July 18, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Protectionists, Brexit and Cheese: The Impact of the EU’s Latest Trade Deal on the Currency Markets

Four years in the making and 18 rounds of negotiations later, and the Euro-Japanese free-trade agreement finally got the green light. Announced officially on Thursday 6 July, the colloquially named ‘cars for cheese’ deal is expected to increase European exports to Japan by €20bn a year, writes FXTM Staff Writer, Emma Davidson. Europe has pressed…

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July 18, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Ullink and Enfusion partner to offer allocation and post-trade matching service via NYFIX

ULLINK, a global provider of electronic trading and connectivity solutions to the financial community, and Enfusion, a provider of innovative, cloud-based investment management software solutions, today announced a new solution for users of Enfusion’s Integráta buy-side Order & Execution Management System (OEMS). The new solution utilizes ULLINK’S NYFIX network to automate allocation and post-trade confirmation/affirmation…

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July 18, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Italy regulator CONSOB warns against B4Markets Ltd

The National Commission for Companies and the Stock Exchange (Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa – CONSOB) has reported that the company B4Markets Ltd is not authorised to provide investment services and activities in Italy by any means and, therefore, including through the website www.b4markets.com. The CONSOB is the public authority responsible for…

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July 18, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Irish Stock Exchange launches new T7 trading technology

The Irish Stock Exchange (ISE) announced that has gone live with Deutsche Börse’s new T7 trading platform for the Irish equity market. This new platform further enhances the performance and capacity of the ISE’s equity market offering. T7 delivers synergies, which make it even easier and reduces cost for international trading firms to connect and…

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July 18, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

IG Group releases annual results 2017, net trading revenue up 8%

UK online trading leader IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) today announced results for the year ended 31 May 2017. Financial Summary Net trading revenue up 8% at £491.1 million (Net trading revenue is trading revenue after deducting introducing partner commissions. All references to ‘revenue’ in the Group Performance and Operating and Financial reviews are made with regards…

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July 18, 2017 BY admin

Tel Aviv Stock Exchange launches foreign company bond index

The Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) launched this week, a new index: the Tel Bond-Global, which is based on shekel bonds of foreign companies traded on TASE. Bonds included in this index are traded at a higher yield than bonds included in the Tel Bond-Shekel index, the credit rating of which is identical to that of…

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July 18, 2017 BY admin

Cloud-based payments provider Form3 raises $5m led by Barclays

This latest funding will be used to continue building on Form3’s momentum in the UK and expand services across Europe and North America. Form3, the cloud-based, end-to-end, secure platform for global payments processing, today announced it has secured a strategic investment from Barclays PLC (LON: BARC) the Angel Co-Fund and several individual investors who have…

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July 18, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Donalds and Brinkley firm

UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its latest warning against an unregulated financial services provider targeting UK consumers. The FCA’s latest warning is against the firm Donalds and Brinkley. Donalds and Brinkley is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…

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