TradAir rolls out enhanced Full-Amount execution logic, improving fill-ratios LeapRate

Tradair launches white label trading technology

September 13, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

TradAir rolls out enhanced Full-Amount execution logic, improving fill-ratios

Trading technology solutions provider TradAir has announced the roll out of enhanced Full-Amount execution logic, further improving upon its existing Full Amount execution performance. TradAir’s FX technology platform enables banks and brokers to intelligently aggregate the best relationship and anonymous liquidity from the industry’s top liquidity providers (LPs), including global and regional banks, leading non-banks and…

September 12, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Rakuten inks $60 million shirt-patch sponsorship deal with the Golden State Warriors

This is clearly in a different league than some of the recent Forex Sports Sponsorships and brand ambassador-ships we’ve been reporting on the past while, which have become a very hot issue in the FX industry of late. Japanese online e-commerce giant Rakuten Group has inked a three-year, eight figure deal to become a shirt…

September 12, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Saxo Bank total multi-asset trading volumes up 4% in August to $348 billion, FX down 2%

Copenhagen based online brokerage provider Saxo Bank has reported a nice 4% increase in August trading volumes, at $348.4 billion, up from $336.4 billion in July. While Saxo Bank saw healthy double digit percent increases in its non-FX products of Fixed Income (up 14%), Commodities (31%) and Equities (12%) during August, its core FX trading volumes…

September 12, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Get to know yourself through trading

The following article was written by Capital.com. Traders can understand themselves better by trading with Capital.com. The human brain tends to follow various simplifications, or biases, that often divert us from rational thinking. This is true for any number of activities – from standing in crowded lines to paying more for things when cheaper options…

September 12, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

C.L. King & Associates fined $750,000 around AML failures related to 'Death Put' investments

The U.S. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that a FINRA extended hearing panel censured Albany, NY-based broker-dealer C.L. King & Associates, Inc. and fined the firm $750,000 for negligently making material misrepresentations and omissions to issuers in connection with the firm’s redemptions of debt securities on behalf of a hedge fund customer. The…

September 12, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

FXCM posts healthy August Retail FX trading volumes at $223 billion

Retail forex broker FXCM, the operating unit of Global Brokerage Inc (NASDAQ:GLBR), reported fairly healthy FX trading volumes for the month of August, in line with what we've seen from a number of other leading eFX providers. FXCM volumes were $223 billion in August, up 13% over July, making the month one of FXCM's best…

September 12, 2017 BY admin

Japan FSA releases english guide for foreign asset managers to setup Tokyo base

For the further development of Tokyo as an international financial center, the Japan Financial Services Agency (FSA) has been committed to enhancing transparency regarding the procedures for foreign financial business operators to establish a business base in Japan, including to provide more useful information in English regarding the financial market in Japan. As a part…

September 12, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

TMX Group total financings increase 19% MoM in August

TMX Group (TSX:X) has announced its financing activity on Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange for August 2017. Toronto Stock Exchange welcomed three new issuers in August 2017, compared with nine in the previous month and one in August 2016. The new listings included one SPAC, one exchange traded fund and one life sciences…

September 12, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Optimove looks to bring Gaming and FX Broker client retention tools to Financial Services

Customer marketing and retention specialist Optimove has announced its official entry into the financial services space. Optimove’s platform, which is popular among both Gaming and FX Broker clients to whom client retention and minimizing client churn is key to success, is already used by retail and gaming stalwarts like StitchFix, Glossier, 1-800-Flowers, Adore Me and Zynga, and…

September 12, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ICOBox sets out to disrupt venture capital

ICOBox, the provider of SaaS (software as a service) ICO technology, marketing, and legal solutions, announced that has launched a “blockchain jumpstarter” platform aimed at helping launch 800 ICOs in the first year of its operations, targeting $12 billion in total amount of funds collected. ICOBox’s ICOS token is the first token to provide its…