LeapRate Exclusive Interview... The issue of transparency and fairness in the FX markets has been a hot one of late, with many institutional and retail players making changes in the way they trade and hedge (and with whom they trade and hedge) as a result. We are pleased to speak today on these topics and…
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Fineqia International Inc. (CNSX:BGO) announced that former managing director at the Indian subsidiary of Copenhagen based multi asset brokerage Saxo Bank A/S Rudra Dalmia has joined its board of advisors. Rudra Dalmia is a seasoned investment professional with more than 15 years experience in private equity, financial services and investment banking across Asia, Europe and the United States.…
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CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) just announced that the CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE) will be the first of the CBOE Holdings exchanges to migrate onto the Bats technology platform, with an expected switch-over on Sunday, February 25, 2018. The migration of the C2 and CBOE options exchanges will follow, with those dates to be announced…
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EBS BrokerTec, a NEX Group (LON:NXG) business which provides electronic trading technology and services, announced a new internal structure for its electronic foreign exchange (FX) business, EBS, to allow it to better serve its customers. The new structure which is effective immediately, presents EBS as a service-driven business focused on what customers need, rather than…
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Multi-asset execution and order management systems company FlexTrade Systems today announced the appointment of Vishal Pandya as Chief Operating Officer (COO). In this newly created position, Pandya will serve as a member of FlexTrade’s executive leadership team and have overall responsibility for the performance and development of the company. In this capacity Pandya will report…
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The European Commission has prohibited the proposed merger between Deutsche Börse AG and London Stock Exchange Group under the EU Merger Regulation. The Commission's investigation concluded the merger would have created a de facto monopoly in the markets for clearing fixed income instruments. The proposed merger would have combined the activities of the two largest…
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Dow Jones Media Group (DJMG) announced that Francesco Guerrera is joining their team in London as Head of Europe, starting on April 18th. Guerrera has worked in the UK, Europe, Asia and the U.S. teams of editors and reporters. He has an unrivaled track record of market-moving scoops and incisive reporting on the biggest financial stories.…
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Bill Gross has reached a $81 million settlement of his lawsuit against Pacific Investment Management Co (Pimco), ending a long two and a half year drama over the well-known bond investor's abrupt departure from the investment management giant, Reuters reported earlier today. Gross and Pimco said in a joint statement the settlement was "amicable," and…
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The global clearing house LCH announced that has extended its RepoClear service to offer clearing for cash and repo trades on German government securities via LCH SA, its continental Europe-based entity. This complements the existing service at LCH SA which already clears trades on Italian, French and Spanish government securities and will provide greater choice for members…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that FCA regulated multi asset prime broker Divisa Capital has begun making a round of senior level management hires, following its recently announced $100 million capital raise which we discussed with Divisa Capital CEO Mushegh Tovmasyan at the time the very handsome financing was revealed back in January. First to join is…
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