GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GCAP) today reported volume operating metrics for the month of June 2016. It looks like due to slashing of leverage and increase of margin requirements respectively, June did not provide the boon to volumes we saw at the big Wall Street institutional venues during the EU referendum. Last year "Grexit" also…
Read moreThe following article is based on research by Marshall Gittler, Head of Investment Research for FXPRIMUS. [divide] Usually the week following the nonfarm payrolls is rather quiet, but this week we have several important events that are likely to move the FX market. Britain is of course at the center of the market, as is…
Read moreAccording to the results of the monitoring of the formation of legislative framework for developed and emerging financial markets held in June 2016, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) assigned the highest rating to the Russian financial market infrastructure (FMI). Russia’s FMI received the 4th level rating, which in fact happens to be the highest…
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Read moreMoscow Exchange has announced that NCC Clearing Bank is changing risk parameters for some particular instruments in Securities Market, as well as Derivatives and FX Markets, from July 15, 2016. Here’s what the changes will be: Securities market NCC Clearing Bank is changing risk parameters in Securities market for the following instruments starting from July…
Read moreVelocimetrics, provider of intelligent, real-time business flow tracking and performance analysis solutions, has announced today the availability of mdPlay - a service that enables subscribers to accurately re-experience, in their pre-production environment, the market data sent or received during any given trading period. Delivering the real-world data necessary to increase the precision and robustness of testing…
Read moreLMAX Exchange, the fintech company and Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF) for FX trading, is calling for UK financial regulators to deliver on the FEMR objectives to improve transparency in the FX market, set out by the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Governor of the Bank of England in June 2014. This call to action…
Read moreAsia stocks were up again as upbeat U.S. jobs data calmed immediate concerns about the health of the world’s largest economy. Japan’s Nikkei jumped 4.5%, which happened to be its highest daily gain in 3 months. Hikaru Sato, a senior technical analyst at Daiwa Securities, commented: Abe's victory boosted confidence in investor sentiment, and winning…
Read moreIKON MultiBank Group, an online forex trading service provider regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority UK and Australian Securities & Investments Commission announced today restructuring under a new trademark name of MultiBank Exchange Group (MEX Group), with a new holding company based in California, USA. As part of the restructuring, MultiBank Exchange Group also announced today…
Read moreThomson Reuters has added FX platform EBS to its post-trade network as part of its drive to improve market efficiency through provision of a venue-agnostic trade notification service. EBS joins more than 2500 other publishers and receivers on Thomson Reuters Trade Notification (TRTN) which enables EBS to offer complete straight through processing to its clients.…
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