ICAP partners with Prism Valuation to launch equity derivatives pricing service LeapRate

November 18, 2014 BY LeapRate Staff

ICAP partners with Prism Valuation to launch equity derivatives pricing service

Interdealer broker ICAP has partnered with Toronto-based Prism Valuation to create ICAP Equity Derivatives - an end-of-day, premium data product. ICAP Equity Derivatives content includes volatility surfaces, variance swap curves and forward curves for the top 13 global equity indices, with maturities from one month up to 10 years and strikes between 5% and 400% of…

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November 18, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

ASIC issues warning about unlicensed FX dealer YouTradeFX

Australia's financial markets regulatory authority has continued its conservative stance toward retail FX firms, today issuing a warning regarding unregulated YouTradeFX, and reiterating its activities toward ensuring consumer protection for all customers of FX firms in its jurisdiction

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November 17, 2014 BY Mike Fox

Bulgarian FX broker Trading 212 receives UK FCA regulation - what could be next?

Bulgarian originated and European centric FX broker Trading 212 received FCA authorization to conduct business with UK clientele back on October 1st. The news may be a small tidbit but just goes to show the allure of establishing a foothold, being associated and a part of London's financial infrastructure -- last week LeapRate put out…

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November 17, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

DGCX CEO Gary Anderson dies after battle with cancer

On November 13, 2014, DGCX's CEO Gary Anderson succumbed to cancer, having passed away after stepping down from his position recently due to ill health. A sad loss to the entire industry, Mr. Anderson will be remembered fondly for his contribution toward DGCX's leadership over recent years

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November 17, 2014 BY Mike Fox

Kuwait to let banks trade derivatives - KWD FX forwards adjust

The central bank had sent a notice to all treasury managers informing them that it no longer objects to Kuwaiti banks dealing in derivatives with foreign banks if they are in line with the regulations.

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November 17, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Software AG and Fluent Trade Technologies create ultra-low latency FX trading surveillance platform

Software AG and Fluent Trade Technologies allows traders to gain significant advantage by pinpointing and responding first to the best prices in the market, while at the same time reducing their firm’s exposure to potential high frequency trading risks

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November 17, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Breaking News: IS Prime appoints former Sucden Financial senior executive Jonathan Brewer as Managing Partner

As Lord Fink's ISAM empire moves into Prime Brokerage, former Sucden Financial executives Jonathan Brewer and Raj Sitlani are selected to run the enterprise, demonstrating that the new venture has attracted some of London's top talent

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November 17, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Advanced Markets and Fortex launch open standard algo engine

New Algo X engine supports strategy development in standard programming languages

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November 17, 2014 BY LeapRate Staff

Mid-month Retail Forex volumes report – November holding steady

With the British Pound and the Japanese Yen tumbling, the Australian Dollar strengthening and the all-important EURUSD pair bouncing around, retail forex volumes have remained fairly robust during the first half of November after fairly spectacular volume metrics reported in September and October. We know that September and October's record trading volumes for some of…

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November 17, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

TRADOLOGIC adds custom skins and new design layouts to its platform, includes walkthrough for newcomers

With TRADOLOGIC's enhancement to its platform, users can choose among a variety of skins, classic and clean layouts, as well as platforms that explore the in-depth trading experience and designs that offer a number of features simultaneously

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