IT
FXSpotStream looks to growth products beyond spot
New chief exec Jeff Ward highlights NDFs and FX swaps as next boom area for the venue
Banks rent ready-made algos for FX trading
NatWest, XTX Markets and others develop new outsourcing model for tech
Need for security drives cloud adoption, says survey
The share of cloud spend in financial firms’ IT budgets is set to rise to 47% by next year – up from 30% now
Donadio takes CTO role at TradAir
Sebastien Donadio is the former head of software engineering at HC Technologies
Krueger joins Saxo from Barclays
Eric Krueger will take up newly created role of global head of client services
IBM and Avaloq to build Swiss cloud
Swiss Banking Cloud could be ready to on-board new clients in second half of 2018
Holst and Christoffersen join muinmos
Both men will invest in the firm and join its board of the Danish software and onboarding company
Fortex Technologies hires Hendrix
Victor Hendrix will create and lead its newest division, XCloud, a global server grid providing trading infrastructure as a service
Blockchain-based tool offered by smartTrade
Clients will be able to subscribe to the new service and access it through an open API
SmartTrade opens Milan office as client base grows
The company has onboarded new clients in several places, including Germany, Italy, Japan, North America, South Africa and Switzerland
CFTC approves CME and Cboe bitcoin futures
But warns investors it has limited statutory authority over the underlying cash markets and exchanges for bitcoin, which are largely unregulated
Barracuda FX launches OMS Cloud
New cloud-based OMS will include many FX features such as connectivity to Barracuda’s Order Hub service