February 01, 2016 BY Mike Fox

CFTC authorizes Eurex Clearing AG as a Derivatives Clearing Organization

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued an order granting Eurex Clearing AG (Eurex Clearing) registration as a derivatives clearing organization (DCO) under the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA). This action furthers the CFTC’s commitment to working across borders to promote central clearing. Under the order, Eurex Clearing will be authorized to provide clearing…

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February 01, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Investfly integrates with Tradier Brokerage API

Tradier Inc, the brokerage-as-a-service company, has been quite active lately in terms of signing up new partners: just a couple of days after announcing that options trading platform Quotail has integrated with Tradier API, Tradier unveils another collaboration. Online trading platform Investfly has integrated with the Tradier API to enable the Investfly community to place live…

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February 01, 2016 BY Mike Fox

Bitcoin exchange Kraken inks multi-million dollar deal with Japan's SBI Holdings Inc to lead Series B

Today global bitcoin exchange Kraken announced a multi-million dollar agreement with SBI Investment, one of Japan’s leading and most respected venture capital firms, to invest in and lead the Series B round of financing in Kraken. SBI Investment is the venture capital arm of SBI Holdings Inc (TYO:8473), the world’s first internet-based financial conglomerate. The terms of…

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February 01, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

FXTM seeks to help traders with new Forex educational videos

Cypriot Forex broker FXTM (ForexTime) today announced the addition of 10 brand new videos to its Education section, as the company seeks to help newbie traders make their first steps in the Forex world. The new videos are presented by Forex market expert John Jergeson in an easy-to-understand and informative way. The topics of the…

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February 01, 2016 BY Mike Fox

Horizon Software to offer connectivity to Borsa İstanbul

Horizon Software has announced the launch of its new certified gateway to Borsa İstanbul. Horizon is a provider of electronic trading and algorithmic technology to exchanges, banks, brokers and fund managers and provides advanced trade order routing and execution connectivity to more than 80 exchanges. This latest integration will give institutions direct connectivity to Borsa…

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February 01, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Blackwell Global receives FCA regulation - LeapRate Exclusive

LeapRate Exclusive... The UK online trading market is getting even more crowded. LeapRate has learned that international broker Blackwell Global has received FCA licensing for its UK subsidiary, Blackwell Global Investments (UK) Limited. The license becomes effective today, February 1, 2016. Blackwell already had permission to operate freely in the UK as it currently operates out…

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February 01, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

GVC Holdings completes acquisition of InterTrader owner bwin.party

After the reception of a court approval of the scheme of arrangement of the acquisition of bwin.party Digital Entertainment Plc (LON:BPTY), owner of CFD and spread betting services provider InterTrader, by GVC Holdings PLC (LON:GVC), the companies confirmed today that the deal is completed. GVC said it now owns the entire issued ordinary share capital…

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February 01, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Monetary Authority of Singapore grants status of Recognised Clearing House to LCH.Clearnet

International clearing house LCH.Clearnet Ltd today announced that it has formally received the status of Recognised Clearing House by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). The status covers LCH.Clearnet’s EnClear (Freight Division), ForexClear and SwapClear services. At present, LCH.Clearnet clears Singapore Dollar-denominated interest rate swaps as well as commodities futures, including freight, iron ore, and…

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February 01, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Court approves proposed acquisition of Betfair by Paddy Power

Shortly after the proposed merger of Paddy Power plc and Betfair Group Ltd (LON:BET) secured the nods of approval of the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and Ireland’s Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC), the deal got the approval of a UK court. The High Court of Justice of England and Wales has today…

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