Valentina Kirilova
LeapRate Analyst

Experienced independent writer and journalist with a demonstrated history of working in the global online trading sector.
October 21, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Spotex releases a multilevel credit-margin manager module

Spotex, a developer of foreign exchange (FX) technology systems and ECN operator, have announced earlier today that they have launched a brand new multilevel credit and margin management module named Periscope. Periscope will enable prime brokers and prime-of-prime brokers (PoPs) to extend credit and/or margin to multiple levels of downstream, sub brokers. Periscope is a…

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October 18, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Archax selects R3’s Corda platform for digital exchange DLT infrastructure

London-based institutional digital securities exchange, Archax has announced that it has teamed up with R3. The exchange will use R3’s Corda Enterprise platform to build its post-trade infrastructure to reduce friction in the post-trade process, as well as to handle post-trade activities on a distributed ledger. Archax' application to operate a multilateral trading facility (MTF)…

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Daily Market analysis
October 18, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily market commentary: The pound is slightly down

ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for LeapRate their daily commentary on traditional markets for October 18, 2019. See details below: FOREX/BREXIT The pound is slightly down on the day, as the markets digest the developments of the last 24 hours. Boris Johnson and the EU leaders reached an unlikely agreement for an orderly Brexit, which…

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fma warning
October 18, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

FMA adds the forex provider Circle Markets Limited to its warning list

New Zealand Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has issued a warning on its official website to a non-licensed derivatives issuer and forex provider, Circle Markets Limited, under the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009 (AML/CFT). The regulator found that Circle Markets Limited had failed to adequately verify identity information for some customers; obtain…

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AvaTrade adds MetaTrader 5 to its range of global platforms
October 18, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Orient Global Services launches DGCX trading via MT5

Financial consultant company Orient Global Services LLC (OGS) has announced earlier this week that its clients can now use MetaTrader 5 to access various asset classes traded on DGCX. OGS customers can now perform real-time operations on the DGCX exchange, directly from their mobile phones and tablets, via MT5's mobile app. Mr. Seraj Khan, General…

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