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September 25, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: FIXI plc adds Tom Tragett as Chief Market Analyst, David Freeman as Head of Retail FX

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that FCA regulated institutional FX broker FIXI plc has appointed Tom Tragett as Chief Market Analyst. FIXI is controlled by Goran Drapac, also the founder and shareholder of Australia based Retail FX broker AxiCorp, which operates the AxiTrader brand. Tom Tragett has been involved in the FX markets for nearly 40…

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NEX TriOptima simplifies compliance with the initial margin rules
September 25, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

NEX TriOptima simplifies compliance with the initial margin rules

NEX TriOptima, a NEX Group (LON:NXG) business which lowers costs and mitigates risk in OTC derivatives markets, has announced that it can simplify compliance with the initial margin (IM) rules with its end-to-end solution that requires just one simple trade file. Approximately ten firms were brought in-scope in September 2018. However, thousands of buy-side participants…

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September 25, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

AMF warns against unauthorized forex website

The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) and the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution (ACPR) have published a list of new websites and entities offering investments on the unregulated foreign exchange (Forex) market in France, without authorisation to do so. Here is the new website recently identified: www.london-equity.com / London Equity Ltd A list…

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Cobalt names Darren Coote Managing Director
September 25, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Cobalt names Darren Coote Managing Director

Cobalt, the foreign exchange (FX) post-trade processing network based on shared infrastructure and high performance technology, has informed that it has appointed FX industry veteran Darren Coote as managing director. Darren Coote has been working with Cobalt since the end of 2017 as a strategic advisor and will now take on responsibility for the day…

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September 25, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Integral appoints Gavin Bambury as Chief Technology Officer

Integral, the technology partner trusted by banks, brokers, and asset managers to help them outperform their competition in the foreign exchange market, has just announced the appointment of ex-ION Trading CEO Gavin Bambury as its Chief Technology Officer (CTO). He brings more than two decades of trading and technology experience to his role at Integral.…

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September 25, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

CMC Markets lowers guidance expecting 20% drop in Revenues

London based online FX, CFDs and spreadbetting broker CMC Markets Plc (LON:CMCX) has issued a Trading Update ahead of the close of the company's Fiscal 2019 second quarter at the end of September, indicating that it is forecasting a greater-than-expected drop in Revenues for the full year (which ends for CMC on March 31, 2019). CMC…

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September 25, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

BlackRock to launch Inclusion & Diversity fund with Thomson Reuters

BlackRock has announced that it has collaborated with information giant Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI) to launch an exchange traded fund (ETF) to provide investors with a way to invest in companies across developed and emerging markets that promote diversity and inclusion practices, which have been shown to benefit companies’ long-term performance. The iShares Thomson Reuters Inclusion…

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