NEX Optimisation’s triCalculate adds KVA analytics for pricing derivatives trades LeapRate

November 16, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

NEX Optimisation’s triCalculate adds KVA analytics for pricing derivatives trades

NEX Group PLC (LON:NXG)’s post trade division NEX Optimisation announced today that it has introduced capital valuation adjustment (KVA) analytics to its triCalculate XVA (Valuation Adjustment) service. KVA calculations determine the lifetime costs of capital as part of the pricing of an OTC derivative. Pricing trades correctly is critical to ensuring accurate credit risk, counterparty…

November 16, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Thomson Reuters upgrades ONESOURCE Sales & Use Tax and Global VAT/GST Technology Solution

Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI) announced the latest version of ONESOURCE Indirect Tax, the company’s intelligent, end-to-end global tax automation solution. Available in the cloud for simplified deployment and maintenance, the new release offers both shared and dedicated cloud options, addressing the needs of mid-sized businesses and large multinationals alike. The cloud tax solution automates tax calculation…

November 15, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

NICE Actimize launches Trade Reconstruction solution, helps FSOs meet MiFID II demands

New automated solution leverages sophisticated analytics, correlation capabilities to cut trade reconstruction time from days to minutes, and improve responsiveness to regulators NICE Actimize, a NICE (Nasdaq:NICE) company, just announced that rapid trade reconstruction is mandated by the global-reaching MiFID II, MAR, Code of Conduct and Dodd-Frank regulations, and in most cases with a demanding 72-hour…

November 15, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

LiquidityBook launches LBX Outsourced Trader

SaaS-based POEMS with fully integrated managed FIX service designed to meet the unique needs of an outsourced trading desk Platform currently in use by multiple outsourced trading firms, including JonesTrading New York-based LiquidityBook, a fintech provider of trading and messaging solutions, has just announced the launch of LBX Outsourced Trader. The advanced POEMS (portfolio, order and…

November 15, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FIX Trading Community releases recommended practices for Commission Unbundling as required by MiFID II

FIX Trading Community, the non-profit, industry-driven standards body at the heart of global financial trading, has today released Recommended Practices for Commission Unbundling as required by MiFID II. MiFID II has introduced the requirement to explicitly separate commissions into their component parts (e.g. execution, research) with a focus on the specific identification of the research component…

November 15, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

NEX commits to the FX Global Code and introduces a public register

NEX Group (LON:NXG), a financial technology company at the centre of global markets, announced today it has signed a Statement of Commitment to adopt the principles of the FX Global Code across its EBS FX trading platforms and NEX Optimisation services. NEX announced the signing of the Statement of Commitment and introduced a new NEX…

November 14, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Monarques Gold announces a custom milling contract with Wallbridge Mining for 35,000 tonnes of ore

Monarques Gold Corporation (CVE:MQR) has announced that it has entered into a custom milling contract with Wallbridge Mining Company Limited (TSX:WM) to process 35,000 tonnes of ore from the Fenelon Gold property, located 75 km west-northwest of Matagami, Quebec, at Monarques' Camflo mill. This second contract signed in recent weeks is a testament to the processing…

November 14, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Leverate launches China FX broker expansion service, Go East

Continuing its makeover from turnkey brokerage solutions provider to an FX point solutions company, Leverate has announced the launch of “Go East with Leverate” - a professional service that will enable brokers to expand into the enormous financial trading markets of China and the wider Asia Pacific region. With two offices based in China, one…

November 14, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Walbrook Capital (formerly FXCM Securities) rebrands as ITI Capital, plans Prime Brokerage expansion

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that FCA regulated FX and CFDs broker Walbrook Capital Markets Limited has been renamed ITI Capital Limited. Beyond its formal company name, the company's operating brand has also been changed, from Walbrook Capital to ITI Capital. However, at least for the time being, the broker's website url remains at walbrookcapitalmarkets.com.…

DFSA launches Cyber Threat Intelligence Platform

November 14, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FS-ISAC and MAS to strengthen cyber information sharing across nine countries

The Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) informed that they have launched the FS-ISAC Asia Pacific Regional Analysis Centre’s office and operations in Singapore. The setting up of the Regional Centre in Singapore shows the growing collaboration between the two organisations to fight cybercrime. The Centre…

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