Category: Institutional

xceptor data automation
April 06, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Xceptor appoints Marco Sablone as Director of Sales following recent NY office opening

Xceptor, a provider of process automation and data management services for the financial sector, today announced the appointment of Marco Sablone as Director of Sales & Business Development for North America. Reporting directly to Andrew Kouloumbrides, Chief Executive Officer, Sablone will be working closely with existing clients and driving new business as part of the company’s…

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April 05, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Axioma selected by asset management firm Quoniam

Axioma, a provider of enterprise market risk and portfolio analytics solutions, has extended its relationship with Quoniam, a quantitative asset management firm headquartered in Frankfurt, with more than €26 bn in assets under management. Now with the implementation of Axioma Risk, Quoniam will be able to improve the quality of their daily risk reporting across…

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April 05, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex broker solutions provider MahiFX receives FCA license

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Forex brokerage solutions provider MahiFX has received its FCA license in the UK as a matched principal broker. The license was officially granted to MahiFX on March 16, 2017. MahiFX is also licensed by ASIC in Australia and the FMA in New Zealand (holding a Derivatives Dealer license, something that the…

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April 05, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

KfW chooses Eurex Clearing as CCP for Interest Rate Swaps

KfW expands its business relationship with Eurex Clearing AG, starting central clearing of its Euro denominated interest rate swaps via Eurex Clearing in Frankfurt. Central clearing of derivatives transactions significantly increases the safety and stability of the financial system. Central Counterparties calculate risks in real-time and demand adequate collat-eral. Moreover, they guarantee settlement of transactions.…

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April 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bats launches new benchmark indices for ten European markets

Bats Europe, a CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) company, today announced the launch of new benchmark indices for ten additional European markets. Bats now offers real-time, high-quality and low-cost alternatives to those provided by the incumbent index providers across all major European markets. The new Bats Indices covering ten markets include: Bats Austria 20 Bats…

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April 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CFTC announces Andrew B. Busch as the Commission’s first Chief Market Intelligence Officer

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Acting Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo announced that Andrew B. Busch has been named the Commission’s first Chief Market Intelligence Officer. After spending 30 years in the financial services sector, Mr. Busch comes to the CFTC from the boutique economic research company he founded, Bering Productions Inc. (BPI), where he was…

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fxspotstream fx volume
April 04, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

FXSpotStream forex volumes flat in March at $18.8 billion ADV

Multibank FX aggregation service FXSpotStream has reported that volumes on its system were fairly flat in March, for the third month in a row. Average daily volume at FXSpotStream came in at $18.8 billion in March - versus $18.7 billion in February and $18.9 billion in January. In context, however, FXSpotStream’s volumes were not as…

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GTX forex volumes
April 03, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

GTX sees record forex ECN volumes in March, up 23% MoM

GTX, the institutional FX arm of retail forex broker Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP), has reported that March trading volumes in its system increased nicely from what was a fairly quiet February. 2017 started off extremely strong at GTX, with record ECN / SEF volumes of $12.1 billion ADV in January. However trading activity cooled…

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