Regulators See Upside to Blockchain/DLT Bitcoin and the other so-called distributed-ledger cryptocurrencies have had a rollercoaster valuations ride so far this year, which may not be surprising to anyone who can identify Mt. Gox or knows that Tether, pitched to investors as the “more stable” cryptocurrency, lost nearly $31 million in tokens near the end… Read More >>
FTF Awards Q&A: Time to Get on the Ops Utility Bus?
(Editor’s note: FTF News recently got time with Gerard Bermingham, executive director of business development at IHS Markit/Information Mosaic and Ellen Schubert, CEO of IHS Markit KY3P, a subsidiary of IHS Markit. The discussion covered industry trends and milestones that helped IHS Market win the Best Corporate Actions Processing Solution and Best Operational Risk Management… Read More >>
BrokerTec Europe Acquires Italian CLOB Platform
BrokerTec Takes Majority Stake in e-MID Officials at BrokerTec Europe, NEX Group’s global electronic fixed income trading platform, say the firm is acquiring a majority stake in e-MID SIM SpA (e-MID), acquiring the Italian electronic central limit order book (CLOB) platform for interbank deposits and overnight indexed swaps (OIS). The acquisition, which was just approved… Read More >>
Markit Lines Up Clients for KY3P Platform
Two Asset Managers Take KY3P Platform Markit, a provider of financial information services and systems, reports that two asset managers — BlueBay Asset Management and Loomis, Sayles & Co. — and a software services company Luxoft are new customers for Markit’s Know Your Third Party (KY3P) platform. The sales for the KY3P platform have been… Read More >>
