Post-trade
Price and perfect execution
Firms are trying to give clients visibility on measuring whether the price they are receiving is a good one, but the cost of execution is variable and hard to pinpoint – and it’s not just about price
New Change FX provides mid-market rate data to RBS
The information provides RBS customers with an independent way to measure the cost of their trades
Power shifts to PBs in new credit landscape
"My utmost concern is to make sure my prime broker is happy," says ADS Securities' chief operating officer
Best Bank for FX Post-Trade Services: RBS
Success down to focus on relationships and risk management
Best post-trade services provider: Abide Financial
Abide helps firms in the FX industry to comply with post-trade reporting requirements
TriOptima completes first USD/KRW compression
Eleven institutions save $8.8 billion of notional
TriOptima to deploy FX compression service with CLS
Post-trade service provider TriOptima looks to add to its success with compression services in other asset classes
Traiana warns of busy regulatory year ahead
Steve French, director of product strategy at Traiana, says fixing the Emir system and implementing Mifid II reporting will bring huge challenges in 2015
Markit to launch electronic service for FX options
Together with Barclays, Citi, HSBC, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Nomura, RBS, UBS and Citadel
Traiana opens Singapore office
New office comes in addition to sales offices in Tokyo and Hong Kong as the vendor looks to ramp up its presence in Asia
Traiana delivers first NDF trade to LCH's ForexClear
Interbank trade in USD/KRW between HSBC and an undisclosed counterparty is the first Traiana-processed trade to be cleared through ForexClear
Vendor e-FX initiative of the year: Traiana
Traiana's CreditLink product wins this year's award, having tackled an important layer of risk in the FX market, and enabled trading relationships to be terminated in real time on five occasions
Best post-trade services provider: DealHub
DealHub scoops the award for best post-trade services provider, having continued to launch new products and help clients prepare for regulatory change
Traiana pitches for LCH’s FX clearing flow
Vendor adds ForexClear to Harmony CCP Connect, more than two years after it first launched the clearing network with CME Group as the first clearer
Traiana launches swap data repository reporting hub
Harmony TR connect provides a single point for connection to the DTCC's swap data reporting systems and other trade repositories
Trade reporting hits hurdles as regulators overwhelmed by data
The CFTC last week admitted it is having trouble making sense of the masses of OTC derivatives data now being reported to repositories, casting doubt on the stability of the new reporting regime
Fenics partners with Traiana for post-trade connectivity
Fenics Software will use Traiana's Harmony network to connect its clients to trade repositories and central counterparties as mandatory reporting and clearing looms
Banks invest in future of Traiana with 12% stake
Seven banks have bought a collective 12% stake in Traiana - which has been valued at $300 million - earning them a valuable seat on the company's new board of directors
US CFTC fines Chicago-based RJ O'Brien & Associates $300,000 for supervision failures
Futures broker pulled up for failing to uncover fraudulent activities of introducing broker, marking the extension of accountability
JP Morgan goes to market with new cross-asset platform
JP Morgan Markets, a new platform unveiled this week, will ultimately incorporate more than 30 existing platforms into a single client offering
Banks welcome Ice Link’s selection of Traiana to expand into FX
Traiana's network of banks, clearing houses and buy-side firms in the FX market will enable Ice Link to quickly expand from CDS middleware into forex
Credit to remain a dominant theme in FX, says Traiana’s Coyne
Closer scrutiny of credit relationships has become a major trend in the FX market, leading to initiatives such as the Kill Switch, which has already been used to shut off the activity of a prime broker’s client, reveals Traiana chief executive Andrew…
Traiana wins EBS and Reuters deal for clearing connectivity
Traiana's Harmony CCP Connect will provide the plumbing for EBS and Thomson Reuters to connect to clearing houses and their members
Achievement award: Gil Mandelzis
Traiana’s co-founder and former chief executive wins the 2012 e-FX achievement award in recognition of his lasting contribution to the development of the industry over the past 12 years