De Volksbank joins Eurex direct access clearing model
De Volksbank is the first Dutch bank to join the ISA Direct model from Eurex which offers direct clearing membership to institutions.
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Citi leads $6 million funding round in BondEvalue to drive bond market electronification
The funding round for the up-and-coming Singapore-based bond exchange, BondEvalue, included contributions from Citi and MassMutual Ventures Southeast Asia.
Euronext streamlines Oslo Børs with sale of market data and trading solutions business
The sale of Oslo Market Solutions to Infront by Euronext comes as it streamlines Oslo Børs to focus on its core offerings following a recent Optiq migration.
SIX to consolidate Swiss and Spanish exchange trading platforms
Following the acquisition of Spain’s BME, SIX has outlined plans to integrate the Spanish market onto its existing trading platform.
Standard Chartered and BC Group to launch digital asset brokerage and trading platform
The brokerage and trading platform by Standard Chartered and BC Group will offer access to liquidity in Bitcoin, Ethereum and other digital assets.
ICE sees record futures and options open interest as traders continue to mitigate risk
The exchange reported a new record open interest of 84.5 million contracts across its futures and options trading earlier this month.
Aquis tackles unbundling conundrum with research expansion for top stocks
Research on Aquis Stock Exchange’s Apex stocks will be produced and published by Fregnan and Research Tree and available on AQSE’s website under latest scheme.
Refinitiv chief Craig to step down from LSEG at end of year
David Craig is set to leave LSEG as group head of data and analytics and chief executive of Refinitiv at the end of this year.
CME Group to launch Bloomberg interest rate futures to support Libor transition
The interest rate futures by CME Group will be based on the Bloomberg short-term bank yield index.
LSEG appoints new head of sustainable product as demand for ESG rises
In his new role, new head of sustainable finance product team will be responsible for driving ESG and sustainable investment indexes, data and analytics products at LSEG.