April 27, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Gold-i partners with Beeks Financial Cloud to offer MT4 connectivity and server hosting solutions

MT4 systems integrator Gold-i has formed a strategic partnership with Beeks Financial Cloud to offer further choice to its clients seeking MT4 connectivity and server hosting solutions. Beeks Financial Cloud is the sister company and extension of BeeksFX VPS, the largest global provider of VPS solutions for automated trading. Gold-i’s client base includes start-up brokers…

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April 27, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

First Derivatives partners with Thomson Reuters for streaming analytics

First Derivatives plc (LON:FDP) has just announced a strategic partnership for the use of its Kx technology with Thomson Reuters Corp (NYSE:TRI) to power the latest version of their financial Data as a Service platform, Velocity Analytics. The agreement follows a comprehensive review of real-time and in-memory technologies by Thomson Reuters. Velocity Analytics combines real-time…

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April 27, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Hirose UK sees auditor Deloitte resign

A regulatory filing with UK authorities viewed by LeapRate indicates that international accounting firm Deloitte LLP has resigned as auditors of Hirose Financial UK Ltd., the FCA regulated brokerage arm of Japan based retail forex firm The Hirose Group. The resignation took effect as of March 31, 2016. Deloitte did indicate in its resignation letter that…

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April 26, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

UK becomes second largest offshore RMB clearing centre – SWIFT

According to SWIFT’s latest RMB tracker, the United Kingdom has become the second largest offshore RMB clearing centre, as the UK's RMB payments value rose by 21% between March 2014 and March 2016. The United Kingdom lags behind Hong Kong in the ranking. Singapore overtook the United Kingdom in February 2014, but the trend began…

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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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