Commerzbank streamlines cross-asset trading with migration to Murex platform
The bank has migrated its foreign exchange, commodities, derivatives, and equities onto Murex’s MX.3 platform.
The bank has migrated its foreign exchange, commodities, derivatives, and equities onto Murex’s MX.3 platform.
Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank and Macquarie have all restructured or exited the equities market as larger institutions maintained their grip on market share.
ODDO BHF will be used by Commerzbank across its equity brokerage and equity research divisions following plans to exit the market.
Traders using the BidFX platform can now access the FX algo suite from Commerzbank directly in latest partnership.
Under Strategy 2024, Commerzbank plans to cut 10,000 full time employees in a bid to save €1.4 billion in the next three years.
Commerzbank agreed to sell its equity markets and commodities business to Societe Generale in July 2018, including its ETF products and asset management business.
Project saw cash and securities tokens swapped for settlement using DLT, and tokenised cash used as collateral for margin requirements.
Panelists at Sibos in London agreed that flash crashes are more common in markets today, but the industry still lacks understanding.
The newly formed group is led by Roman Schmidt, who took over the FICC business at Commerzbank earlier this year.
State Street, BNY Mellon and MUFG among those backing the tokenisation project aimed at transforming clearing and settlement.