October 04, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Order execution models and why that should matter to traders: Saxo Bank's Kurt vom Scheidt speaks

LeapRate Exclusive Interview... Our recent report that Copenhagen based retail forex and CFD broker Saxo Bank had launched a new FX and CFD order execution model targeting increased liquidity and transparency was met by a lot of questions from our readers. What's different about this execution model? What exactly is an order driven execution model? And mainly: Why…

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October 04, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

TSX welcomes Aritzia to the exchange

Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX:X) has welcomed Aritzia Inc. to Canada's leading equities exchange. The Vancouver-based clothing retailer began trading on TSX this morning under the symbol TSX:ATZ. Ungad Chadda, President, Capital Formation, Equity Capital Markets, TMX Group, said: Aritzia is a dynamic success story here in Canada and across North America and we are extremely…

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October 04, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

FXSpotStream announces 24% rise in September's FX volumes

Multibank FX aggregation service FXSpotStream has reported that September volumes on its system jumped to $15,452 with the impressive 24% MoM (single count) daily. However September volumes were down with 4.7% YoY from September 2015. FXSpotStream’s best-ever month still remains this past February, at $21 billion ADV. FXSpotStream is a wholly owned subsidiary of LiquidityMatch LLC (which is…

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October 04, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC cancels AFS licence of Lotus Securities

ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services (AFS) licence of Lotus Securities Ltd (AFS licence 306812) for failing to comply with a number of its key obligations as a financial services licensee, including: lodging its financial reports within the required timeframe; lodging compliance plan audits and financial reports for the managed investment schemes it operates…

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October 03, 2016 BY Mike Fox

Ontario Securities Commission appoints Jeff Kehoe as new Enforcement Director

Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) Chair and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Maureen Jensen announced today the appointment of Jeff Kehoe as Enforcement Director, effective October 11, 2016. Jeff has over a decade of experience overseeing the Canadian capital markets as Director and Vice President of Enforcement at the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC). Prior…

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October 03, 2016 BY Mike Fox

Interactive Brokers September DARTs rebound 13% higher MoM

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: IBKR) an automated global electronic broker and market maker, today reported its Electronic Brokerage monthly performance metrics for September. DARTs were higher in September as trading looks to pick up from August. Interactive Brokers also saw rises YoY and MoM in client accounts, with the global brokerage house now handling 370,000…

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October 03, 2016 BY Mike Fox

Forex asset manager Darwinex releases mobile app for Android

It was announced today that  FCA-UK regulated FX asset manager and STP broker Darwinex released its proprietary mobile app for Android users, and is now available on the Google Play Store. The Darwinex Investor App allows investors to replicate individual traders or to diversify their investment into multiple strategies. Darwinex is the online platform that allows…

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October 03, 2016 BY Mike Fox

Saxo Bank provides list of enhancements for SaxoTraderGO platform

Over the weekend Saxo Bank made a number of improvements to the SaxoTraderGO platform which are now available starting today. Saxo launched the HTML5 multi-asset SaxoTraderGo platform back in May of last year. A key point of SaxoTraderGO is keeping you updated on your trading with easy access from all devices (iOS, Android and Web). You…

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