February 02, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Moscow Exchange partners with Caderus Capital to attract Chinese investors, issuers

Moscow Exchange, or Moskovskaya Birzha MMVB-RTS PAO (MCX:MOEX), the biggest Russian venue for trading currencies, stock and derivatives, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Russian-Chinese investment group Caderus Capital. The collaboration seeks to develop MOEX's ties with the investment community in China and to attract Chinese investors and issuers to the…

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February 02, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

eToro launches social trading TV ad campaign in the UK

LeapRate Exclusive... Continuing our coverage of new and interesting trends in advertising used by retail forex brokers, LeapRate has learned that eToro is set to launch a new advertising blitz in the UK centered around a series of TV spots. Forex brokers have traditionally favored online ad campaigns - whose efficacy can be closely traced…

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February 02, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

CME Group sees FX volumes rise 9.7% MoM in January 2016

International dertivatives marketplace CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) has just posted its volumes metrics for January 2016, with Forex volumes staging a decent rise from December 2015 levels but lagging behind the robust results seen in January 2015. CME Group reported Forex average daily volume (ADV) of 970,000 contracts for January 2016, a number which is…

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February 02, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Bank of Russia cancels qualification certificates of notorious Kim Karapetyan

The Bank of Russia finally made a move to cancel the qualification certificates of Kim Karapetyan, the notorious chief executive of BlackField Capital, once an algo trading company based in Moscow. The Russian “Megaregulator” announced today that Mr Karapetyan is no longer qualified as “a financial market specialist in broker, dealer and securities management activities”. The…

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February 02, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Saxo Payments adds six new currencies to the Banking Circle offering

Saxo Payments, the global transactions services provider which is part of Saxo Bank, today announces the expansion of the reach of the Saxo Payments Banking Circle through the addition of six new currencies. In response to customer demand, Banking Circle transfers can now be carried out in United Arab Emirates Dirham (AED), Hong Kong Dollar…

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February 02, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

ICAP's EBS Treasury to help UK local authorities in lending and borrowing

EBS BrokerTec, the electronic Forex and fixed income business of ICAP plc (LON:IAP), announces today that EBS Treasury (known previously as MyTreasury), the liquidity management platform for the corporate treasury community, has been chosen by the UK Municipal Bonds Agency (MBA) to offer electronic inter-authority lending and borrowing in the UK. The platform will support…

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