Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP), one of the major investment services providers in the United States, has reported its financial metrics for the fourth quarter and full year 2015. The final three months of the year brought a steep rise in profits, accompanied by a double-digit decrease in revenues. Regarding the full year, it is…
Read moreOnline trading services provider Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) has just posted its key operating metrics for February 2016, with both retail and institutional trading volumes lagging behind levels seen in January 2016. Last week, another US Forex major – FXCM, reported its volumes metrics for February 2016, with retail volumes also staging a decrease,…
Read moreInternational derivatives marketplace CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) has teamed up with provider of data control services Duco Technologies, in a partnership set to transform its member firms’ fee control processes. From later this year, CME Group will provide its member firms with Duco’s innovative reconciliation service, thus allowing them to vastly simplify processes around fee…
Read moreMarkets operator and provider of post trade risk mitigation and information services ICAP plc (LON:IAP) today announces that its Post Trade Risk and Information (PTRI) arm has successfully completed a proof of technology test case for a distributed ledger using blockchain technology. The proof of technology completed on February 26, 2016 , the company said…
Read moreDubai Gold & Commodities Exchange (DGCX) has announced the appointment of Bank of China (BOC), as a Settlement Bank for Dubai Commodities Clearing Corporation (DCCC), a wholly owned subsidiary of DGCX. Bank of China is the first Chinese bank to be appointed as a Settlement bank for DCCC and would be operating through its Abu…
Read moreSingapore Exchange Limited (SGX:S68) today announced its plans to list contracts on the MSCI China Free Index. The new contracts will expand the suite of China-linked risk management products available on SGX, with specific relevance to global institutional investors in China equities. SGX’s China-linked offering already includes equity, FX and iron ore derivatives. On top…
Read moreMoscow Exchange, or Moskovskaya Birzha MMVB-RTS PAO (MCX:MOEX), the biggest Russian venue for trading currencies, stocks and derivatives, has just published its detailed operating metrics for February 2016. LeapRate has already reported that the monthly Forex volumes at the Exchange rose month-on-month in February 2016, whereas the ADV staged a drop. The data released today…
Read moreProvider of trading, investment and information solutions for the financial community Fidessa Group plc (LON:FDSA) today announced the release of the latest version of its Minerva buy-side order management system (OMS). Minerva forms part of Fidessa's Investment Management Solutions suite which offers comprehensive, end-to-end workflow for investment decision, compliance, orders & trading and post-trade across…
Read moreFCA-regulated Forex and CFD broker Hantec Markets has just presented the visitors of its website with a fresh new look, in tune with a trend amid retail FX brokers to clear websites of extra textual content and include more visual items. Hantec's redesigned website (www.hantecfx.com) offers sleek interface, enabling easier navigation amid themes and topics interesting…
Read moreOnline trading services provider Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) has just announced the appointment of Elad Even-Chen as Group Chief Financial Officer, effective March 15, 2016. Mr Even-Chen currently serves as the Finance Director and VP Business Development at Plus500 Ltd., is a director of Plus500CY Ltd. He has worked for the broker for the last four years.…
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