American Financial Exchange (AFX), an electronic exchange for direct interbank lending and borrowing for American financial institutions, has just announced a record month of trading, with $11.75 billion traded across all products. The month of March had already seen a record day (with $735 million traded) and a record week (with $3.5 billion traded). AFX…
Read moreThe Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) has just issued a public warning regarding the activities of the website https://epargne-eco.fr/, proposing savers to invest in various projects and pretending to be a crowdfunding advisor (CIP) – or about to be registered. The website https://epargne-eco.fr/ offers investors the opportunity to invest in different kind of projects as…
Read moreCyprus financial regulator CySEC has announced that it has issued a €30,000 fine to Leadcapital Markets Ltd. Leadcapital operates the Retail FX broker brands Trade.com and FINEXO. According to CySEC, the sanction was imposed because Leadcapital did not act honestly, fairly and professionally in accordance with the best interests of its clients in Romania, in a roughly…
Read moreSingapore Exchange (SGX) has announced the appointment of Mark Leahy as Head of Fixed Income. In this role, Mark Leahy will be responsible for executing the strategy for SGX’s bond trading business, SGX Bond Pro, including driving institutional participation. He will also continue to strengthen SGX’s Asia leadership in bond listings, maintaining the growth momentum…
Read moreLeapRate 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…
Read moreTrading 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.…
Read moreStreaming 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…
Read moreNEX 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:…
Read moreThe 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…
Read moreDuco, 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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