News

Nomura-owned agency brokerage Instinet has named John Comerford from its parent company as as EVP, Global Head of Trading Research.

Stockholm-based derivatives trading technology vendor Orc Software says it has completed the divestment of its 51% share in E2E Infotech Limited.

FIX Protocol Limited (FPL) says FIX 5.0, the latest version of its messaging protocol, won the award for 'Best Utility Technology' at the Operations Management 6th Annual Awards for Excellence event held in New York in late September.

Software vendor Interwoven has introduced a connectivity service that enables smaller buy-side firms and broker-dealers to connect with the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) Deriv/SERV Trade Information Warehouse (TIW).

The UK regulator, the Financial Services Authority (FSA), has confirmed that the London Stock Exchange's Exchange Reporting Service (ERS) will be an Approved Reporting Mechanism for the provision of t

Foreign exchange trading platform FXall says it has set a new daily record volume of $90 billion. Average daily volume on the platform for September was up by more than 44% by comparison with the same period in 2006.

Asset management systems provider DST International (DSTi) has opened an office in Beijing. "Ten China-based insurance and asset-management firms have joined our client list since 2004

Thursday brought the news that international derivatives exchange Eurex plans to launch around 170 new single-stock futures between October 2007 and February 2008.

Liffe, the international derivatives business of NYSE Euronext, is now available via NYSE TransactTools' Secure Financial Transaction Infrastructure.

Calypso Technology, a provider of capital markets software, has launched a confirmation matching module that streamlines the payments workflow process by automatically matching incoming and outgoing SWIFT confirmation messages.