IPC Launches Connexus Crypto

IPC, a leading provider of secure, compliant communications and multi-cloud connectivity solutions for the global financial markets, announced today the launch of Connexus Crypto, a market leading arbitrage enabling solution for cryptocurrency trading powered by the industry-leading Connexus Cloud platform.  This unique solution is performance engineered to support complex trading strategies and provides low latency connectivity to global crypto-exchanges, enabling instant access to liquidity. Read More

Coming In Hot: Fintech Is Growing, And So Is USAM Group!

NEW YORKOct. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — USAM Group, the distinctive provider of sales, marketing, and advisory services to growth-stage financial technology innovators, is proud to announce the expansion of our client portfolio and our staff, to the benefit of fintech buyers and sellers alike.

New Fintech Firms
We’ve added five exceptional products that help financial institutions make money, save time, avoid risk – and even go greener!  Our newest suppliers: Read More

Euromoney TRADEDATA integrates EDI’s DerivActions feed to launch a leading-edge futures and options corporate actions service

London, UK – 28th September 2021

Euromoney TRADEDATA is pleased to announce the launch of a new corporate actions service for the futures and options industry, through a strategic partnership with EDI (Exchange Data International).

Euromoney TRADEDATA and EDI have collaborated in mutual areas of market interest for many years and so it is with much anticipation that Euromoney TRADEDATA announces this strategic partnership with EDI.  The DerivActions feed is powered by EDI’s WCA, Worldwide Corporate Actions feed and covers all corporate action event types.  The deep integration with Euromoney TRADEDATA’s product suite will provide an effective and fit for purpose corporate actions data service for the futures and options industry, available across all the company’s core feeds and workflow products. Read More

S&P Global and IHS Markit Merger Receives Conditional Approval from European Commission

NEW YORK and LONDON, Oct. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI) and IHS Markit (NYSE: INFO) today announced that they have received a conditional Phase 1 approval for their $44 billion merger from the European Commission (EC), marking another significant step toward the combination of these highly complementary companies.

“The European Commission’s decision provides clarity on the steps we will need to implement to complete our combination,” said Douglas L. Peterson, President and Chief Executive Officer of S&P Global. “Once concluded, I expect the merger of these two great businesses to accelerate innovation within our core services and generate exciting new opportunities that deliver on our capacity to power the markets of the future.” Read More

Exchange Data International to Facilitate Foreign Marginable Securities

London, November 05, 2021 –Exchange Data International (EDI) will provide market participants with Foreign Marginable Securities (FMS) data that determines portfolio margin eligibility for non-US securities.

Earlier this year the OCC decided to discontinue their Foreign Marginable Securities daily feed. This program will now terminate as of November 12, 2021. The purpose of the feed was to list securities trading on non-US markets that have a “ready market” position. Read More