July 11, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Moscow Exchange announces Risk Parameters Change

Moscow 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…

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July 11, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Velocimetrics launches mdPlay, reduces insufficient testing

Velocimetrics, 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…

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July 11, 2016 BY Mike Fox

FCA UK regulated IKON restructures to MEX Group; launching new exchange platform

IKON 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…

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July 11, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Thomson Reuters adds EBS to its Post-Trade Network

Thomson 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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July 11, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

The new Pokemon Go caused Nintendo shares to soar

For so many years Nintendo has kept flagship characters like Super Mario and Zelda away from smartphones. Now the company turned away from tradition as they released Pokemon Go, a game app creating an augmented reality world, allowing you to catch creatures and relive childhood memories directly on the same device you use to make…

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July 11, 2016 BY Mike Fox

Americas to dominate the global algorithmic trading market until 2020

Technavio, a London based global technology research and advisory company in its latest report concludes that the global algorithmic trading market is expected grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 10% during the forecast period. In the report, Technavio covers the market outlook and growth prospects of the global algorithmic trading market for 2016-2020. To…

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July 11, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Myfxbook allows its CySEC CIF license to lapse

Cyprus financial regulator CySEC has announced that the CIF license of social trading site Myfxbook.com has lapsed (CIF # 255/14). Myfxbook had originally received a CIF license back in late 2014, when it was becoming apparent that European regulators were going to crack down on unlicensed social, copy, and autotrading websites, as well as 'trading…

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