Total average daily volume at CME Group fell in the third quarter due to low levels of interest rate volatility, although volumes rose in metals, equities, agriculture contracts and outside the US.
IEX Exchange has announced a new version of The Signal, also knows as the Crumbling Quote Indicator, a predictive model that targets adverse price changes and powers IEX Exchange’s signature protective order types.
It was the mid-1990s, and, in lower Manhattan, a digital usurping was afoot. Computers had become integral to the workflows of technology-savvy traders and investors by then. But the broader financial industry was final…
Finance, at its heart, is the movement of capital. It is the art of channeling idle assets to where they can generate the most value. From this perspective, the history of financial markets is, in essence, a history of …
Before taking the helm of Bloomberg Tradebook in 2015, Glenn Lesko held senior positions at another leading agency brokerage, Instinet, where he started as CEO of Instinet Asia in 2006 and later became head of Americas …
When brokers for institutional investors choose to route trades to market makers categorized as single dealer platforms they may not be getting the best prices for their clients, according to a new report from BestEx Re…
While the exchange landscape looks different these days with fewer exchange operators than eight years ago, some things still are constant – such as the battle for order flow and payment of rebates to get it. However, t…
UK based FX and CFDs broker CMC Markets has announced the Australia launch of its new Prime Derivatives platform, an advanced trading system providing institutional and professional partners in Australia with enhanced a…
Singapore has quietly been playing host to some of the most advanced explorations into cryptocurrency and decentralized finance (DeFi) ever done by big banks, institutions and regulators.
Officials say that making access to PrizmNet—which connects more than 85 exchanges, trading venues and service providers to more than 10,000 market participants—in Verne’s datacenter will help clients achieve cost savin…
Institutional Investor revealed a list of 2016 Fintech Finance 35, crowning leading financial experts and facilitators in the booming fintech industry. They are strategic advisers, collaborators, also funders and mostly…
Institutional investors and active traders are monitoring this development for its potential impact on market structure, liquidity and cross-asset flows. Positioning across equities, FX and fixed income may adjust as ne…
Wall Street may have re-entered bull market-territory, but increasing stock prices are not doing anything to revive investor interest in taking cryptocurrency companies public through special-purpose acquisition compani…