December 13, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Broadridge expands presence in Asia with new Singapore office and senior appointment

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR), a provider of technology and operations, communications and data and analytics solutions for financial services firms, has expanded its on-the-ground presence in the region, affirming its commitment to the Asian market. Last month, Broadridge moved to its new Asia Pacific headquarters located in Singapore’s Central Business District offices and…

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December 13, 2016 BY admin

Startup trading school Investoo.com gets $2 million in funding

It was announced that Optimizer Invest, Kinetic Investments and Right Casino’s Sam Miranda have invested a total of $2 million into a new online trading school Investoo.com, now part of the Investoo Group. The group states it will launch additional new services and will consist of the following additional sites: SnipetheTrade.com, a Forex signals and EA…

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Marex Spectron returns to FX markets with new platform
December 13, 2016 BY admin

Marex Spectron expands US team with key appointments

Marex Spectron, the global commodities broker, today announced the appointments of Christopher Grosso, Christopher Moster, and Brian Vooletich to the US Power broking team, reporting to Hunter Baldwin, Marex Spectron Managing Director and Head of North America. Grosso and Moster spent 15-years working together at Tullett Prebon, and Vooletich joins from Starfuels after seven years…

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December 12, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Fiserv acquires eBanking tech provider Online Banking Solutions

Fiserv Inc (NASDAQ:FISV), a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Atlanta-based Online Banking Solutions, Inc. (OBS). Through this acquisition, Fiserv will gain additional cash management and digital business banking capabilities, which complement and enrich its existing solutions. The transaction is expected…

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December 12, 2016 BY admin

QT Info Systems adds options functionality with CityTrader from OptionsCity

OptionsCity Software, a global provider of electronic trading solutions for professional futures and options traders, today announced that QT Info Systems, a Chicago-based market data vendor, is integrating CityTrader into its premium QT Market Center Pro front-end to help meet customer demand for advanced options functionality. Daniel Rooney, Head of Global Sales for OptionsCity said:…

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December 12, 2016 BY admin

Warsaw Stock Exchange November Forex futures volume jumps 61% MoM

Today the Warsaw Stock Exchange (GPW), the biggest securities exchange in Central and Eastern Europe reported monthly metrics for November 2016…the currency segment recorded a nice rebound in volumes. The total volume of currency future transactions rose by 52.3% year on year to 128,445 contracts in November 2016 from November 2015’s 84,332; activity also rose heavily month on month by 61.4% from…

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December 12, 2016 BY admin

SEC charges two New Jersey-based traders in $26 million stock manipulation scheme

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two New Jersey-based traders with manipulating more than 2,000 NYSE- and NASDAQ-traded stocks and reaping more than $26 million in profits from their successful trades. The SEC alleges that Joseph Taub and Elazar Shmalo utilized dozens of accounts at various brokerage firms to carry out their scheme undetected,…

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December 12, 2016 BY admin

CLS November Forex settlement volume up 15% MoM

CLS Group (CLS), the market infrastructure provider of risk mitigation services to the global FX market today published its operating metrics for November 2016. The average daily input volume submitted to CLS, combining the settlement and aggregation services, was 1,167,833, up 15% from 1,015,928 in October 2016. The average daily input value submitted to CLS was $USD 4.99 trillion,…

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December 12, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Gain Capital November retail forex volumes pop 35% to $257 billion

Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP), which operates the retail Forex.com and institutional GTX eFX brands, has announced very healthy trading volumes for the month of November. We had already reported that GTX had its best ever month in November, with volumes topping $14.3 billion ADV, thanks in part to the surprise US election result and the…

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