February 01, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA and PRA publish final changes to enhance enforcement decision-making processes

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) have just published final changes in a Policy Statement (PS) aimed at strengthening the transparency and effectiveness of their enforcement decision-making processes. The consultation and policy recommendations covered the full lifecycle of an investigation. The FCA and PRA have made, or are making, changes…

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February 01, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Gain Capital set to launch new affiliate program using Paysafe's Income Access - LeapRate Exclusive

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) is preparing the launch of a new affiliate program, using third party affiliate software from Income Access. Montreal-based Income Access was acquired last year by payment systems provider Paysafe Group Plc (LON:PAYS) for $30 million. The new program will include affiliates of all of…

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February 01, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

EBS Live Ultra to provide data at 5ms intervals

EBS BrokerTec, a NEX Group (LON:NXG) business which provides electronic trading technology and services, announced that it has further enhanced its EBS Live Ultra data feed, providing spot foreign exchange (FX) data at 5 millisecond intervals. Last year EBS BrokerTec launched EBS Live Ultra with two data publication intervals – 100ms and 20ms – with the…

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February 01, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

AcadiaSoft purchases ProtoColl collateral management service

AcadiaSoft, Inc., a provider of margin automation solutions for counterparties engaged in collateral exchange worldwide, just announced it has acquired ProtoColl, an end-to-end collateral and margin management service, from The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC). Terms of the deal were not disclosed. This coming March, thousands of buy-side firms and smaller banks will become…

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February 01, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CBOE launches S&P 500 Range-Bound Premium Income Index

Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced it has launched the CBOE S&P 500 Range-Bound Premium Income Index (SPRI), which is designed to serve as a benchmark for investors aiming for consistent income distributions while taking the view that short-term equity returns will be range-bound. The CBOE S&P 500 Range-Bound Premium Income Index measures the performance…

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TFX-Click 365 volume down 32% MoM in February
February 01, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

TFX Click 365 Japan FX volumes continue decline in January

The Tokyo Financial Exchange (TFX) just announced its January volumes and the decline from December continues. The trading volume of Three-month Euroyen futures in January was 125,959 ( - 26.3% MoM / - 56.2% YoY) and its average daily volume was 6,629. The total trading volume of Exchange FX Margin contracts (Click 365) in January…

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LCG trading floor
February 01, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

LCG announces resignation of non-executive director, Rebecca Fuller

London Capital Group Holdings plc (LON:LCG) has announced that the Company's senior independent non-executive director, Rebecca Fuller, will be leaving the board with effect from February 1, 2017. Charles Poncet, non-executive Chairman, commented: I would like to thank Rebecca for her valuable contribution to London Capital Group over the last couple of years. Her other…

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fastmatch forex volumes
February 01, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

FastMatch January Forex volumes up 23% MoM to $17.0 billion ADV

Forex ECN FastMatch is reporting that volumes in its system increased by 23% MoM from December, to average $17.0 billion ADV for the month of January. January clearly started off on the right foot for FastMatch and other leading institutional FX platforms, as volatility in key currency pairs remained high throughout most of the month.…

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