Minister announces £3.9 million grant for First Derivatives supporting expansion LeapRate

June 30, 2014 BY Mike Fox

Minister announces £3.9 million grant for First Derivatives supporting expansion

First Derivatives plc (FD) (LON:FDP), a global provider of trading and risk management software systems and consulting services for multinational financial institutions announces a major investment supported by Invest Northern Ireland (INI) to create 484 new high quality jobs in its headquarters in Newry. The announcement of Invest NI’s grant assistance, for a total of…

June 30, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

LeapRate Industry Catch-up: Presented by Dukascopy TV

June 30, 2014 BY Mike Fox

Exclusive: LeapRate interview with Jamie Coleman of FXBeat

LeapRate sits down with the Executive Editor of FXBeat for an insightful interview - a month after becoming a premium content service, How does FXBeat set itself apart?

June 30, 2014 BY Gerald Segal

LeapRate’s Retail FX Volume Index off 1% in May to $279B daily

The bad news? May, like the three months before it, was not very strong for the Retail Forex industry. The good news? It looks like June will show a nice upward reversal. In what is turning out to be a very up-and-down year volume-wise (although mostly down, so far, see graph below), Retail Forex brokers…

June 30, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

The FX vs Binary conundrum: Optimove uses hi-tech to compare trader activity in two sectors

Optimove assesses the difference in trader activity between FX and binary options businesses in order to ascertain the need for a systematic approach to client retention - a factor which is a high priority for all firms in the industry.

June 30, 2014 BY Mike Fox

Thomson Reuters and ICAP cooperate on swaps rate data...

The two firms may compete vigorously in the institutional Forex ECN business, but that doesn't mean they can't cooperate in other areas.

June 30, 2014 BY Mike Fox

Integral expands product and sales organizations; makes key executive appointments

In anticipation of significant product roll-outs in the coming months, Integral Development Corp. a leading platform for FX market participants, announced today in an official press release the appointments of Jon Barker as Managing Director, Products, and Richard K. Farrell, as Managing Director, Global Head of Sales. Jon Barker - will be responsible for defining…

June 30, 2014 BY Mike Fox

Thomson Reuters confirms more updates to its FX “rule book”

Thomson Reuters is revising its FX trading rules, the company said today, following another round of consultations with market participants. This latest news follows up from late March when Reuters made an announcement it wants to combat FX market manipulation, such as price flashing. Thomson Reuters, along with ICAP-owned EBS is one of the two…

June 30, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

MONEX retail trader survey- Japan traders bullish, US traders bearish

In its Thirteenth Global Retail Survey, Japanese electronic trading giant MONEX Group predicts the differential between US and Japanese trading behavior over the next three months.

June 30, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

SafeCharge goes from strength to strength: Trading update indicates increasing performance since IPO

In anticipation of the successful payment processing company's interim results in September, SafeCharge has announced a trading update which indicates a continual increase in earnings since its listing on London's AIM earlier this year.