trueEX completes first electronic Mexican peso swap trades for institutional investors LeapRate

January 28, 2016 BY Mike Fox

trueEX completes first electronic Mexican peso swap trades for institutional investors

trueEX, the first exchange approved by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as a Designated Contract Market (DCM) for swaps has created another industry innovation with the execution of the first dealer to client Mexican peso (MXN) interest rate swaps trades on its award-winning platform. Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Bank (SGCIB), and undisclosed institutional investors…

January 28, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

SWIFT: Chinese yuan accounts for 2.31% of global payments in Dec'15

The latest SWIFT RMB Tracker, the study which tracks the Chinese yuan international adoption, was published today, showing that the Chinese currency gained share as a world payments currency in December 2015. In the last month of 2015, the RMB accounted for 2.31% of global payments, with an increased market share compared to 2.28% in…

January 28, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Quebec regulator takes number of blacklisted trading companies to 73

The financial markets regulator of Canada's Quebec – AMF, has updated its “Black List” of unauthorized trading platforms targeting investors in the Canadian province. The latest additions to the list are 19 companies, thus taking the total number of blacklisted brokers to 73. As usual, the watchdog notes that the list is not exhaustive. AMF…

January 28, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

ESMA appoints Anneli Tuominen as Vice Chair

The Board of Supervisors of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has appointed Anneli Tuominen, Director-General of Finnish financial regulator FIN-FSA, as its Vice Chair. Ms. Tuominen's appointment is effective immediately and is for a term of two years and a half. She succeeds Carlos Tavares, ex-Chairman of the Portuguese regulator CMVM, who has…

January 28, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Spotware Systems completes Trading Central integration in cTrader

Spotware Systems, the developers of multi-asset trading platform cTrader, today announce the completion of the integration with Trading Central in cTrader. As a result, users of the platform can tap into the capabilities provided by a highly sophisticated and deeply integrated tool inside the cTrader platform. The tool receives Trading Central’s market data research which…

January 28, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Clones target investment giant BlackRock in Hong Kong

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong has earlier today updated its Alert List of unlicensed companies, with the latest additions including a set of clone websites of investment giant BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK). The Hong Kong regulator notes that a company presenting itself as Blackrock Financial Co Ltd is misusing the details of…

January 28, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

TriOptima reports successful first triReduce inflation swap compression cycle

Post trade infrastructure provider TriOptima, part of ICAP plc (LON:IAP), announces today that 18 banks participated in the first triReduce inflation swap compression cycle eliminating $98.5 billion notional in inflation index swaps for the European Union: EUR- Excluding Tobacco-Non-revised Consumer Price Index. Given that inflation swaps tend to be long dated with compounding coupons leading…

January 28, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Swissquote launches financial info app for Apple TV

Swiss financial services provider Swissquote Bank Ltd today announces the launch of a financial information application for Apple TV. The application will provide detailed and up-to-date information about the financial markets, including financial news. It also displays key indices and currency pairs. The Swissquote Apple TV application displays a rotating globe, showing the performance of various…

January 28, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

RoboForex sponsors Limassol Police Department football team

Online trading services provider RoboForex Financial Group has announced its sponsorship of the Limassol Police Department football team, in a move underlining the attractiveness of various sports areas for FX marketing. This particular football team was set up in 2011 to allow current and former policemen to participate in various charity initiatives and to fight…

January 28, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

FxPro to introduce dynamic leverage for Spot Indices on MT4 and MT5

Retail Forex broker FxPro has announced a set of changes to trading conditions regarding Spot Indices and Energies. As of Friday, January 29, 2016, the broker will be introducing dynamic leverage across MetaTrader 4 (MT4) and MetaTrader 5 (MT5) on Spot Indices. It will also be adjusting the current tiers on Spot Energies and Energy Futures.…