February 01, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Gain Capital's institutional FX arm GTX sees record ECN volumes at $12.1 billion in January

GTX, the institutional FX arm of retail forex broker Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP), has reported that 2017 started off strong with record ECN volumes of $12.1 billion ADV in January. The $12.1 billion topped last November's $10.3 billion figure at GTX. Overall, including GTX's swap dealer business which provides “voice” agency execution services, total…

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January 31, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

TAG Oil Ltd. to expand oil & gas operations in Australia

International oil and gas production company TAG Oil Ltd. (TSX: TAO and OTCQX: TAOIF) announced that the Company's wholly owned Australian subsidiary, Cypress Petroleum Pty Ltd., has closed the purchase of 100% interest in Petroleum Lease 17 (PL 17) from privately held Southern Cross Petroleum & Exploration Pty Ltd. PL 17 is an oil and…

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January 31, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Broker in the Cloud? Bricknode CEO Stefan Willebrand explains

LeapRate Exclusive Interview... One of the growth industries in the tech sector the past few years has been 'Cloud Computing' - delivering fully hosted services over the Internet. The Cloud allows companies and individuals to minimize their own investment in hardware and software, while receiving always-on services and always the latest, up to date technology…

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January 31, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

TSX welcomes health-casual restaurant business company Freshii

Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX:X) just welcomed Freshii Inc. to Canada's leading equities exchange. Freshii, the health-casual restaurant business company, will begin trading on TSX this morning under the symbol TSX:FRII. The unprecedented success of Freshii here in Canada and around the world is a testament to the power of innovative thinking and entrepreneurial spirit. We…

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January 31, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Solactive launches Solactive Swiss family-owned companies index

The innovative German index provider Solactive announced the release of the Solactive Swiss Family Owned Companies Index, an index tracking the price movements of publicly traded family-owned companies that are domiciled and listed in Switzerland. The index is used as the basis for UBS’s tracker certificate (ISIN: CH0350101744). Family-owned companies are defined in the index…

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ESMA bond liquidity data
January 31, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ESMA consults on future guidelines for portability between trade repositories

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has put for public consultation future guidelines on the transfer of data between trade repositories (TRs) authorised in the European Union under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). There are currently six authorised TRs within the European Union which record the records of derivate transactions and which are…

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TMX Group volumes report
January 31, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

TMX Group names Alison Simpson Senior Vice President, Marketing and Branding

TMX Group Limited (TSX:X) announced that Alison Simpson has been named Senior Vice President, Marketing and Branding, effective February 13, 2017. In this newly-created role, Ms. Simpson will be responsible for building TMX's marketing strategy with a focus on enhancing the company's presence and impact across the full spectrum of available channels, including digital, mobile…

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