Technology
BSO and Hoptroff partner for time-stamping solution
The time-as-a-service solution provides accuracy within a 10 microsecond divergence from UTC
Central banks adapt to faster markets, says BIS report
Fast pace of today’s markets means central banks must change approach to fulfil responsibilities
Bria joins LiquidityEdge as COO
Andy Bria joins LiquidityEdge, founded by ex-Icap chief David Rutter and headed by Nichola Hunter
CLS settlement will migrate to new platform in 2020
The infrastructure provider will launch the new venue based on its own technology next year, with service migration planned for May 2020
Barrow joins Nex’s Enso as head of Emea
Chris Barrow moves from Brown Brothers Harriman
State Street appoints co-heads of Emea global services
Ambrosius and Fontaine have worked at the US bank for more than a decade
TransFicc secures Citi investment
Connectivity provider will join US bank’s innovation lab in London
Peso volatility pulls millennials to currency trading
Interest is incentivising local and international companies to invest in education initiatives to meet budding demand
Donadio takes CTO role at TradAir
Sebastien Donadio is the former head of software engineering at HC Technologies
TradAir goes live with crypto technology
BlockFills is the first to white-label the technology provider’s cryptocurrency platform
Venue competition heats up as e-FX volumes plateau, says Greenwich
Following 74% growth in electronically executed FX in 2007-14, volumes flattened for four years
Cobalt unveils credit-management platform
Credit providers can see exposures in real time
Northern Trust partners Lumint for FX solutions
The partnership supports further innovations in hedging programme management and analytics
Phil Weisberg joins oneZero’s advisory board
The firm hopes to use his institutional market insight as it seeks new opportunities
Flow Traders goes live to make FX splash
With 700-plus approved counterparties and significant in-house flows from its ETP business, Flow Traders prepares to realise its FX ambitions
ADS Securities appoints Coulon as head of IT
Emmanuel Coulon joins the firm’s headquarters in Abu Dhabi
Thomson Reuters expands crypto sentiment data feed
Cryptocurrency sentiment package monitors more than 2,000 global news and 800 social media sites in real time
360T and FXall enter price-distribution deal
Banks using 360T’s price engine will be able to price FXall customers, as well as clients on the Deutsche Börse-owned venue
MarketFactory launches pre-trade limit tool
Reflector monitors and balances the limits and positions across all trading venues
Caplen joins Mosaic as CFO
He is a financial industry veteran who formerly worked at Icap
Biggs swaps IS Prime for CFH Clearing
Andy Biggs will be responsible for managing the firm’s liquidity suite
Butbaev rejoins Saxo Bank as CEE chief
Vitali Butbaev brings extensive international experience in the financial industry
Broadway taps Evelina Rosenstein as head of Emea sales
Rosenstein joins from FXSpotStream where she handled sales and new business
Weller joins Saxo Bank as Mena chief
Steve Weller headed the FX business at Sberbank CIB before resigning and taking a break from the industry