LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings made by a subsidiary of Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) that the company's long-serving regional director in the UK and COO of Gain Capital / Forex.com UK Matthew Wright has left the company. Mr. Wright's departure was effective June 30. The 44-year old Wright was one of…
Read moreSocial finance community StockTwits, Inc. has announced today that it has named Ian Rosen as Chief Executive Officer, effective July 6th, 2016. Howard Lindzon will assume the role of Executive Chairman, and will continue to serve as Chairman of StockTwits' board. Here's what Lindzon commented about the news: Ian's strong experience and passion for the…
Read moreRegulatory reporting specialist Abide Financial and real-time data analytics company Corvil today announced a partnership to deliver end-to-end transaction reporting and reconciliation solutions to meet increasingly complex international regulations. The partnership enables reporting parties in UK, Europe, US, Canada, Australia and other jurisdictions to reduce risk and achieve faster, more accurate compliance with current and evolving…
Read moreEBS BrokerTec, ICAP's electronic foreign exchange (FX) and fixed income business and ICAP Information Services (IIS), the information division of ICAP, have announced today that they have launched the ‘EBS CNH Benchmark’, the first fully electronic, trade-backed reference rate for the offshore Chinese renminbi (CNH) market. The benchmark has been launched following considerable interest from…
Read moreCySEC regulated retail forex broker Exness has reported June volume metrics, indicating an 8% rise in FX trading volumes to $187.9 billion, up from $173.9 billion in May. The increase at Exness continues a trend we have seen at a number of leading retail and institutional eFX venues, with Brexit-driven volatility during June pushing trading…
Read moreFXPRIMUS indicators and events for July 7 include UK industrial production, ECB meeting minutes, Japan trade figures. Here's a list of all the upcoming economic indicators and events for today: We can’t get away from focusing on the UK as today we get the UK industrial & manufacturing production figures for May. The figures are…
Read moreAlgoDynamix today announced acquisition of a major Silicon Valley customer under a Global production SaaS license. London and Cambridge based AlgoDynamix is an innovative risk analytics company that detects disruptive events in global financial markets and anticipates price movements hours or days in advance of the event. The software is used by investment banks and asset…
Read moreThe European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued an official opinion agreeing to an emergency short selling prohibition, for a period of 90 calendar days, by the Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB) on net short positions in Banca Monte dei Pascha di Siena spa (BMPS) shares under the Short Selling…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that FCA and ASIC regulated retail forex broker ThinkForex is about to rebrand its operations under the ThinkMarkets brand. The ThinkMarkets.com beta site has been live for about a week at www.thinkmarkets.com. We expect a formal announcement from the company in the near future. Alongside the new name, logo and…
Read moreiSignthis Ltd (ASX: ISX) is announcing today that it has signed into an agreement with online forex and CFD brokerage XM.com. iSignthis will integrate with XM.com to deliver its new enhanced digital KYC service. The iSignthis service will provide XM.com with user friendly and automated customer onboarding. The service will enable XM.com to meet the…
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