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Icap to broke e-forwards
Inter-dealer broker Icap is launching a forwards FX electronic broking platform internally, said Donald McLumpha, director of the electronic brokering division for London and Europe. He added that the service could be rolled out to clients over the…
CLS turns to vendors for cash injection
Vendors that want to stay up-to-date with Continuous Linked Settlement Services (CLS) and use its brand mark to market their related products will have to pay an annual fee of £2,500 ($3,825) from August, said a spokesperson at CLS in London.
KWI joins national energy committee
Software provider KWI has become the latest company to join the executive committee of the National Energy Marketers Association (Nem), a trade body representing energy, telecoms and financial services marketers and consumers.
Insurers embrace risk systems
Insurance companies have been slower than banks to adopt advanced risk modelling techniques and technologies. But regulatory changes and business exigencies are spurring them to adopt a new generation of risk and capital management systems
CMA develops credit derivatives analysis product
Credit Market Analysis (CMA), a specialist provider of analytics for the credit markets, is marketing a new analytics system called CMA Market Monitor, which will provide investors with spread information on bonds and credit derivatives. The company…
Tullett signs new contract with Kalahari
London-based inter-dealer broker Tullett & Tokyo Liberty has signed a new three-year contract with Kalahari, an analytical and price discovery software company also based in the UK. The decision marks the extension of a 10-year tie-up between the two…
Cognotec to expand with extra funding
Against a backdrop of declining investment in e-trading initiatives, Dublin-based forex technology firm Cognotec said it has secured $14.5 million in additional funding.
Wells Fargo to use AI to combat op risk
Wells Fargo, the San Francisco-based banking and financial services company, has bought an automated anti-money laundering software solution from IBM and Searchspace, a specialist software vendor, that will use artificial intelligence to monitor every…
Egar Technology launches web tool for equity options trading
Egar Technology, a New York-based supplier of trading and risk management systems, has released Egar Dispersion ASP, a web-based version of Egar Dispersion, an analytical tool for equity cash and options traders.
Standard Chartered makes investment in Cognotec
Cognotec, a Dublin-based foreign exchange and money market e-trading system provider, said it has secured a $14.5 million investment, two-thirds of which will be provided by FinVentures, the private equity arm of Standard Chartered Bank. The rest will…
FXall and FXpress plan STP link
Foreign exchange trading platform FXall and FXpress, a Pennsylvania-based currency risk management company, are integrating their systems to allow straight through processing (STP) of trades.
GFI to offer price data on S&P Comstock
Rating agency and financial information provider Standard & Poor’s has teamed up with New-York based brokerage and data provider GFI to deliver GFI’s real-time market data on its Comstock feed. S&P will deliver GFI data on foreign exchange (FX) options,…