InfoReach, a trading technology provider, is to have its InfoReach trade management system (TMS) distributed in the emerging markets by Marco Polo Network, an electronic trading platform.
French broker CA Chevreux has started offering its institutional investor clients access to firms listed on the Saudi Arabian stock market (Tadawul) through swap products.
William J. Brodsky, the newly-appointed chairman of the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), asserted that the global financial markets are at a “critical juncture” in their evolution, as the federation laid out three priorities for 2009.
Realtime Systems Group (RTS), a trading solutions provider, is to offer its clients connectivity to Nasdaq Dubai, formerly known as the Dubai International Financial Exchange.
Fidessa, a provider of trading, compliance and connectivity solutions, has hired two new staff as part of its expansion in the Middle East, and plans to set up a regional headquarters in Bahrain.
Technology provider Charles River Development is expecting to attract more South African buy-side firms to use its Investment Management System (IMS) in 2009 after signing three companies last year.
US equities trading venue Direct Edge will extend the trading hours on its three platforms – EDGA, EDGX and the newly acquired ISE Stock Exchange – in response to international and local client demand.