Category: Institutional

May 09, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Dukascopy Bank SA launches new office in Dubai

Geneva based Retail FX broker and bank Dukascopy has just announced the opening of its Representative Office in Dubai (DIFC). The establishment of the office in Dubai follows the earlier opening of the Moscow, Hong Kong, Kiev, Kuala Lumpur and Tokyo offices, and is a part of the global expansion strategy of Dukascopy Group. The…

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May 09, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Jitneytrade uses Ullink's bridge for connectivity and pre-trade risk in Canadian equities market

Ullink, the global provider of connectivity and electronic trading solutions, has announced that Jitneytrade Inc., a direct access broker specializing in active traders, is using UL BRIDGE as its connectivity and pre-trade risk gateway to the Canadian equities market. Canadian regulation required Jitneytrade to have pre-trade risk monitoring of all direct electronic market access. When…

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May 08, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Market maker Virtu launching $500 million secondary share offering

Virtu Financial, Inc (NASDAQ:VIRT), a technology enabled global market maker, has announced the commencement of an underwritten secondary offering of 15,000,000 shares of its Class A common stock. At Tuesday's close of $33.35 per share, the offering size is aimed to be $500 million. The selling stockholders, Mr. Vincent Viola, Virtu's founder and Chairman Emeritus, TJMT Holdings LLC…

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May 04, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Thomson Reuters expands wealth management brokerage processing platform BETA

Information giant Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI) announced that it has expanded its North American wealth management brokerage processing platform, BETA, to include automated international post-trade processing for multi-market and multi-currency securities, representing a significant advancement in a continuous effort to better serve both retail and institutional clients. Powered by NRI’s I-STAR/GX platform, Thomson Reuters North American…

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May 04, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Cboe Global Markets reports record results for 1Q 2018

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) has reported record financial results for the first quarter of 2018. Consolidated results for the first quarter of 2017 include Bats Global Markets (Bats) for the period March 1 through March 31, 2017. Cboe completed its acquisition of Bats on February 28, 2017. Our record results underscore the utility…

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May 04, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FX post-trade processor Cobalt gets investment from Singapore Exchange SGX

Cobalt, the foreign exchange (FX) post-trade processing network based on shared infrastructure and high performance technology, just announced that it has secured a strategic investment from Singapore Exchange (SGX). SGX’s investment will support the continued expansion of Cobalt’s footprint into the FX space, further accelerating technology development and build out of the team. Cobalt’s solution…

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May 02, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

NEX Group market volumes continue to drop in April

NEX Group plc (LON:NXG), a financial technology company at the centre of global markets, announced today its trading statement for the month of April 2018. Spot FX results were USD83.4 billion, 10% lower than previous month. US Treasury’s numbers were also down with 18% MoM. The complete results can be seen in the table below:…

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May 02, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

LCH begins clearing of non-deliverable interest rate swaps

The global clearing house LCH has just announced that it has begun clearing of non-deliverable interest rate swaps. Market participants are now able to clear this product denominated in Chinese Yuan, Korean Won and Indian Rupee. This is the first time that SwapClear has offered clearing of derivatives denominated in these currencies. Clearing for Chinese Yuan,…

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