Trading systems
Wong joins Gain GTX sales with North Asia focus
Ivan Wong moves from EBS, where he held a similar role
Gain's GTX ECN unveils binary data protocols
Clients using the ECN's new GTTP protocol can receive data faster at lower latencies
Tullett Prebon shareholders approve Icap broking buy
Finalisation of the deal is contingent on regulatory approval
February volumes fall after good start to year
Average daily volumes reversed January's trend and dropped across all major FX platforms
RBC launches delegated execution tool for buy side
UnityFX, developed by RBC I&TS and Broadridge, will help investment managers with their operational FX needs
Curex chief: anonymity is key to best execution
Curex and FX Connect sign agreement to provide clients with an alternative liquidity pool
Edgewater Markets raises $30m for expansion drive
As part of the deal, the firm's board will gain two new participants from FTV Capital
Icap completes post-trade blockchain test
The interdealer broker is the latest to implement the technology in the financial industry
Glocer joins Algomi as strategic adviser
Ex Thomson Reuters chief also invests in the network company
CFH Clearing launches matching engine in TY3
The prime-of-prime provider aims to reduce latency and enhance execution by reducing the round trip between London and Tokyo by 200 milliseconds
Banks complete blockchain trial for fixed-income products
With the aim of moving forward the banking industry's adoption of the technology
Class-action lawyers to tap into Barclays' FX team knowledge
With the bank providing information to investors from people within the firm with the most knowledge of its last-look practice, plaintiff lawyers could access information it could have taken years of discovery to obtain
EBS BrokerTec set to move to 1ms data updates
The new FX market data feed is expected to reduce update intervals to 1ms and will become available in the summer
Connections jump by 50% on Thomson Reuters' TRTN network
The network provides greater post-trade transparency and cost efficiencies, says firm
CFH Clearing expands choice of white-label platforms
In March, the PoP provider will add Olfa Trade's Seamless FX to its range
Goldman's Patel joins XTX Markets
Jigar Patel will head the market-maker's e-commodities business
Sales remuneration set for shake-up
Venues and brokers shift focus to quality of flow amid rising price competition
January volumes up on December, down on year
Average daily volumes rose across major FX platforms, but were far off the numbers posted a year ago
Brandon-Bravo quits GTX
FX veteran with more than three decades of experience leaves the ECN after six years
FXCM study underlines segregated pricing advantages
Retail clients gain better or equal prices than on interbank and futures platforms more than 90% of the time
Moon joins Eurobase as group financial chief
Jonathan Moon leaves PayPoint, where he worked for more than 19 years
Banks explore Mosaic platform to help ailing Ficc revenues
The aim is to discover new business opportunities and more valuable clients
Abacas issues first asset-backed coin on bitcoin blockchain
The exchange, launched in June 2015, allows managers to exchange assets without owning them
R3 connects 11 banks via distributed ledger
The firms complete mock trades in a series of experiments that could determine blockchain's application in the finance industry