Low-latency trading and connectivity solutions vendor RTS Realtime Systems Group has announced the completion of its purchase of trading technology firm First Futures Software Engineering, which it will use to expand its services in India.
Asian markets are the most attractive in the world to fund managers, according to a new survey by financial services consultancy and investment solutions firm Russell Investments.
UBS has received regulatory approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to offer its smart order routing technology in the country.
HSBC has confirmed that StockMax Crossing, its Hong Kong dark pool, will initially be targeted at institutional and professional investors rather than retail investors as originally planned.
Worse-than-expected equity volumes in Europe will put pressure on major brokers to invest in electronic trading systems to remain competitive by exploiting economies of scale.
Increased levels of high-frequency trading may have actually dampened volatility in recent weeks rather than exacerbating it, according to market participants.
Tradar, a provider of portfolio management and accounting solutions, has signed buy-side firms Parus Capital in Moscow and Compass Asset Management in Kazakhstan to use its flagship product, Insight.
Pan-European multilateral trading facility Chi-X Europe has become the latest trading venue to announce post-trade interoperability, with four central counterparties supporting the service, including Dutch clearer EMCF which had previously declined to join similar initiatives.
Bonds.com has entered an exclusive agreement under which Red Kite Americas will market the firm's trading system to qualified Latin American institutional investors.