FXCM integrates with algo trading solutions provider QuantConnect LeapRate

December 05, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

FXCM integrates with algo trading solutions provider QuantConnect

Forex Capital Markets LLC, (FXCM) the US entity of FXCM Inc. (NASDAQ:FXCM), a global online provider of foreign exchange (FX) trading and related services, announced today Live Trading Integration with QuantConnect, a cloud-based algorithmic trading platform for strategy creation, backtesting and deployment. Paired with FXCM's No Dealing Desk (NDD) execution, algo traders can run strategies…

December 05, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

The Renzi bounce: Euro rises nearly 2% above $1.07 after hitting 21 month low

Italians have voted 'No' to constitutional reform, but it is hardly the sweeping rejection of Europe and the euro that many commentators have implied.

December 05, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Moscow Exchange announces permanent cancellation of Russian Market Volatility Index

Moscow Exchange (MOEX) just announced that on December 12, 2016, the Methodology of the Russian Volatility Index will terminate and the index calculation will be discontinued. In late 2013, the RTSVX was replaced by the new RVI – Russian Volatility Index calculated based on global standards of index design. The Exchange decided to keep calculating…

December 05, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Hong Kong SFC adds Franklin Transfer Services to its alert list

Hong Kong’s financial regulator the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has updated its Alert List, which features the names of businesses that are unlicensed in Hong Kong and are believed to be, or to have been, targeting Hong Kong investors or claim to have an association with Hong Kong. Added to the SFC Alert List…

December 05, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Spanish regulator CNMV warns against online trading sites Solidarity Markets, Stockscall, ClickBanca and FB-One

Spanish regulator CNMV started this week with a list of whole four warnings against online trading sites. The names of the companies are: Solidarity Markets, as per https://solidarymarkets.com/ Stockscall, as per https://www.stockscall.com/ ClickBanca as per https://www.clickbanca.es/ and FB-One as per https://www.fb-one.com/en/ CNMV warns that the websites stated above are not authorised to provide the investment services…

December 05, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Forex sports sponsorship: Plus500 shirts deal with Australian rugby squad Brumbies

Plus500 Ltd said it has signed a sponsorship deal with Australian rugby union team Brumbies to be its official sponsor for the 2017/18 season. Under the deal, Plus500 said its logo will feature on the front of both the home and away Brumbies shirts for national and overseas matches. Plus500 said it will also be…

December 05, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Deutsche Bank strengthens innovation team, appoints Elly Hardwick and Philip Milne

Deutsche Bank has announced that it has strengthened its innovation team with two new appointments. Elly Hardwick will become Head of Innovation and Philip Milne has been appointed as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Innovation. Hardwick will join the bank in early December to lead the bank’s innovation activities and manage the Deutsche Bank Labs…

December 05, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

GMO Click reports 64.6% MoM rise in November's OTC FX Trading Value

GMO Click Holdings, Inc. (TYO:7177), the parent of Japanese online trading giant GMO Click Securities, has released its monthly preliminary report of its subsidiaries for November 2016. Equity Trading Value rose with 20.82% MoM last month. The total Equity Trading Value on a daily average basis was also with a quite good score of ¥88,909…

December 05, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Ayondo raises £2.7 million ahead of planned Singapore IPO - LeapRate Exclusive

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned via a series of regulatory filings that FCA regulated social trading and CFDs broker Ayondo has raised more than £2.7 million (USD $3.4 million) ahead of the company's planned IPO on the Singapore Exchange (SGX). Ayondo raised the money from existing shareholders, in a series of transactions between September 30 and November…