London based FCA regulated brokerage ETX Capital today announced the appointment of Arman Tahmassebi as Chief Operating Officer (COO). Mr. Tahmassebi's most recent prior appointments in the London brokerage industry include serving as Chief Operating Officer at London Capital Group from January 2015 to January 2016 as well as Global Head of Operations at IG…
Read moreNorth American Derivatives Exchange (Nadex), part of IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG), has just posted some operating metrics for the first quarter of 2016, with the three-month period bringing a record year-on-year growth in both number of trades and trading volumes. The total number of trades in the first quarter of 2016 was up 64%…
Read moreKraken - one of the world’s largest Bitcoin, Ethereum and digital asset exchanges - has announced an investment from Money Partners Group, one of Japan’s leading foreign exchange brokerages, as part of Kraken's Series B financing round. While Kraken didn't disclose the size or terms of the Money Partners Group investment, we believe it is in the multi-million dollar range. Tokyo-based Money…
Read moreThe Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) today issued a circular addressed at all regulated entities, including Cyprus investment firms (CIFs), in relation to the so-called “Panama Papers”. The securities regulator notes that after the leak of documents of Mossack Fonseca, a series of documents referred to as “Panama Papers” appeared online. These documents refer…
Read moreLeapRate has learned that Nick Hamilton has joined institutional electronic FX platform FastMatch as of April 11th, as the Director of Sales - Europe. Nick joins FastMatch after 3+ years at Citigroup Inc (NYSE:C) where he was responsible for eFX Sales out of London to UK Hedge Funds including Global Macro Hedge Funds, CTAs and Systematic Funds. Prior…
Read moreIn line with its plans to launch IRS clearing, international derivatives marketplace CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) announces today that it cleared its first interest rate swaptions trade on April 11, 2016. CME Group is the first clearing house to commence swaptions clearing. There are five clearing members currently approved to clear swaptions, including Barclays, BNP…
Read moreSignal Start, a professional one stop shop signal service for signal followers and signal providers, on Monday rolled out an updated version of its Forex Signals application for Android devices. The latest version (1.03) is released shortly after the company made the solution available in 14 new languages, obviously seeking to widen the user count.…
Read moreMulti-asset trading and investment services provider Saxo Bank has announced the five most traded equities on the SaxoTraderGO platform for the first quarter of 2016. The ranking goes as follows: Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CPH:VWS) Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) Saxo Bank offers its clients access to 19,000 global…
Read moreThe UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) today announced the imposition of a ban on Paul White, a former a Japanese Yen (JPY) and Swiss Franc (CHF) LIBOR submitter at Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (LON:RBS). Mr White is banned from performing any function in relation to any regulated financial activity. The FCA has ruled…
Read moreFinancial visualization expert TradingView announced on Monday the beginning of offering of official real-time and intraday data from two Indian stock exchanges – the National Stock Exchange and the Bombay Stock Exchange. Pro, Pro Plus and Premium account holders with TradingView can purchase BSE market data subscription for $4 per month. At present, NSE data…
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