Tradeweb Markets has appointed former Shutterstock Co-COO and CFO Steven Berns as an independent director on the company's Board.

Digital asset trading platform Bitfinex has deployed a proprietary surveillance tool to combat market abuse and help promote orderly trading on the exchange.

Avelacom has reported a 35 per cent increase in the volume of data transferred between exchanges via its low latency network in March. 

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), an operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, has issued an operational update for customers and other constituents as global financial systems manage through extraordinary volatility amid the spread of COVID-19.

Volante Technologies, a provider of payments and financial messaging solutions to accelerate digital transformation, has announced immediate support for SWIFT Standards Release 2020 MT messages.

GLMX, a specialist in technology for the trading of securities financing transactions, has joined the Partner Programme of trade repository UnaVista, part of London Stock Exchange Group, to simplify Securities Financing Transaction Regulation (SFTR) reporting requirements for market participants.

Fund Recs is to provide Curo Fund Services, South Africa’s largest third-party administrator, with trade capture automation services through its Velocity fund administration software as well as  providing Curo with the capability to manage multiple data sources through its new ETL tool Fusion.

Following an evaluation period in 2019, Crédit Agricole CIB is entering a pilot phase on the Marco Polo Network, a trade and working capital finance network, focused on bringing significant efficiencies in trade, receivables and supply chain financing.

The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has published recommendations for partial settlement in view of the impending Central Securities Depository Regulation (CSDR). 

big xyt has been chosen by European financial service firm Kepler Cheuvreux to provide a range of analytics including Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA).