October 06, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Women's Exchange celebrates its 4th anniversary

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited's (HKEX) Women’s Exchange celebrated its fourth anniversary at its annual reception last night. More than 200 men and women, primarily from the financial services, legal and accounting sectors, attended the event. The programme included a brief introduction of Women's Exchange by Angelina Kwan, Managing Director, Head of Regulatory Compliance,…

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October 06, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

TMX Group announces a monthly volume record for the SXF in September

TMX Group Limited (TSX:X) has announced September 2016 trading statistics for its marketplaces – Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TSX Alpha Exchange (Alpha), Montréal Exchange (MX) and NGX. MX set a new daily volume record on September 12, 2016 for the S&P/TSX 60 Index Standard Futures (SXF) of 190,810 contracts. A monthly volume record…

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October 06, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

ICAP corrects figure raised by OpenGamma to $13.3 million

LeapRate readers may have noticed that we reported yesterday on a $16 million fundraising by derivatives risk analytics startup OpenGamma, led by venture capital firm Accel Ventures and by ICAP plc (LON:IAP). Our article was based on a press release put out by ICAP. Well that press release has disappeared from the ICAP website, replaced instead…

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October 06, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Former Google executive Kevin Tunney replaces Marc Ellison as CMO of AxiTrader

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that leading Australian retail forex and CFD broker AxiTrader has made a change in its senior management ranks, adding Kevin Tunney (pictured at left) as its new global Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Tunney joins AxiTrader from outside the Forex industry. Prior to joining AxiTrader, Tunney was Ecommerce Manager at premium eyeware…

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October 06, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

TOCOM reports 3.7% ADV drop MoM in September

The Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM) has announced that average daily volume for September 2016 was 85,496 contracts, down 3.7% MoM. Volume for TOCOM’s largest contracts was mixed; Dubai Crude Oil was up 5.5% to 19,849 contracts and Rubber was up 6.4% to 6,567 contracts while Gold Standard decreased 13.7% to 24,608 contracts. TOCOM Dubai Crude…

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October 06, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Hong Kong SFC adds CW Associates 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…

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October 06, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Exness introduces improved Market Analytics for clients

Retail Forex broker Exness has announced that it has launched enhanced analytics for its trading clients, including earlier publication of data and analytics with greater depth. Exness recently unveiled that it had received an FCA license for its UK subsidiary, with plans to expand in Europe. Most of Cyprus-based Exness' current business is in the…

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