February 2011: 
FOW - Article in the February issue .
As the regulators worldwide move closer to mandating that derivatives be handled electronically rather than by hand, the markets are adopting new systems, such as RFQ-hub, to ease the administrative burden on their teams and reduce the risks embedded within the manual trading process.

December 2010: 
FOW - RFQ-hub wins three FOW awards ! .
Storming to a win in two categories (and registering a close second in another), European newcomer RFQ-hub wowed FOW's panel of judges this year with its simple solution for automating requests for quotes between investment firms and banks.

21th December 2010: 
FOW - RFQ-hub's deal with Deutsche Börse "offers synergies" .
RFQ-hub, the multi-dealer platform for listed and OTC derivatives, is selling a minority stake to Deutsche Börse, hoping to gain "neutral investment with the benefit of operational synergies".

6th December 2010: 
bobsguide - RFQ-hub, the platform for listed and OTC derivatives, receives FOW's Awards for Innovation. .
ID's RFQ-hub, the multi-asset multi-dealer platform for listed and OTC Derivatives, has received two awards and a silver commendation for Innovation from FOW - The Global Derivatives Magazine.

9th November 2010: 
Deutsche Börse to acquire a stake in ID's RFQ-hub .
Deutsche Börse AG today announced that it has acquired a minority stake in ID's SAS (Investors Derivatives solutions), a Paris based company specialized in providing integrated on-line technology solutions to the financial markets' buy- and sell-side firms. With this step, Deutsche Börse is extending it's positioning in the provision of pre-trade price transparency in the cash equity and derivatives area for institutional investors. An investment agreement was signed last week, whereby Deutsche Börse will pay a euro amount in the single digit million range.

28th April 2010: 
Tabb Group - European buy side expanding equity derivatives business .
Trading tools need to keep up as the buy side seeks to improve their electronic quote and trade capture capabilities and speed up straight-through processing, as this is a marketplace where they want to trade more if they can.

21st April 2010: 
REUTERS - FSA trading probes hikes demand for new software .
The spectre of insider trading investigations is boosting demand for order systems that generate a single audit trailfrom initial investment idea to execution, according to software makers.( ) A single audit trail, with an exact time stamp on each step leading up to a trade, can help a buyside firm demonstrate that an investment that later produces an event-driven gain was the result of fortuitous timing rather than inside information.

8th February 2010:
Fidessa group plc, provider of the award-winning trading, portfolio management, compliance and global connectivity solutions for the buy-side and sell-side, today announced that ID's RFQ-hub, the bilateral multi-dealer platform for listed and OTC Derivatives for fund managers, has joined its global connectivity network.

27th January 2010:
One of the early adopters of the new platform is Eric Böss, global head of derivatives at RCM, an asset management firm that is aligned with Allianz Global Investors. "We use RFQ-hub to automate what is typically, in most firms, a very manual process," he says. "RFQ-hub allows us to get quotes quickly, efficiently and electronically."

20th October 2009:
For all derivatives markets, the European Commission believes that a comprehensive policy on derivatives is necessary to address the current market failure in the most efficient way. The commission's objectives are to reduce counterparty credit and operational risks, increase transparency and to strengthen market integrity and oversight. To that end, the Commission proposes a package of actions that will be developed into legislative proposals in 2010.

8th October 2009:
Former JP Morgan managing director, David Sagnier, has launched a new derivatives request-for-quote platform, the RFQ-hub, Newswire Today reports. The electronic trading platform for listed and OTC equity derivatives will allow fund managers and their banks to automate their equity derivatives processing.

24th September 2009:
French Finance Innovation pole has rewarded young high tech companies created as RFQ-hub, IT platform for asset managers to request banks quotes to Listed and OTC Derivatives.

3rd July 2009:
The European Commission adopted a Communication on ensuring efficient, safe and sound derivatives markets. The Communication looks at the role played by derivatives in the financial crisis and at the benefits and risks of derivatives markets, and assesses how risks can be reduced.

10th June 2009:
Desperate kingdom of liquidity

9th June 2009:
Bank Of England ‘The State of the Markets: Four Issues’: "The financial community must also be open to more trading in core, vanilla markets going via exchanges or other well-designed platforms