RoboMarkets Official-sponsor-BC-Zalgiris
July 10, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

RoboMarkets sponsors popular Lithuanian basketball club BC Žalgiris

CySEC regulated online brokerage and investment company RoboMarkets has announced that it has signed an official partnership agreement with BC Žalgiris. Under this Agreement, RoboMarkets becomes an official sponsor of BC Žalgiris in the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL) during the 2018/2019 season. Žalgiris is a basketball club based in Kaunas, Lithuania. It was founded back in…

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fca warning
July 10, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Cooper & Sloane Associates firm

UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its latest warning against an unregulated financial services provider targeting UK consumers. The FCA’s latest warning is against the company Cooper & Sloane Associates. Cooper & Sloane Associates is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying…

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Maria Lopez Goldi MT4 marketing
July 10, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

MT4 integrator Gold-i hires Amex veteran Maria Lopez to head marketing

MetaTrader technologies specialist Gold-i has announced that it has expanded its team with a series of senior promotions and new appointments to reflect client demand and global growth opportunities for its multi-asset liquidity management and risk management products. Julian Elliott, former Operations Director at Gold-i has been promoted to Chief Commercial Officer, responsible for sales…

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TP ICAP volumes
July 10, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

TP ICAP revenues up 3% YoY in 1H 2018

Ahead of the interim results for the six months to 30 June 2018, to be announced on 7 August 2018, TP ICAP plc (the Company) has provided an update on trading and a change in leadership. Trading update Revenues for the six months to 30 June were 3% higher than the prior year at constant…

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Harry Campbell Lamerton Valutrades
July 10, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Valutrades hires ADSS's Harry Campbell-Lamerton as COO

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that FCA regulated Retail and Institutional FX and CFD brokerage Valutrades has hired Harry Campbell-Lamerton as the company's new Chief Operating Officer (COO). Harry Campbell-Lamerton joins Valutrades in London with over 10 years of experience in FX brokerage and Prime of Prime services. Most recently, he worked at the UK…

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FlexTrade integrates SmartStream RDU for MiFID II order ticket compliance
July 10, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FlexTrade integrates SmartStream RDU for MiFID II order ticket compliance

FlexTrade and The SmartStream Reference Data Utility (RDU) have just announced the integration of the SmartStream RDU with the FlexTRADER EMS (execution management system). The integration offers mutual clients the ability to embed SmartStream RDU’s Systematic Internaliser (SI) Registry information directly into the send order ticket, providing much needed clarity on counterparty SI status, prior…

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FlexTrade adds Paul Beatty to team
July 10, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Credit Benchmark names Nasdaq's Nick Pastoressa Chief Product and Technology Officer

Credit Benchmark, the consensus based credit analytics company, has just announced the appointment of Nick Pastoressa as Chief Product and Technology Officer, effective immediately. He will be based in the firm’s New York office and will spearhead both product strategy and development as Credit Benchmark expands its suite of innovative data and analytic solutions to…

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Euronext's Optiq trading platform goes live on cash markets
July 10, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Euronext's Optiq trading platform goes live on cash markets

Euronext, the pan-European exchange in the Eurozone, has announced that Optiq, its new trading platform, is now live on cash markets, including equities, structured products, ETFs and fixed income. Optiq gives investors access to trading across all asset classes available on Euronext’s pan-European exchanges. Optiq has demonstrated an average performance latency of as low as…

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