CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) announced it plans to list options on Blue Apron Holdings, Inc. (APRN), a meal-kit delivery service. CBOE Holdings anticipates trading in options on Blue Apron will begin on Monday, July 10, at Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and C2 Options Exchange (C2), once the underlying stock has been certified as…
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Singapore Exchange (SGX) announced the re-designation of Professor Hans Tjio as the Deputy Chairman of the Listings Advisory Committee (LAC) and the appointment of Mr Goh Kian Hwee as a member of the LAC with effect from 5 July 2017. The appointments are made in consultation with the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Professor Tjio who…
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Consistent with what we've been seeing at other leading eFX trading venues for the month of June, Copenhagen based multi-asset broker Saxo Bank has reported that it saw an overall 4% MoM increase in trading volumes during June, including a 3% rise in FX trading volumes. FX volumes came in at $242 billion for June versus $235…
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced that it has issued an Order of Registration to LedgerX LLC, granting it registration status with the CFTC as a Swap Execution Facility (SEF). LedgerX is a limited liability company registered in Delaware with its primary place of business in New York, NY. CFTC has approved the…
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The following article was written by Tony Chrystopher, Financial Analyst at UFX.com's Trading Support Center. UFX.com Weekly Market Review – Sunday, July 9, 2017 Here are some of the major financial events of the past week and how they impacted the currency and commodity markets. The EUR/USD fell by -0.19%, closing the week at $1.1401. The…
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U.S. Retail Forex Broker client assets held showed a MoM uptick from reporting data filed with the CFTC as of May 31st. The report revealed a 1.74% increase in assets held by FCMs from April's $524,757,888 to $533,886,026 for May 2017. This is also $10 million more in assets from March’s $523,750,637. If the trend…
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GMO Internet Inc. (TYO:9449) group company GMO Click Securities, a Japanese provider of online securities broking services has announced the launch of "GMO-FX DASH" to its Forex trading offering. GMO - FX DASH makes it easy to place trades from mobile charts to take advantage of speed orders, fast trends, and the latest news, etc.…
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The move into summer months did not seem to slow down the stream of Forex Industry News this past week, with all the top stories once again appearing exclusively (or first, before being copied elsewhere) at LeapRate. We exclusively reported on Turkey's ban on accounts and trading with foreign Forex brokers, on GKFX's second major…
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The following article was written by Jens Chrzanowski, Member of the Management Board of Admiral Markets Group AS. Hello, It’s summertime, and also a US holiday this week… So not too much going on in the markets, so today I’d like to write about something related to trading… Trading movies! If you’re struggling with the heat,…
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The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published today the consultation paper titled Recommendations of Liquidity Risk Management for Collective Investment Schemes, which seeks to address structural vulnerabilities arising from asset management activities, as part of its mission to protect investors and mitigate systemic risk in global financial markets. IOSCO also published today another…
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