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 2019
SmartStream Analyzes Intraday Liquidity Management as True Business Value
SmartStream Technologies has released a white paper about the regulatory pressures imposed on intraday liquidity requirements.
eToro Launches Trading Portfolio to Ride Facebook’s Libra Project
eToro has launched its latest portfolio, which offers investors the opportunity to take a stake in the companies involved in Facebook's Libra project.
Wealth Management Platform d1g1t Raises Funds to Expand Into US Market
d1g1t has raised CDN $ 3 million from Illuminate Financial Management as part of an extension of their Series A funding round and it has now raised CDN $ 12 million.
Digital Asset Exchange Archax Partners With Unbound for Data Protection
Archax is set to launch its own digital asset custody service in partnership with Unbound Tech while awaiting for an MTF license from the UK.
Swiss Securitization Specialists Launch AMC platform for Asset Managers
GENTWO, CAT Financial Products, and Aquila, have launched together an independent platform for next generation AMC platform.
TP ICAP Launches Real-Time Data Services for Indian OTC Market
TP ICAP, the world’s largest interdealer broker, has launched a new, comprehensive market data service for the Indian OTC market.
Astana International Exchange Announces Two Leading Trading Members
Renaissance Capital is an emerging and frontier markets-focused investment bank founded in 1995 in Russia.
Argentina’s CSD Deploys Nasdaq’s Technology Including Registrar Services
Nasdaq has partnered with Caja de Valores S.A., Argentina’s Central Securities Depository (CSD) and an integral part of Bolsas y Mercados Argentinos (BYMA).
GBE Brokers Announces White Label Services for MetaTrader 5
CySEC-regulated FX company GBE Brokers has started offering the MetaTrader5 platform to clients of their GBE Prime liquidity brand, the firm announced.
Barbados Issues License for Tokenise’s Digital Asset Platform, Daxnet
Digital asset trading platform Daxnet has been granted a Self-Regulatory Organisation (SRO) license by the Financial Services Commission (FSC) Barbados.
Demand Derivatives Publishes Historical and Forecast Volatility Indices on Bloomberg Terminal
Demand Derivatives has begun publishing an extensive database of volatility indices on 40 major assets going by the name of RealVol Indices.
Euronext Acquires 23.5% Stake In Compliant Tokenization Platform
Euronext has secured a 23.5% stake and strong governance representation in Tokeny Solutions by subscribing the entire €5 million capital increase.
DriveWealth Opens U.S. Equity Markets to Nigerian Investors
DriveWealth has partnered with Sigma Securities Limited, a leading Nigerian brokerage firm, and Africa-based financial app developer Trove Technologies.
Börse Berlin’s EQUIDUCT Raises €3.25m to Increase Market Share
EQUIDUCT has secured an investment of €3.25 million from Optiver, Virtu, Börse Berlin, Dr. Jos Peeters, among other investors.
June 2019
Brokeree Solutions Launches Trade Analytics for MetaTrader 4
Brokeree Solutions believe MetaTrader 4 administrators, dealing desks and risk management specialists will find its Trade Analytics solution useful.
oneZero Completes Investment Round to Accelerate Growth
The funding round was joined by oneZero investment Senior Advisor Phil Weisberg, who is the founder of Matzliach Capital and former CEO/Founder of FXall.
Corvil to Provide Analytics Capabilities to Seed CX’s Digital Asset Exchange
Seed CX chose Corvil to deliver the timely intelligence required to assure the performance and client experience of its robust service.
Also filing this week: Karthik Subramanian and Abdelaziz Fathi.