April 04, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Des Grech replaces Stephen Williams as CEO of Playtech's TradeTech Alpha

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that online gaming and financial trading company Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC) is continuing to reshape the management team at its financial division TradeTech Group. Most recently, Playtech has replaced the CEO at its FCA regulated arm TradeTech Alpha Limited. Leaving the company is Stephen Williams, CEO of TradeTech Alpha since the company's…

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April 04, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Trading Technologies extends TT Platform into Tokyo

Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), a global provider of high-performance professional trading software, has announced the availability of execution and client connectivity services in Tokyo via its TT platform. This move strengthens TT’s presence in the Asia/Pacific region, providing users there with increased accessibility to low-latency execution through TT’s worldwide network of colocated data centers.…

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April 04, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Why streaming analytics is important in real-time stock-trading analysis

Streaming analytics programs have swiftly and somewhat quietly risen to a must-have resource for fast-paced markets such as trading that require quick thinking and fast decisions in the midst of fast flowing data and information. Streaming analytics solutions can stream data from a variety of sources, including devices, sensors, websites, social media sites, applications, and…

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April 04, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

NEX Group market volumes drop in March

NEX Group plc (LON:NXG), a financial technology company at the centre of global markets, announced today its trading statement for the month of March 2018. Spot FX results were down 14% MoM to 92.7. US Treasury’s numbers have also plunged with 21% from February's 238.7. The complete results can be seen in the table below:…

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April 04, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Japanese corporate Mitsui & Co joins CLSSettlement

The market infrastructure group delivering settlement, processing and data solutions company CLS has announced today the first Japanese corporate to join CLSSettlement via third-party access. Mitsui & Co, a Japanese general trading company with a diverse business portfolio including machinery, chemicals, logistics, finance and natural resources, is now settling its FX transactions in CLSSettlement via…

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April 04, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Duco hires Mireille Dyrberg from NEX Group TriOptima as COO

Duco, the data engineering technology company, has just announced that Mireille Dyrberg has joined the company as Chief Operating Officer, assuming responsibility for customer success, all administrative functions, finance and legal. Mireille Dyrberg joins from NEX Group (LON:NXG)’s TriOptima, where she was Chief Operating Officer and previously CEO of EMEA. The appointment follows a recent…

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April 04, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Animatronic Arnie is back to boost PPI deadline campaign

The animatronic head of Arnold Schwarzenegger is back today to remind people to check whether they had payment protection insurance (PPI) and make a decision about whether to make a complaint before the deadline on 29 August 2019. In the new TV ad and themed radio adverts, Animatronic Arnie highlights that PPI was sold alongside a…

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April 04, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

ADS Securities adds 5 top cryptocurrencies to its OREX trading platform

Abu Dhabi based international financial services firm ADS Securities has announced that traders using its proprietary OREX platform are now able to trade five cryptocurrencies, adding to Bitcoin and Ethereum which have been available since last year. ADS Securities soft launched the new products to existing customers in mid-March with a good response, and given that the broader interest in cryptocurrency trading remains will now be marketing…

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April 04, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bancor launches crypto wallet with built-in conversion between tokens

More than 1,000 blockchain-based apps have launched their own digital currencies or “tokens” - for example, Ether which allows users to commit transactions on the Ethereum blockchain, or Filecoin for storing and retrieving data. The explosion in digital currencies poses an age-old challenge for consumers: The currencies they hold aren’t necessarily the ones they need…

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April 04, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Saxo Bank's Christian Hammer on its new trading platform SaxoTraderPRO

LeapRate Exclusive Interview... Leading multi asset broker Saxo Bank announced earlier today its latest platform innovation with the release of SaxoTraderPRO, aimed at the active trader and institutional client. But how is SaxoTraderPRO different from Saxo Bank's previous platforms? What will it be replacing? How might ESMA's leverage cap cuts affect Saxo Bank's plans? We thought…

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