December 07, 2015 BY Mike Fox

Fidessa appoints Paul Dex to enhance derivatives platform sales

Fidessa group plc (LON: FDSA) today announced the appointment of Paul Dex as Business Development Manager EMEA for its derivatives business. He will be based in Fidessa's London office. With a career spanning a number of sales, marketing and product development roles, Dex brings to Fidessa a wealth of experience in the derivatives markets. He…

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December 07, 2015 BY Mike Fox

CySEC brokerage firm Orbex takes a leading sponsor for WODWARS Fitness Competition

Another interesting Forex broker sports sponsorship will soon get underway before the new year as Cyprus based and regulated broker Orbex has just announced that this December, fitness champs are joining forces with the financial veterans to organize one of the most tremendous sport events in Europe – ‘WODWARS’ CrossFit Competition. Orbex, as a leading brokerage firm has…

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December 07, 2015 BY Mike Fox

Thomson Reuters November FX spot volumes lowest in three years

Thomson Reuters has reported its November monthly Forex volumes across platforms where daily spot trading volumes for FX platforms fell to a three-year low of $90 billion in November, according to figures published by the company late Friday afternoon. That marked a fall of 13.5% from October's $104 billion and down 25% YoY. Total daily volumes…

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December 07, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff

Should tech companies go public earlier? Google thinks so

The holy grail of many startup companies, tech and otherwise, is the IPO. An IPO, or initial public offering of company stock, has numerous advantages for startups and is done for a variety of reasons including: formally establishing a public valuation for a company, gives early stage shareholders and employees the chance to cash in…

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December 07, 2015 BY Mike Fox

NetDania mobile app to receive new upgrades...

Danish firm NetDania, the pioneer in forex charting web applications and advanced charting packages sent out a direct notice today from group CEO Stig Brylle to users regarding the company's plans to release new add-on features for its award winning mobile application. The application is highly regarding within the trading community for its user experience and ease of use.…

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December 07, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff

FXecosystem adds Fixnetix veteran Matt Dangerfield as CTO

Outsourced FX connectivity services provider FXecosystem has announced the addition of Matt Dangerfield as its interim Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Matt Dangerfield is the one of the founders of Financial Technology Advisers (FTA), an advisory firm that enables business to embrace all types of current technology, blend it with newer technology and take it to the…

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