Officials at CQG and Webull Securities (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. report that CQG is providing global trading infrastructure and order-routing access to support Webull Singapore’s new futures offering, which will be integrated with other offerings from Webull entities in Asia-Pacific that also use CQG technology. Webull Singapore is a subsidiary of Webull Corp. in the United… Read More >>
Exegy’s Axiom Platform Adds Key Canadian Feeds
Axiom, a market data-as-a-service solution platform, has expanded its real-time, low-latency equity data access to key Canadian feeds, officials say. Axiom is an offering from Exegy, a market data, trading technology, and managed services provider for the capital markets. The expanded coverage is facilitated via Exegy’s implementation of the TMX Information Processor (TMX IP), a… Read More >>
SEC & CFTC Scale Back to Skeleton Staffs
With the shutdown of the U.S. federal government, the financial markets regulators — the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) — have issued guidelines to help staff members and market participants maintain some regulatory requirements. During the shutdown, the SEC “will have only an extremely limited number of staff… Read More >>
Smartstream Technologies Rebrands Itself
Smartstream Technologies has rebranded all of its solutions, which now carry the “Smart” prefix, as a sign of a new, cohesive effort focused on making the company a data solutions leader, officials say. The company’s main offerings are now known as: Smart Reconciliations, for reconciliations and exceptions management; Smart Liquidity, for cash and liquidity management;… Read More >>
Google Cloud Passes Test for Low-Latency Trading
Google Cloud has proven its capability to deliver Tick-to-Trade (T2T) latency at sub-2 microseconds (µs), based on benchmark testing conducted by 28Stone Consulting, a financial technology and consulting services provider. This study demonstrates that cloud infrastructure is becoming increasingly capable of meeting the high demands of modern-day institutional trading firms, officials say. 28Stone carried out… Read More >>
Rimes to Offer CanDeal Bond Pricing Data
Rimes has integrated into its data service Canadian fixed income reference pricing services and a security master offering from the CanDeal Group in an effort to bring new transparency to the opaque Canadian bond market, officials say. Officials at Rimes, which offers enterprise data management and investment platform solutions, say the CanDeal Data & Analytics… Read More >>
Layoffs Not Ruled Out as StoneX Integrates RJO
StoneX Group Inc. has completed its acquisition of R.J. O’Brien (RJO), regarded as the oldest independent futures brokerage in the United States, and is positioning the combined company as the largest non-bank futures commission merchant (FCM) in the U.S. In the meantime, Philip Smith, CEO of StoneX, has not ruled out layoffs as a result… Read More >>
DTCC to Explore Fnality Integration with Digital Launchpad
Post-trade infrastructure provider the Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. (DTCC) and a provider of regulated DLT-based wholesale payment systems Fnality are collaborating “on the potential integration of the Fnality wholesale payments system (FnPS) as a payment rail” within DTCC’s recently introduced Digital Launchpad, officials say. The Digital Launchpad supports “the testing and advancement of emerging… Read More >>
Nasdaq Wants ‘Smart Reforms’ to Strengthen Public Companies
Private markets are becoming more appealing as public companies face greater burdens and an unpredictable regulatory environment. So say Nasdaq officials who want to change this situation by strengthening capital markets and recommending key public policy proposals to make that happen. The policy recommendations are featured in a paper, “Advancing the U.S. Public Markets: Unlocking… Read More >>
Q&A: Tariff Battles Could Lead to Ops Layoffs
(Last week, Johnson Associates, a provider of compensation consulting services, presented a review of the financial services industry in 2024 and initial thoughts on compensation and related developments for 2025. Some of the key matters covered included the layoffs of 2024, the convergence of public and private markets, technologies impacting headcount, and the surprises so… Read More >>
