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Mercury Derivatives Trading Selects Eventus Systems For Trade Surveillance - Global Futures Proprietary Trading Firm Deploys Validus Platform

Date 20/10/2020

Eventus Systems, Inc.<https://www.eventussystems.com/>, a multi-award winning global trade surveillance and risk management software platform provider, today announced that Mercury Derivatives Trading, a global futures proprietary trading firm with more than 500 traders operating in markets on six continents, has deployed Eventus' Validus platform for trade surveillance.

Trading Technologies Contracts With Applied Derivatives For Distribution Of The TT® Platform From South Africa

Date 20/10/2020

Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), a global provider of high-performance professional trading software, infrastructure and data solutions, and Applied Derivatives PTY LTD, a leading securities trading and brokerage firm based in Cape Town, today announced they have entered into an agreement whereby Applied Derivatives becomes the first broker to distribute the TT platform from South Africa. Applied Derivatives is providing international clients with access to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) for trading of all equity and currency derivatives, including futures and options, listed on the JSE Derivatives Market. 

83% Of UK SMEs Say It Is Vital To Commercialise IP, But There Are Too Many Barriers Hindering Efforts, Reveals GovGrant Research

Date 20/10/2020

• 74% acknowledge IP is important to economic recovery from COVID-19 
• The biggest obstacles include the opportunity to patent and the scope to innovate, both accounting for 26% of respondents
• Less than a quarter (24%) think commercialising IP is the primary purpose of a patent, with 38% believing the main purpose is to protect innovations

eToro Chooses Nasdaq To Expand U.S. Market Insight For Global Investors - 15 Million Registered Users Can Access A Greater U.S. Market View Through Nasdaq Basic

Date 20/10/2020

Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) announced today that it is providing real-time market data to eToro, a global multi-asset investment platform empowering its more than 15 million registered users to trade and invest in a simple and transparent way.

LCH Successfully Completes Transition To SOFR Discounting

Date 20/10/2020

• Over one million contracts transitioned with a total notional of $120 trillion 
• Scope of transition included cleared interest rate swaps in SwapClear, deliverable and non-deliverable forwards and options in ForexClear, and cross-currency swaps in SwapAgent
• LCH calculated and processed compensation payments for resulting valuation changes and created compensating swap hedges for risk changes
• Client swap hedges totalling $24bn net notional successfully auctioned off at close to zero cost  
• Auction very well-supported with 18 primary dealer banks submitting competitive bids

Worldline And PSA Payment Services Austria GmbH At The Heart Of Cashless Payments In Austria: Proven Partnership Extended For A Further Five Years

Date 20/10/2020

Worldline (Euronext: WLN) and PSA Payment Services Austria GmbH (PSA), who have been partners for the past eight years, have agreed to continue working together for the benefit of Austria’s digital payment system for a further five years.

IOWArocks Significantly Expands Inter-Dealer Broker Data Coverage - Now With Even Greater Accessibility For Consumers Delivered At Speed, More Efficiently And At A Significantly Reduced Total Cost Of Access Connect Once, Access Everything, Use Anywhere

Date 20/10/2020

IOWArocks, your global data marketplace, today announces a significant expansion of the inter-dealer broker (IDB) datasets available, coupled with greatly improved accessibility for all data consumers via an enhanced WebSockets Connector module.

CLS And SIGTech Collaborate To Offer Quantitative Analytics Capabilities - CLSMarketData Clients To Gain Unique Access To Tailored, Quantitative Research Through SIGTech’s Multi-Asset Systematic Analytics Platform

Date 20/10/2020

CLS, a financial market infrastructure delivering settlement, processing and data solutions, and SIGTech, a leading technology provider to quantitative investment managers, today announce a collaboration to provide CLSMarketData clients with access to SIGTech’s back testing environment and analytics platform.

GPW Introduces Futures On Shares Of ALLEGRO.EU SOCIÉTÉ ANONYME

Date 20/10/2020

• Futures on shares of ALLEGRO.EU SOCIÉTÉ ANONYME have been introduced to trading today
• The three introduced futures series expire in December 2020, March 2021, and June 2021
• The futures multiplier is 100
• The development of derivatives is one of GPW’s strategic initiatives

Oslo Bors: House Of Control Admitted To Trading

Date 20/10/2020

The software as a service company House of Control has today been admitted to trading on Merkur Market (ticker code: HOC-ME).