December 16, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Ladbrokes, Coral Group seek to fast track regulatory approval of merger

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) today announced an invitation to comment on the proposed merger of gaming and betting provider Ladbrokes PLC (LON:LAD) and certain businesses of Gala Coral Group Limited, including Coral Retail, Eurobet Retail and Gala Coral’s online businesses. As usual, the CMA is considering whether this transaction will result in the…

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December 16, 2015 BY Mike Fox

Thomson Reuters has launched FX Monitor in Eikon Messenger

Thomson Reuters announced today it has launched FX Monitor in Eikon Messenger to better serve its growing community of corporate users. Treasury departments at most major corporations are spread across multiple locations and time zones, as are their banking and financial intermediaries. While most non-financial corporates are not regular or high-volume FX traders, they still require quick…

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December 16, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff

FXSpotStream reports 25% rise in volumes, as Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ goes live as 12th liquidity provider

Multibank FX aggregation service FXSpotStream has announced that Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ is now live as a liquidity providing bank to FXSpotStream’s price aggregation service. We had earlier reported that FXSpotStream had signed up Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ as its 12th liquidity provider back in October. Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (or BTMU) is the 12th bank…

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December 16, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Alpari applies for Russian Forex dealer license

Alpari has joined the string the Forex companies applying for a Russian Forex dealer license. On Tuesday, December 15th, Alpari Forex submitted the necessary documents with the Bank of Russia. The company, whose own funds exceed RUB 100 million, a pre-condition to get a Forex dealer license in Russia, aims to obtain the necessary authorization…

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December 16, 2015 BY Mike Fox

CME Group targets China, India for higher-margin products to sustain profits

CME Group Inc (NASDAQ: CME), the world's largest futures market is said to be exploring opportunities  for growth in China and India as it searches for the best markets to enter for higher-margin products to keep up recent profit growth according to reports from Bloomberg. This year CME Group has beat out Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing as the…

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December 16, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Equinix appoints Nanci Caldwell to Board of Directors

Equinix Inc (NASDAQ:EQIX), an interconnection and data center company, on Tuesday announced the appointment of Nanci Caldwell to its Board of Directors. At present, Ms Caldwell also sits on the Boards of CIBC and Citrix Systems. She is the former Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of PeopleSoft Inc. in Pleasanton, California. Before joining…

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December 16, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Latest version of Swissquote Mobile app works on Android Wear devices

Switzerland's leading provider of financial services online Swissquote Group Holding SA (SWX:SQN) has earlier this month released an updated version of its Swissquote Mobile application for Android-powered gadgets. The latest version of the application (5.1.0) provides traders with access to quotes list and accounts on their Android Wear devices. This marks a further push by…

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December 16, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Otkritie Broker launches MT5 on Moscow Exchange's Equity and Bond Market

MetaQuotes Software, the developer of trading technology products, today announced that Otkritie Broker has officially launched the MetaTrader 5 (MT5) trading platform on the Equity and Bond Market of the Moscow Exchange, or Moskovskaya Birzha MMVB-RTS PAO (MCX:MOEX). Over 60,000 clients of Otkritie are now able to trade securities using all the advantages of the…

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December 16, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Arena-FX relaxes margin requirements for CAD/JPY, CAD/CHF

Japanese Forex broker Arena-FX today announced a set of pending changes to margin requirements for selected instruments. And while two currency pairs with the Canadian dollar – CAD/JPY and CAD/CHF, are about to enjoy relaxed margin requirements, the company is increasing more than twofold the margin requirements for two pairs with the South African rand –…

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