Multibank FX aggregation service FXSpotStream has announced that December FX trading volumes came in at a fairly strong $19.8 billion ADV, making December one of FXSpotStream's best months of the year despite the usual holiday-related slowdown in the FX trading sector. For the year, FXSpotStream averaged $19.5 billion in daily volumes, up 7% over 2016's…
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After a fairly slow New Years weekend which saw Bitcoin prices drift down from $15,000 to the low $13,000's, the latest spark in the digital currency's rise to stardom has come late Tuesday in the form of a major endorsement from a very respected and successful Silicon Valley investor. Not just any investor, we are…
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The following article was written by Adinah Brown, content manager at Leverate. With the world’s attention firmly focused on the machinations of Bitcoin and other famous cryptocurrencies, the world of virtual money is likely to continue to capture investors’ imagination. To add to the intense interest in this financial sector, keep your eyes on the following…
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Completing a fairly strong year which included a change-of-control and a new brand name, institutional Forex ECN Cboe FX Markets – formerly known as Hotspot FX – has reported data indicating a slight 7% MoM decline in December trading volumes, $31.7 billion ADV versus $33.9 billion daily in November. Not bad, considering that November 2017 was…
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It was a great year for GTX, the institutional FX arm of retail forex broker Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP), although it was a fairly slow December. GTX has reported that trading volumes during the month of December were down 23% MoM to $247 billion versus $321 in November. On an average daily volume basis, December…
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Although we haven't yet turned the calendar page from December and the New Year's Day bubbly is still on ice, FX sector trading is already done for the year. And so, we're pleased to present an early LeapRate peek into trading volumes for the last month of of 2017. Leading off our reports of FX…
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Data input for MiFID II / MiFIR transaction reporting is not necessarily straightforward, so you should make sure that you are collecting the correct information from clients. Quinn Perrott, General Manager of regulatory and compliance solutions provider TRAction Fintech, explains. MiFIR introduces many requirements in respect of transaction reporting, including the requirement to report a wider…
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Shares of global FX brokerage house Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) are soaring by more than 25% today after a bullish report issued by a lightly read 'special situations' analyst named Richard Pearson seems to have lit a spark among investors. Not surprisingly, the spark is cryptocurrency trading. GAIN Capital, parent company of the global…
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Limassol, Cyprus based Retail FX broker RoboForex has announced that it is rebranding under the new name RoboMarkets. Alongside the brand name change, the company has changed its corporate name from RoboForex (CY) Ltd to Robomarkets Ltd, which is now the official holder of the company's CySEC CIF license. The group also operates offshore Retail FX…
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The following article was written by Quinn Perrott, General Manager of regulatory and compliance solutions provider TRAction Fintech. Starting on 3 January 2018 are both MiFIR and MiFID II. MiFIR applies in all European Union states regardless of domestic implementation. However, as a directive of the European Commission, MiFID II requires enactment into the national…
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