April 26, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

LCH announces two senior appointments to FX team

International clearing house LCH, majority owned by London Stock Exchange Group Plc (LON:LSE), today announces two senior executive appointments, beefing up its Forex team. Effective May 1, 2016, Daniel Maguire will become Global Head of Rates & FX Derivatives. In his expanded role, Mr Maguire will be in charge of the global product and business…

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April 26, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

CQG’s Continuum expands Moscow Exchange connection to FX and equities

CQG, a global provider of high-performance trade routing, market data and advanced technical analysis, announced today that it has expanded its connection with Moscow Exchange, the leading exchange in Russia, to now provide equities and FX trading via CQG’s API division, Continuum. This solution enables customers using CQG products to trade equities and FX on…

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April 26, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Alpari stops paying interest on client deposits

LeapRate has learned that Russia based retail forex broker Alpari is terminating its program of paying interest on client deposits. Alpari has sent a note to clients, indicating that from May 1, 2016 it will cease its calculation and crediting of interest on deposits. The final calculations for interest to be credited will take place…

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April 26, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Moscow Exchange to launch new FX instruments, services in July

Moscow Exchange, or Moskovskaya Birzha MMVB-RTS PAO (MCX:MOEX), the biggest Russian venue for trading Forex, stocks and derivatives, today announces a set of pending enhancements to its Forex offering. From July 4, 2016, MOEX will offer new opportunities and services to FX Market participants. The Exchange will expand its FX product offering, introduce new services…

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April 26, 2016 BY Mike Fox

LSE sees Hungary become second non-Chinese issuer of sovereign RMB debt

London Stock Exchange today saw the second RMB denominated government bond of a non-Chinese issuer admitted to trading on its markets. The Hungarian Government mandated the Bank of China to arrange an RMB denominated three year sovereign bond of RMB 1 billion as part of a wider initiative to boost links and commerce between Hungary…

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April 26, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Interactive Brokers updates IB TWS application for Android devices

Less than a month after one of the major international providers of online trading services, Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:IBKR), rolled out an update to its IB TWS application for Android gadgets, the company is ready with another enhanced version of the solution. The latest version of the application, released on April 25, 2016, enables traders…

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