.
December 2019
Instinet Launches Agency-Model Electronic Trading Platform for Spot FX
Instinet launches agency-model electronic trading platform for Spot FX. The launch of Newport FX, a web-based desktop application.
QuantHouse Welcomes Historical Crypto Data from DV Trading’s Exchange
QuantHouse welcomes historical crypto data from DV trading's exchange and trading solutions including innovative market data services.
Freetrade Launches FCA-Licensed Stockbroker Aimed at Millennials
The challenger app-based stockbroker Freetrade has launched its flagship brokerage platform in the UK, regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
Digital Asset Raises +$35 Million in Series C to Accelerate Adoption of DAML Smart Contract
The creators of the open-source DAML smart contract language have raised more than $35 million in Series C funding from new and existing investors.
DriveWealth to Provide Thai Investors With Direct Access to US Stock Market
DriveWealth has signed its first partnership in Thailand, with SBITO. The deal will bring local investors direct access to the U.S. stock market.
Gold-i Promotes Joy Li to Head of Business Development Asia Pacific
Gold-i has announced the appointment of a new executive Joy Li as the firm's Head of Business Development for the Asia Pacific region.
First New York Investment Firm Deploys LiquidityBook’s POEMS
LiquidityBook's SaaS-based LBX Buy-Side has been selected by FNY Investment Advisers, also known as First New York, as its POEMS.
Broadridge Launches AI-Powered Reconciliation, Matching, Exception Management Platform
Broadridge Financial Solutions launches an artificial intelligence and machine learning platform to deploy across industry-wide management platform.
ICE ETF Hub Announces Support of US-Listed Fixed Income ETFs
Intercontinental Exchange has added new functionality to ICE ETF Hub to support US-listed fixed income exchange-traded funds (ETFs)
Cboe Expands MSCI Indices With New Options Strategy Benchmarks
Cboe has launched a series of BuyWrite and PutWrite strategy benchmark indices based on the MSCI EAFE Index (MXEA) and MSCI Emerging Markets Index (MXEF)
November 2019
VoxSmart Acquires Fonetic Trading as RegTech Landscape Consolidates
VoxSmart has acquired Fonetic Trading in order to deliver a comprehensive communications surveillance offering for Capital Markets participants.
BT Radianz Cloud Integrates Crypto Compare’s Digital Asset Data
BT Radianz Cloud has made available a suite of digital asset data products in the one of the world’s largest secure financial markets cloud communities.
Also filing this week: Karthik Subramanian and Abdelaziz Fathi.