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Upcoming Webinar: Smart Trader Desktops: Placing UX at the front and centre of the trading workflow

Date: 15 October 2024 Time: 10:00am ET / 3:00pm London / 4:00pm CET Duration: 50 minutes Trading strategy is in place, the technology stack is optimised and the trading team is highly skilled – but what about the user experience? Whatever the stack, the desktop, the trading apps and their functionality, a trading platform is…

Connamara’s EP3 Platform Powers the Launch of New Predictions Exchange, ForecastEx

ForecastEx, the new exchange focused on predictions markets for US economic indicators and global climate events, has successfully launched, utilising Connamara Technologies’ EP3 exchange and clearing platform. The exchange allows trading on a range of US economic metrics, such as Unemployment Claims, Consumer Price Index, Retail Sales, Fed Funds rates, and Housing Starts. Additionally, global…

Devexperts Expands DXtrade Platform to Support Futures Trading for Prop Firms

Devexperts has enhanced its white-label trading platform, DXtrade XT, to cater to the growing demand among proprietary trading firms for futures trading technology. The platform, designed for brokers and now expanded for prop trading environments, will enable firms to offer US futures trading to clients globally. DXtrade XT can be deployed either as an off-the-shelf…

Iress Enhances Fixed Income Trading Capabilities Through Strategic Alliance with Ediphy

Financial service software provider Iress, has entered into a strategic partnership with Fixed Income specialist Ediphy, to deliver a comprehensive fixed income trading solution to its global network. The collaboration will provide Iress trading customers with access to a low-cost trading mechanism and the ability to source extensive liquidity from fixed income providers and venues…

ICE Bonds and MarketAxess to Connect Liquidity Networks for Enhanced Fixed Income Trading

ICE Bonds, a division of Intercontinental Exchange, and fixed-income electronic trading platform operator MarketAxess Holdings Inc., are collaborating to integrate their liquidity networks. The partnership aims to boost efficiency and access to deeper liquidity in the fixed income markets, for the benefit of both the institutional and wealth management sectors. The integration, establishing connectivity between…

One Trading Secures OTF License for Crypto Derivatives Trading in the EU

One Trading, the European crypto-asset exchange, has obtained an Organised Trading Facility (OTF) License from the Dutch financial market regulator AFM, establishing itself as a MiFID II trading venue. This is the culmination of a multi-year effort between One Trading, AFM and the Dutch Central Bank (DNB) to bring crypto futures onshore within the EU….

Warsaw Stock Exchange Confirms Roll-Out Date for New Trading System

The Management Board of the Warsaw Stock Exchange (GPW) has confirmed that its new trading system, the Warsaw Automated Trading System (WATS), will go live on 10 November 2025. GPW’s project to develop a new proprietary trading platform commenced in July 2019, at an initial estimated capex cost of PLN 90 million, and with a…

Baton Systems Adds JSCC to CCP Network

Baton Systems has achieved successful bi-directional integration with the Japanese Securities Clearing Corporation (JSCC) via its Core-Collateral ecosystem. The integration allows JSCC’s Clearing Member clients to directly access APAC’s largest central counterparty (CCP), enhancing efficiency by providing normalised data and real-time balance updates. The addition of JSCC complements existing integrations, including SGX, expanding Baton’s network…

OSTTRA and SpectrAxe Partner to Streamline OTC FX Options Post-Trade Workflow

Post-trade solutions provider OSTTRA has partnered with SpectrAxe, the all-to-all marketplace for over-the-counter (OTC) FX options, to offer a comprehensive end-to-end service encompassing price discovery, execution, booking, and risk management for the OTC FX options market. The partnership merges SpectrAxe’s central limit order book (CLOB) capabilities with OSTTRA’s extensive post-trade network, enabling full automation of…

QuantHouse Partners with QUOD to Enhance AI-Driven Trading Algorithms & TCA

Iress’s QuantHouse division has formed a strategic global partnership with multi-asset trading technology provider QUOD Financial. Under the agreement, QuantHouse will supply low-latency and historical market data to QUOD, which will be utilised for back-testing and optimisation of QUOD’s AI-driven trading algorithms, and to facilitate real-time, highly accurate transaction cost analysis (TCA) at the point…