Trading technology
Machine learning will create new sales-bots – UBS’s Nuti
Technologists working to automate indications of interest from trading desks
Ion-Broadway merger approved with strings attached
Broadway chief executive Tyler Moeller leads consortium to buy divested fixed income business
Ion forced to split Broadway, keeping FX
Remedy satisfies UK competition watchdog – but “a big defeat” for acquisitive tech giant
UK watchdog has competition concerns over Ion-Broadway deal
Trading tech giant has five days to address issues, or face months-long investigation
Scrutiny and frictions follow EMS vendors into fixed income
Aggregators are facing resistance from venues and attracting the attention of regulators
Ion’s wrists slapped in probe of Broadway deal
Competition watchdog extends initial investigation, after Ion failed to comply with call for info
Fee fight: dealers take aim at brokerage costs
Old tensions have new edge as banks urge clients to bypass platforms
Ion’s Broadway deal leaves banks in a bind
Barclays and Nomura among banks that had moved from Ion to rival it now controls
Asia keener to adopt mobile FX trading – BidFX
Fintech firm updates mobile app to offer more features; security concerns represent major development challenges
Nomura advances AI trading platform for FX and fixed income
Over the next year the bank will converge its trading desk infrastructure to create a cross-asset class system
Best Bank Awards: Barclays
Barclays is voted Best bank for GBP/USD at the 2019 FX Week Best Bank Awards
Caplin introduces cryptocurrencies on trading platform
Technology firm seeks to copy elements of FX trading while capturing crypto-specific features
Tradepoint to roll out fixing algo
Trading tech firm plans to introduce in-house fixing algo, captured under its ‘all you can eat’ pricing structure
Refinitiv adds to buy-side offering with AlphaDesk acquisition
Deal lets vendor add OMS functionality to existing trading workflow
How the MAS is using AI to spot rogue trading behaviour
Trained using machine learning, the Apollo tool scours trading data for suspicious patterns
O’Driscoll takes OTC platform lead at Devexperts
He was deputy CEO and COO at FxPro until September last year
Doing more with less in a post-Mifid II environment
In their quest to reduce costs, market participants look to automate more processes in 2019, says smartTrade CEO
Liquidity the biggest hurdle for traders in 2019 – JP Morgan survey
E-trading poll of 200 institutional traders highlights impact of Mifid II
Pragma Securities: algorithmic trading ripe for growth
Pragma is building a new generation of algo that incorporates the latest artificial intelligence
ABN Amro to clear Eurex FX derivatives
These include classic exchange-traded futures and options, as well as rolling spot
MarketFactory partners Elysium
MarketFactory's API Whisperer integrates with Elysium and its cloud-based enterprise solution, Mission Control
Integral is not up for sale, says Sandhu
Silicon Valley firms are never for sale; they get acquired, says technology firm’s chief executive
State Street’s Bond: BestX audit will guarantee independence
TCA provider BestX will retain independence and be subject to annual audits focused on data
BestX clients seek independence reassurance
Clients and LPs want clarity around the deal between State Street and BestX to gain confidence about the provider’s continued independence