LeapRate Exclusive... Toxic flow or malicious activity is an ongoing issue for brokers of all sizes and across all regions. It can be difficult to recognise and causes significant losses to unwary brokers. LeapRate interviewed Jeff Wilkins, Managing Director at IS Risk Analytics, part of the ISAM Capital Markets Group, to find out what steps can…
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CLS announced today that Metrobank just joined CLSSettlement as a third-party participant. Metrobank is the first Philippine bank to access CLS’s settlement service and UBS, a CLSSettlement member, will provide access to Metrobank. The increase in third-party participation in CLSSettlement throughout the region has been driven by a number of factors: since 2018, the overall…
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Global exchanges operator and clearing houses, Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE) announced yesterday the completion of ICE Bonds integration with the investment operating system BlackRock’s Aladdin. ICE now offers its customers access to ICE Bonds’ Portfolio Auction functionality, an automated execution protocol for portfolio trading. The new functionality allows investment managers to auction a portfolio of…
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Earlier today the Singapore Exchange (SGX) added the Russian agri and dairy firm Don Agro International Limited to its Catalist under the stock code “GRQ”. The company appears for the first time on the Singaore stock exchange at S$0.25, 13.6% higher than its initial offering price (IPO). Don Agro operates agricultural products in the Rostov…
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ATFX released a quarterly market report for the new year where market specialists from different regions share insights, analysis and predictions on currency pairs, commodities, and equity markets for the year. The report features Chief Market Analyst for ATFX UK Alexandro Zambrano talking about the impact of regional economic growth rates for the EURUSD. He…
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ACY Securities announced the appointment of Alistair Schultz as their new Chief Market Analyst. Schultz has 15 years of trading experience in FX and CFD markets. He has worked with institutional clients with focus on algorithmic trading, as well as retail clients, providing market analysis. With vast experience as analyst, educator and trading coach, Schultz…
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Adam Vettese, UK Market Analyst at eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for February 14, 2020. On Thursday on its quarterly earnings call, Chinese technology giant Alibaba set out a multitude of ways in which its business is being impacted by the coronavirus epidemic. CEO Daniel Zhang warned that the…
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Singapore Exchange Regulation (SGX RegCo) is making its monitoring and regulating system more effective with the use of artificial intelligence (AI) improvements. Introducing AI in regulation can help single out unusual trading activities through analysis of historical data and avoiding noise from developments between the financial markets. Thus, the regulatory agency can focus on smaller…
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Retail forex broker FXCM (NYSE:FXCM) released its execution data report for January 2020. January 2020 all instruments highlights include: 72.2% of orders executed at price, down 1% MoM 23.0% of orders executed with positive slippage, up 11% from the previous month 4.8% of orders executed with negative slippage, down 24% MoM Average execution speed 16 milliseconds Highlighted…
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ActivTrades’ Market Analysts prepared their daily commentary on traditional markets for February 14, 2020. This is not a trading advice. See details below: EUROPEAN SHARES The trading mood lacked certainty at the end of the week with a mixed opening for European markets, with no clear direction nor significant volatility as investors still struggle to…
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