China futures broker Holly chooses Horizon market making platform LeapRate

April 17, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

China futures broker Holly chooses Horizon market making platform

Horizon Software, the global provider of electronic trading and investment management technology, has announced that Holly Futures, China futures company, has selected Horizon’s Platform for market making for iron ore and corn futures on the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE). Holly Futures Co., Ltd. is a large-scale futures company approved by the China Securities Regulatory…

April 17, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

How Blockchain may help homeless people

The city of Austin, Texas, is among the first ones in the world to be putting blockchain to a very useful task: helping the homeless. While the problem exists around the world to different extents, a universal solution to identifying homeless people and taking care of them has not been found. And while investors disagree…

April 16, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Nasdaq sells its Public Relations Solutions and Digital Media Services businesses to West Corporation

Nasdaq, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) has today announced the successful completion of the sale of its Public Relations Solutions and Digital Media Services businesses to West Corporation (“West”), a technology-enabled services company, for approximately $335 million. Through a multi-year partnership with West, Nasdaq has confirmed that it will continue to provide eligible Nasdaq-listed clients with seamless access…

April 16, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Exegy launches Trade Port FX market data service

Exegy Inc., a provider of managed services and low-latency technology for market data normalization and distribution, has announced today the launch of Exegy Trade Port FX, a fully managed FX market data and order execution solution. Trade Port FX delivers network connectivity, normalized market data, and order entry to major FX venues as a fully…

April 16, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Over 100 market participants have made Statements of Commitment to the FX Global Code

The Global Foreign Exchange Committee (GFXC) has announced that well over 100 Market Participants have now made Statements of Commitment to the FX Global Code (Code) less than one year after its launch. The majority of these statements can be found on the eight public registers around the world that have similarly launched since the…

April 16, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: CFD broker Capital.com hires IG executive Ivan Gowan as CEO

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that recently-launched CySEC licensed Retail FX and CFDs broker Capital.com has hired longtime IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) executive Ivan Gowan (pictured above) as its new CEO. Mr. Gowan will be based in London, and also heads up the company's UK office. He replaces Kira Bondareva as CEO. We understand that…

April 16, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Ripple, not Bitcoin, will convert the crypto cynics

Ripple can be expected to “convert the remaining crypto cynics,” according to Nigel Green, the founder and CEO of independent financial services organisation deVere Group. The prediction from Nigel Green comes as Ripple (XRP) experienced a spike last week, adding another $62bn to its market value. The cryptocurrency also broke some key resistance, such as $0.6500…

April 16, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Fortytwo Data appoints Luca Primerano as Chief AI Officer

Anti-money laundering (AML) and Big Data specialist Fortytwo Data has announced that it has appointed machine learning expert Luca Primerano as Chief AI Officer. The firm, based in the City of London, is the only company bringing true machine learning solutions to the field of AML at present. CEO Julian Dixon hopes the new position’s…

April 16, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Alpari’s trading turnover up 45% YoY in 1Q 2018

Retail Forex broker Alpari has announced its trading turnover in the first quarter of 2018, and it surpassed US$429 billion, marking a 45% improvement on the same period in 2017. This improvement is mostly the result of an influx of new clients as well as increased trading activity from Alpari’s existing clients across the world. Alpari's…

April 16, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

HKEX deploys Nasdaq SMARTS Market Surveillance’s latest machine learning

Nasdaq Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) has announced that Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) is the first exchange customer in Asia to successfully deploy Nasdaq SMARTS Market Surveillance’s latest machine learning and participant relationship discovery technology across its equity market, enhancing its capabilities to safeguard market integrity, and better protect investors. Nasdaq has worked closely with…