Multibank FX aggregation service FXSpotStream has reported that volumes on its ADV kept on rising in June, this time with whole 16.4% MoM, having supported US$20,310 billion ADV in June - the highest ADV in any month in 2017 and highest ADV since November 2016. FXSpotStream's double digit MoM ADV increase compares favorably to other venues…
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Just one day after NEX Group PLC (LON:NXG) has announced that its NEX Optimisation unit has launched the FX industry’s first fully automated Settlement Netting Service, the company released its electronic markets volumes for the month of June 2017. US Treasury was $166.1 bln, 2% down MoM. US Repo was $226.5 bln, up 13% YoY…
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INTL FCStone Inc. (NASDAQ: INTL) announced the merger of its wholly owned subsidiary, Sterne, Agee & Leach, Inc. with and into its wholly owned subsidiary, INTL FCStone Financial Inc. (the Company). The merger further consolidates INTL FCStone's regulated entities, and is expected to result in operational efficiencies at INTL FCStone Financial Inc. and to enable…
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Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX), the region’s largest and most diversified derivatives bourse, witnessed a surge in Gold and currencies trading in June, which can, in part be attributed to the recent listing of additional ‘Calendar spreads’ on the Exchange’s Gold Futures and G6 Currency contracts. The currency segment continued their upward trajectory in…
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NEX Group PLC (LON:NXG) has announced that its NEX Optimisation unit, which helps clients reduce complexity and optimise resources across the transaction lifecycle, has launched the FX industry’s first fully automated Settlement Netting Service to streamline the bilateral settlement netting process for market participants. The Settlement Netting Service will automate settlement netting of over-the-counter foreign…
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Data released today by the Tokyo Financial Exchange indicated that forex trading volumes were up slightly during the month of June in Japan. The TFX indicated that the total trading volume of its FX Daily Futures contracts (Click 365) was 2,404,152, up 8.3% versus May but still way down (48.9%) from last year June. Average daily forex…
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GTX, the institutional FX arm of retail forex broker Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP), has reported that June trading volumes in its system decreased from May, on both a total and average daily trading volume basis. GTX saw total trading volumes of $270.1 billion in June, or $12.3 billion ADV, versus $306.5 billion total /…
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Beginning our peek into June 2017 trading volumes at leading eFX trading platforms, data from institutional Forex ECN Hotspot FX indicates that June trading volumes decreased slightly by just under 1% MoM from May, clocking in at $27.9 billion average daily volume for the month. Activity did seem to be stronger in the second half of…
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Leading off our reports of FX trading volumes for June by leading Retail and Institutional eFX platforms, Forex ECN FastMatch data shows a 12% drop in activity from May volumes. FX trading volumes averaged $19.7 billion daily at FastMatch in June, down from a record $22.5 billion in May. FastMatch's figures portend a fairly slow…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Abu Dhabi based international financial services firm ADS Securities has made some more changes to its institutional FX organization. Lousia Kwok, who joined ADS Securities from Paribas just over a year ago to act as Head of Prime Brokerage Sales and Product has left the company. Her role has been…
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