March 08, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff
CMC Markets builds Australia stockbroking business with new ANZ partnership
CMC Markets will now become the second-largest stockbroker in Australia, Revenues to grow by A$40M.
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March 08, 2017 BY admin
Trading Technologies connects to Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange
Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), a global provider of high-performance professional trading software, today announced Trading Technologies now offers connectivity to Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange (DGCX) through its TT trading platform. With this new connection, commodity and currency derivatives traders can utilize TT’s robust functionality, including the TT Mobile applications for iOS and Android…
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March 07, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff
Australia investment manager Dalton Street Capital chooses FlexTrade for multi asset EMS
Multi-asset execution and order management systems company FlexTrade Systems has announced that Sydney-based Dalton Street Capital has deployed its FlexTRADER EMS (execution management system) to facilitate global cross asset trading of futures, equities and FX. Dalton Street Capital Pty Ltd is a Corporate Authorised Representatives of ASIC-licensed broker Prodigy Investment Partners Limited. According to Alan Sheen, Co-Founder…
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March 07, 2017 BY admin
TradingScreen expands European operations with new Frankfurt office
TradingScreen (TS), the electronic trading solutions provider, has announced the expansion of its European operations with the opening of a new office in Frankfurt, Germany. Financial services veteran, Michael Kuhlow, has recently joined as Director to lead the Frankfurt operations. Michael Kuhlow, equipped with 20 years of experience in financial services and awareness of regional…
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March 07, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova
OSC announces new Commissioner appointments
Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) Chair and CEO Maureen Jensen announced today the following appointments to the OSC. The Commissioners will each serve a two-year term effective February 2, 2017. Robert P. Hutchison spent more than 40 years with Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, where he practiced business law, focusing on financial services. In addition to advising…
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March 07, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova
Issuer Direct partners with Wall Street Horizon
Issuer Direct Corporation (NYSE MKT: ISDR), the company behind the premier communications and compliance platform, and Wall Street Horizon, the corporate events surveillance company, just announced that have partnered to bring Wall Street Horizon's corporate events data to Investor Relations and Corporate Communications professionals via Issuer Direct's Platform id. We are increasingly seeing Investor Relations…
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March 07, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova
European Stability Mechanism raises €3 billion in new 10-year bond
The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) today raised €3 billion in a new 10-year bond. The strong order book allowed the ESM to pre-fund €1 billion towards its funding needs for the remainder of the year. Siegfried Ruhl, ESM Head of Funding, commented: It is very pleasing to see such strong investor appetite for the ESM’s final…
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March 07, 2017 BY admin
LSE’s TRADEcho service approved as a Trade Data Monitor for SIX Swiss Exchange
SIX Swiss Exchange announced today approval of the London Stock Exchange’s TRADEcho service as a Trade Data Monitor (TDM) for the SIX Swiss Exchange. This agreement enables foreign participants (Remote Members) of the SIX Swiss Exchange to meet their reporting obligations for trades in Swiss securities admitted for trading on a Swiss regulated market via the…
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March 07, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova
TMX Group releases February trading statistics, a new record for Montréal Exchange
TMX Group Limited (TSX:X) today announced February 2017 trading statistics for its marketplaces – Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TSX Alpha Exchange (Alpha), Montréal Exchange (MX) and NGX. MX achieved a new open interest record for Options on Three-Month Canadian Bankers' Acceptance Futures (OBX) of 315,410 contracts on February 17, 2017. To see the…
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March 07, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova
IOSCO finds little evidence of declining secondary corporate bond market liquidity
A report published today by the Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has found no substantial evidence showing that liquidity in the secondary corporate bond markets between 2004 and 2015 has deteriorated markedly from historic norms for non-crisis periods. The report, titled Examination of Liquidity of the Secondary Corporate Bond Markets, presents…
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