MetaTrader Watch: Forex Platform Further Extends Dominance
MetaTrader platform continues to make its way into new markets and customers as well as reinforcing its position by enhancing its trading experience.
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.
November 2019
Horizon Launches Execution Algorithm to Enhance Automated Trading
Horizon has made available a new execution algorithm which improves automated trading to its already market-leading solution.
VAKT to Develop Commodity Post-Trade Processing Platform in Lisbon
The blockchain-powered commodity post-trade processing firm has officially selected its Lisbon office as the company’s development center.
BondEvalue to Launch Blockchain-Based Bond Exchange
BondEvalue has been approved to enter the (MAS) Sandbox Express to launch a blockchain-based bond exchange that allows bonds to be traded electronically.
Aussie Crypto Exchange Independent Reserve Launches AutoTrader
Independent Reserve has launched the new platform feature called AutoTrader, which allows customers to execute automated trading strategies.
October 2019
Charles Stanley Deploys Red Deer’s MiFID II-Compliant Research Management Solution
Red Deer’s Outlook plugin and mobile application provides quick MiFID II compliance with minimal disruption to the wealth manager's investment process.
Intercontinental Exchange Launches Ecosystem for ETF Primary Trading Market
Intercontinental Exchange has launched an ecosystem, a new platform that is designed to enable the next phase of growth in the ETF market.
TP ICAP Signs Multi-Year Partnership With Refinitiv
TP ICAP has partnered with Refinitiv for its comprehensive, enriched and integrated global data across multiple asset classes.
Torstone Opens Office in Canada After Partnering With Credit Suisse
Torstone Technology has opened a new office in Toronto to better support its growing base of North American bank and broker clients.
Refinitiv Adds Digital Tools for Wealth Management Firms
Refinitiv has added HTML-5 responsive widgets for wealth portals designed to support the experiences of wealth management firms on Refinitiv’s portal.
Nikko AM to Adopt SGX’s Index Edge for ETF Listing
SGX Index Edge is being licensed to Nikko AM, one of Asia’s largest asset managers, who will adopt the index for exchange-traded fund (ETF) listing.
Eurex Clears First Cross Currency Swap Transactions
Eurex cleared the first cross-currency swap transactions, which were submitted by J.P. Morgan and Morgan Stanley as the first OTC FX clearing participants.
Also filing this week: Karthik Subramanian and Abdelaziz Fathi.