Thomson Reuters Corp (NYSE:TRI) has published their Forex volume metrics for August 2016, with spot FX volumes dropping to $83 billion, 14.4% off MoM from July's $97 billion. The summer slowdown of July and August hit after the massive volatility on Brexit day saw Reuters FX trading platforms report 3x the normal volume the Friday of the vote during June, with…
Read moreBGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:BGCP) a leading global brokerage company servicing the financial and real estate markets, announced today that Michael "Mike" Morris will join FENICS Market Data as Head of Sales for the Americas. He will be based in New York and will report to Elliott Hann, Global Head of Sales at FENICS Market Data. Mike…
Read moreBVI registered retail brokerage Forex4you, a brand of E-Global Trade & Finance Group, Inc. we found out today according to their latest Management Assertion Report, conducted by KPMG, shows that the total number of active client accounts for the calendar year of 2015 was 92,564, while the sum paid to partners/agents in commission reached $4.9 million USD.…
Read moreWolverine Execution Services (WEX) announced today that it has established direct connectivity between the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) PULSe Trader Workstation (PULSe) and the WEX Trading Platform (WTP). WEX clients will now have the ability to electronically send orders and receive executions that have been routed to the CBOE PULSe Trader Workstation through WTP.…
Read moreTullett Prebon Plc (LON:TLPR) one of the world’s leading interdealer brokers, today announced the establishment of a new natural gas liquids (NGLs) desk. The firm has appointed Charlie Jenkins and Ben Lucking to drive the NGLs operation in the Americas. The NGLs desk, based in Houston, Texas specialises in brokering both physical and financial swaps for…
Read moreHong 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…
Read moreWindsor Brokers, the fourth largest financial company in Cyprus announced today the opening of their new branch in the centre of London. The Windsor team in the UK is now also ready to cater to clients from the UK as well as the European region. However, it should be noted the company has not received an…
Read moreFiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV) has introduced BillMatrix Next. Designed to help utility, insurance, lending, healthcare, telecommunication and financial services companies of all sizes meet their customers where, how and when they want to receive and pay bills, BillMatrix Next provides a configurable, multichannel electronic billing and payment platform with an intuitive interface that can be implemented in…
Read moreLeapRate Exclusive... Global brokerage house Saxo Bank today informed clients starting in October 2016, Saxo Bank will start launching a complete online bond trading solution; initially offering over 5,000 investment-grade, high-yield corporate and government bonds from around the globe. As one of the leading FX brokers in Europe and around the world, Saxo Bank has been putting an emphasis lately on…
Read moreASX today announces that it has launched a renminbi (RMB) securities depository service. The new service extends the portfolio of RMB services developed by ASX in cooperation with the Bank of China Limited, Sydney Branch (Bank of China) for Australia’s financial markets. ' The depository service enables issuers to issue RMB-denominated securities directly into Austraclear…
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