Estonia based Retail FX brokerage firm Admiral Markets Group AS has announced that it has hired Robert Shadforth to the position of Executive Director of its FCA regulated subsidiary Admiral Markets UK Ltd. LeapRate had reported exclusively back in July that Simon Roberts had resigned as Managing Director of Admiral Markets UK. He had joined the company in…
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Framework, a specialist global solutions vendor for Private Equity (PE) and Real Estate (RE) investments, has just announced that it has made a senior hire to its leadership team amid increasing demand for its enterprise investment accounting data management solutions. The role will strengthen the focus on innovation and delivering the best service to Framework’s…
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Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão (B3) and Shanghai Stock Exchange have announced that they have officially launched market data cooperation. SSE InfoNet Co., Ltd. (InfoNet), the wholly owned subsidiary of Shanghai Stock Exchange, together with its subsidiary in Hong Kong-China Investment Information Services Limited (CIIS) will act as the administer and official distributor of B3 market data…
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Preparing the launch of Dukascoins ICO, Dukascopy Bank has announced the Live testing of its crypto-funding functionality, which is an important element of the infrastructure built by the Bank for operating with crypto-currencies. What does crypto-funding stand for? This is the bridge between the client’s account with Dukascopy Bank and a crypto-currency wallet of that…
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Jeff Wilkins, Managing Director of IS Risk Analytics highlights the pitfalls for brokers of revenue share opportunities with Liquidity Providers, in a special guest post exclusive to LeapRate. As with any deal, if it seems too good to be true, it normally is. With many Liquidity Providers now offering revenue shares we are increasingly seeing…
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RSRCHXchange, the research marketplace and aggregator, has just announced an ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) initiative with dedicated functionality on its RSRCHX platform focusing on specialist ESG research. With concerns around responsible investing becoming increasingly prevalent, ESG research has seen a large rise in popularity, helping investors ensure they are able to direct their funds…
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Itiviti, the global provider of multi-asset trading technology and financial infrastructure, has just announced that it has received the ISO 27001 certification mark for its information security program. Itiviti has been certified for the provisioning of products and services related to its UL Platform, Xilix Execution Management System, NYFIX Marketplace, and corporate information systems. In…
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The global market global market of the Vienna Stock Exchange continues to grow. The second largest segment of the Vienna Stock Exchange is being expanded with attractive listings of the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ. US stocks and global shares of the two largest stock exchanges worldwide - by the value of the listed…
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IdentityMind, Digital Identities You Can Trust, has just announced that B2Broker, a provider of liquidity and technology solutions for the foreign exchange and cryptocurrency markets, has selected IdentityMind to meet its know your customer (KYC) and anti-money laundering (AML) compliance requirements for itself and its global business-to-business (B2B) clients. In our line of business, KYC…
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oneZero Financial Systems has announced the addition of Jefferies Financial Services, Inc. to its core product offering for clients. Jefferies is a prime broker offering open market access to oneZero EcoSystem clients. As part of the agreement, Jefferies eFX, the firm’s electronic client trading platform, joins the EcoSystem, with FX market making in over 50 instruments. Andrew…
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