Nasdaq and Tradeweb confirmed in February that they had entered into a definitive agreement for Tradeweb to purchase Nasdaq’s fixed income business.

New chair takes over from Michael Cole-Fontayn who has been chair of trade group AFME for the last six years.

Two buy-siders will join Cowen’s global capital introduction team which services its prime brokerage and outsourced trading clients.

Newly upgraded connectivity routes between Frankfurt and Istanbul, Moscow, and Hong Kong have been established to reduce latency for clients.

FX trading database allows buy- and sell-side firms, regional banks, hedge funds, brokers and central banks to analyse their trading data and collaborate with one another.

New head of EMEA generalist and specialist cash sales joins Barclays after 12 years at Citi and two years at Goldman Sachs.

The ALPIMA platform will be delivered on a white-label basis and will be tailored to meet the specific needs of BBVA.

Software and data solutions provider Confluence automates front, middle and back office processes for 400 asset management clients globally.

Through connectivity with Lucera and Neptune Networks, mutual clients of the thinkFolio platform will gain access pre-trade data and liquidity signals.

Bloomberg’s Tod Van Name said algos, automation for NDFs and options pricing and trading grids have risen dramatically in the last year.