March 02, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Financial services company Edelweiss Singapore extends tech strategy with Horizon

Horizon Software, the global provider of electronic trading and investment management technology, announced the extension of its long-term relationship with Edelweiss International Singapore (Pte) Limited, a subsidiary of Edelweiss Financial Services Limited, one of India’s leading diversified financial services companies. Edelweiss will be using the latest version of Horizon’s trading technology as a strategic element…

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March 02, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CME Group interest rate volume up 9% in February, second highest monthly ADV ever

Derivatives marketplace operator CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) announced that February 2017 average daily volume (ADV) reached 18.4 million contracts, down 1% from a strong February 2016. CME Group February 2017 options volume averaged 3.8 million contracts per day, up 9% versus February 2016, with electronic options averaging 2.2 million contracts per day, up 17% over…

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March 02, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

JFD Brokers adds Forex regulatory expert Demetris Tsingis to its Board

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that CySEC regulated retail forex and CFDs broker JFD Brokers has added Demetris Tsingis to its Board of Directors as an independent non-executive director. Demetris Tsingis runs FINCAP Advisers Ltd., a boutique financial advisory firm which provides turnkey tailored services to regulated financial entities, offering licensing and post-licensing services across all renowned EU…

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March 02, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Canadian authorities planning crackdown on binary options

Provincial market watchdogs are trying to shut down the mechanisms used to entice investors into binary options trading schemes. Securities regulators have released numerous warnings over the past year saying that no one is registered to offer binary options in Canada. Yet still schemes promoting the get-rich-quick investments continue to proliferate and cause losses for…

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March 02, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Eurex records strong volumes in VSTOXX products in February

Investors rely strongly on VSTOXX derivatives to hedge their exposure to equity and credit markets at Eurex, Europe’s largest derivatives exchange, Deutsche Börse announced earlier today. VSTOXX is the Europe’s volatility benchmark. It reflects investor sentiment uncertainty by measuring implied volatility of the EURO STOXX 50. In February, the Average Daily Volume reached 119,838 contracts.…

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March 02, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Low Forex Volatility? Here’s what you need to do...

This article was written by Jens Chrzanowski, Regional German Director at FCA regulated broker Admiral Markets UK. Hello! We all go through periods in life where we don’t get what we want. Unfortunately, it happens! As a trader, sometimes there’s nothing more annoying than periods of low volatility, i.e. when there’s not much fluctuation in…

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