Following a very strong January, markets operator and provider of post trade risk mitigation and information services ICAP plc (LON:IAP) reported a decline in trading volumes on its EBS Forex platform during February 2016. Average daily volumes at EBS amounted to $102.6 billion in February 2016, down 1% from the January 2016 reading of $103.8…
Read moresmartTrade Technologies, a multi-asset electronic trading solutions pioneer, announces today that Banque Cantonale Vaudoise (BCV), a Swiss cantonal bank, has released a new hosted FX solution to trade Spot, Forward, Swaps and Precious Metals based on smartTrade’s LiquidityFX. BCV was looking for an end-to-end e-FX trading solution to replace their existing one. smartTrade’s LiquidityFX out-the-box…
Read moreThe trial marked an unprecedented scale of institutional collaboration between the financial and technology communities exploring how distributed ledgers can be applied to global financial markets. Just released is a major blockchain announcement from financial technology innovation company R3 CEV. In short, they connected 40 banks to five different blockchains and allowed them to facilitate…
Read moreLots of movement in and out of the FX industry for ASIC and FCA regulated retail forex broker ThinkForex. We had earlier exclusively reported that the company tapped a new Global Recruitment Manager from outside the industry, hiring Adam Pomerenke from Porsche UK. Now LeapRate has learned that ThinkForex's Director of Operations, Trading and Risk…
Read moreThis week LeapRate discussed the FX brokerage business with Mr. Alexander Tsikhilov, the CEO for over 10 years of Estonian based and globally regulated Admiral Markets. To familiarize yourself with the brokerage the latest info shows that Admiral is operating in 35 countries worldwide through various licenses, has nearly 200 employees globally, around 12,000 active clients (active: at…
Read moreMoscow Exchange, or Moskovskaya Birzha MMVB-RTS PAO (MCX:MOEX), the biggest Russian trading venue for currencies, stocks and derivatives, has earlier today reported a set of solid financial results for full year 2015, with strong performance of the FX market being one of the key drivers of the rise in revenues and profits. Fee and commission…
Read moreJapanese online trading services provider GMO Click Securities, a subsidiary of GMO Click Holdings Inc (TYO:7177), has just published its key operating metrics for February 2016, which turned out to be a record-setting month for the broker. GMO Click reported record OTC Forex volumes of ¥144.2 trillion ($1.26 trillion) for February 2016, beating the previous…
Read moreProvider of payment solutions Paysafe Group Plc (LON:PAYS), formerly known as Optimal Payments, has announced that it will be included as a constituent in the FTSE 250 Index later this month. The inclusion, officially unveiled by FTSE Russell on Wednesday, will be effective from the start of trading on March 21, 2016. In December last…
Read moreAfter a challenging January, ASX managed to see a robust rise in futures trading volumes in February 2016. According to data from the latest ASX Group Monthly Activity Report, total futures and options on futures volume amounted to 10,558,889 contracts in February 2016, a reading which is 15.8% stronger than in January 2016. In annual…
Read moreOnline trading services provider Monex Group, Inc. (TYO:8698) has just published its operating metrics for February 2016, with global Forex volumes continuing to rise after a strong January, but daily average revenue trades (DARTs) staging a small drop in monthly terms. Global Forex volumes, that is Forex volumes across all of Monex’s subsidiaries, amounted to…
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