CMB Wing Lung Bank Revamps Back Office The Hong Kong-based CMB Wing Lung Bank has implemented a back-office custody solution from post-trade financial technology vendor GBST in an effort to grow its custody banking business, officials say. The bank, which is a subsidiary of China Merchants Bank, is using GBST’s Syn~Ops Custody product to… Read More >>
ING Bond Traders Cut to the Chase via ‘Katana’
A.I. Tool to Bolster Decision-Making Rather Than Replace Traders With a Samurai sword in mind, ING is using an artificial intelligence (A.I.) tool, dubbed Katana, “to help bond traders make faster and sharper pricing decisions,” according to officials at the firm. The new tool has not been created to replace human traders but to “enhance… Read More >>
McLoughlin Named Sole CEO of BGC Financial for the Americas
Former Co-CEO to Oversee Special BGC Projects BGC Partners, an interdealer broker and technology provider, has appointed Shawn McLoughlin as CEO of BGC Financial for the Americas region, effective immediately. McLoughlin, who has been serving as an executive managing director and co-CEO of BGC Financial, Americas, with Lou Scotto “to define business strategy for new… Read More >>
Clearstream, ColleX Take On Tri-Party Collateral Management
Clearstream, in its role as an international central securities depository, has decided to work with with a collateral exchange platform provider ColleX, part of BGC Partners, in an effort to offer price discovery and best execution in order to streamline the tri-party collateral management process and improve access to a fragmented market. The agreement to… Read More >>
AxiomSL Hires from DTCC to Fill APAC Post
AxiomSL, a regulatory reporting, data and risk management solutions vendor, has hired Peter Tierney away from the DTCC to be CEO of AxiomSL’s Asia Pacific (APAC) región, AxiomSL officials say. Tierney joined the DTCC in 2013 as regional head of Asia, DTCC Deriv/Serv, the over-the-counter (OTC) trade reporting initiative, officials say. Based in Singapore, Tierney,… Read More >>
BGC Partners Sells Trayport to ICE
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the exchanges and clearinghouses network that includes the New York Stock Exchange, reports entering into a definitive agreement to acquire London-based vendor Trayport for $650 million in ICE common stock, representing approximately 2.5 million shares. Trayport, which licenses its technology platform to brokers for electronic and hybrid trade execution, primarily in the European over-the-counter… Read More >>
GFI Launches Platform for ‘Odd Lot’ Corporate Bonds
Interdealer broker GFI Group reports that it has launched a dealer-to-dealer electronic trading platform for so-called odd lot corporate bonds in the U.S., officials say. An “odd lot,” whether of a stock or a bond, is generally defined as a smaller trade such as those that are fewer than 100 shares of a stock. “Odd… Read More >>
BGC Partners Succeeds in Hostile Takeover of GFI Group
It looks like interdealer broker BGC Partners finally has its bid for rival brokerage GFI Group sewn up, with GFI’s board agreeing Friday morning to fully support BGC’s takeover bid. After reaching the deal with GFI Group’s board, BGC officials are extending its $6.10-per-share tender offer to Feb. 26, from its previous deadline of Feb…. Read More >>
GFI’s Gooch Wants a Suitor to Replace BGC
The months-long acquisition saga of interdealer broker GFI Group appears headed for a memorable finale, with GFI Chairman Mickey Gooch reportedly wooing other potential suitors even as rival BGC Partners’ hostile bid remains just short of success. On Friday, Feb. 6, BGC, also an interdealer broker, needed just 1.7 percent more of GFI’s outstanding shares… Read More >>
BGC Offers GFI Stockholders $6.10 per Share
Interdealer broker BGC Partners has upped the ante yet again in its quest to acquire rival GFI Group, raising its all-cash tender offer to $6.10 per GFI share and offering an additional ten cents per share on top of that if GFI’s management countersigns the BGC offer by 11:59 pm on Tuesday, Jan. 20. The… Read More >>
