Category: Institutional

Deutsche Börse
August 02, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Deutsche Börse Regulatory Reporting Hub partners with Reg.Tek.Solutions and Risk Focus for MiFID II

The Regulatory Reporting Hub of Deutsche Börse Group announced that has launched a partnership with Risk Focus and its software subsidiary, RegTek.Solutions, headquartered in New York. Risk Focus will provide key system components for the Regulatory Reporting Hub’s OTC Trade Reporting solution, including RegTek.Solutions’ Validate.Trade product. The functionality of the components provided by Risk Focus…

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fxspotstream fx volume
August 02, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

FXSpotStream FX volumes down 14% in July to $17.6 billion ADV

Continuing the string of flat to slightly-down FX trading volumes at leading eFX platforms we’ve seen for the month of July, multibank FX aggregation service FXSpotStream has reported that volumes on its system were down 14% MoM, coming in at $17.6 billion ADV. We'd note that June was a near-record month at FXSpotStream, with ADV…

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August 01, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Fiserv acquires the assets of PCLender

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a global provider of financial services technology solutions, announced today that it has acquired the assets of PCLender, LLC, a next generation enterprise internet-based mortgage software and mortgage lending technology solutions company. This acquisition will enhance the Fiserv suite of mortgage origination services, which enable Fiserv clients to deliver the experience…

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August 01, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bank Of England staff start pay strike

Staff at the Bank of England will today (Tuesday 1 August) start a three day strike at the bank. Members of the UK’s largest union, Unite, are holding a demonstration outside the bank’s London office at 8.15 am today to mark the start of a historic strike over pay. The Labour shadow chancellor of the…

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August 01, 2017 BY admin

Thomson Reuters June spot Forex volume up 9% MoM to $93 billion

Thomson Reuters Corp (NYSE:TRI) has published their Forex volume metrics for June 2017, with spot FX volumes rising to $93 billion, up 9.4% MoM from May’s $85 billion. This was the platform's best performing month since March for spot volumes (see chart above) when the US dollar lost a bit of steam due to a Dovish Fed and…

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August 01, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Japan Exchange Group releases trading overview for July 2017

Japan Exchange Group just released its trading overview in July 2017. Cash Equity Market In July 2017, the daily average trading value for the TSE 1st Section (domestic common stocks) was JPY 2.5582 trillion. In the ETF market, monthly trading value was JPY 2.3482 trillion. Derivatives Market In July 2017, total derivatives trading volume was…

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August 01, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Rabobank and TD Securities join Neptune network

Neptune, the Fixed Income network for real-time “axe” indications, just announced the addition of Rabobank (Rabo) and TD Securities “TD” to its network and board. Rabo and TD become the 23rd and 24th participating banks on the network. The Neptune network provides a venue for investors to consume the highest quality bond axes/inventory data from…

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GTX forex volumes
August 01, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

GTX sees FX trading volumes steady in July 2017 at $269 billion

GTX, the institutional FX arm of retail forex broker Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP), has reported that July trading volumes in its system were virtually unchanged from June, on both a total and average daily trading volume basis. GTX saw total trading volumes of $268.6 billion in July, or $12.8 billion ADV, versus $270.1 billion…

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fastmatch forex volumes
August 01, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

FastMatch July FX trading volumes down 9% MoM to $18.0 billion ADV

Leading off our reports of FX trading volumes for July by leading Retail and Institutional eFX platforms, Forex ECN FastMatch data shows a 9% drop in activity from June volumes. FX trading volumes at FastMatch averaged $18.0 billion daily in July - the company's second consecutive monthly volume decline - as compared to $19.7 billion…

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