csa report
February 28, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Canadian securities regulators increase collaboration to deter market misconduct

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) released its 2016 Enforcement Report. The ninth annual report highlights actions taken across Canada to deter and sanction wrongdoing in the capital markets. In 2016, CSA members continued with efforts to deter and sanction financial wrongdoing, with two jurisdictions implementing whistleblower programs, and a third partnering with law enforcement,” said…

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February 28, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ICAP dismissed from US Libor class action case

NEX Group plc (LON:NXG) announced that on 21 February 2017 the United States District Court in the Southern District of New York dismissed two entities which formed part of the ICAP Group (ICAP plc and ICAP Europe Limited) from a class action case brought by various investors who alleged manipulation of the Euro Interbank Offered…

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February 28, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CBOE Holdings Inc. to join S&P 500

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) announced that it will join the S&P 500®, effective at the open of trading on Wednesday, March 1. Edward Tilly, CEO of CBOE Holdings, commented: We are honored to join ranks with other great blue chip companies listed in the S&P 500. This recognition highlights our company's continued strong growth…

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February 28, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

INTL FCStone Inc. launches first web-based gold trading platform

INTL FCStone Inc. (NASDAQ:INTL) just announced that its London-based subsidiary, INTL FCStone Ltd, Precious Metals' division is delivering unprecedented global market access to gold trading around the world with the launch of their premium-based, physical trading platform, PMXecute+. PMXecute+ allows customers access to INTL's entire global inventory and network of trusted supply partners. Customers who do…

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fxcm us assets gain capital
February 27, 2017 BY admin

Gain Capital completes transfer of FXCM's US clients to FOREX.com

GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GCAP), the U.S. based provider of online trading services, announced that it has successfully migrated the former U.S. customers of FXCM Inc (NASDAQ: FXCM) to GAIN'S retail brand FOREX.com. Over the weekend, GAIN transferred over 47,000 accounts with total assets of approximately $142 million. To ensure that the migration was successful…

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February 27, 2017 BY admin

FX platform 360T hires Simon Jones as Chief Growth Officer

360T Group, Deutsche Börse Group’s powerhouse for FX and independent global provider of a multi-bank, multi-asset trading platform, continuous to invest in accelerating its strong growth path by making a high-caliber addition to its Management. Simon Jones (pictured above) has been appointed as Chief Growth Officer and will be a member of 360T’s Global Executive…

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February 27, 2017 BY admin

Trax and Droit partner for EMIR eligibility and derivatives reporting service

Trax, a provider of regulatory reporting, trade matching and capital market data services, has reached agreement with Droit Financial Technologies (Droit), the provider of real-time global regulatory decision systems for capital markets, to offer an eligibility determination and regulatory reporting service to help firms meet the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) for derivatives. The Trax…

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INTL FCStone opens its know-risk platform to broader market
February 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

INTL FCStone Financial launches Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities trading

INTL FCStone Inc. (NASDAQ: INTL) just announced that the Broker-Dealer Rates Group of its wholly owned subsidiary, INTL FCStone Financial Inc., has entered the U.S. agency commercial mortgage-backed (Agency CMBS) market. The Company also disclosed today that it has expanded its asset-back securities (ABS) trading to all investment grade categories. The launch of the Agency…

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tradition
February 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Interdealer broker Tradition extends trade compression to Uncleared Margin in FX

Swiss interdealer broker Compagnie Financiere Tradition SA (SWX:CFT) announced that has delivered an initial margin optimization in FX, after extending its partnership with LMRKTS, a compression and analytics provider. Tradition and LMRKTS announced a strategic partnership in 2016 to handle execution and compression processing for G10 FX Forwards. Earlier this month, the two firms completed…

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