Category: Institutional

FXSpotStream forex volumes
September 05, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FXSpotStream sets FX volumes record in August 2018 at $652 billion

Multibank FX aggregation service FXSpotStream has reported figures indicating that August 2018 volumes were up slightly from July on an average daily volume basis, and due to having more trading days in August surpassed the company's previous best-ever month in terms of total trading volumes. Overall, FXSpotStream supported $652.4 billions of volumes in August, versus…

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NEX Group market volumes
September 03, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

NEX Group's market volumes drop in July

London based electronic trading firm and exchange operator NEX Group PLC (LON: NXG) has also released its market volumes for the month of July today. Spot FX results were down 15% MoM. US Treasury’s numbers dropped to 125.4 with 20% MoM. The complete results can be seen in the table below: NEX Markets Volumes –…

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FastMatch Euronext FX volumes
September 03, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FastMatch August 2018 FX trading volumes down 3% to $19.5 billion ADV

Continuing a string of somewhat slow set of trading volumes being reported for the summer months by leading institutional FX platforms, Forex ECN FastMatch has reported that August 2018 FX trading volumes were down 3% from July, with average daily trading volumes coming in at $19.5 billion. However, despite the seasonal slowdown, FastMatch's figures for both…

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FCA allows retail investors greater access to long-term investment opportunities
August 30, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Biggest motivator for investing is a ‘flexible lifestyle’

Chasing a flexible lifestyle is the number one reason for investing or trading in the stock markets according to research carried out for Financial Technology group, ayondo. Highlights include: A survey of UK equity investors reveals: 60% say the opportunity to generate a secondary income or to make money to give them a more flexible…

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LeapRate interview: Defense against toxic flow, Jeff Wilkins speaks
August 24, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Green and Sustainable Finance Cluster Germany releases baseline report

The Green and Sustainable Finance Cluster Germany has issued its baseline report presenting an inventory of sustainability activities at the financial centre of Frankfurt/Main. The report is the first publication from this cluster, created in spring 2018 in a merger between the Green Finance Cluster Frankfurt of the Hessian Ministry of Economics and the Accelerating…

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Hong Kong SFC
August 24, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

SFC launches investor identification for northbound trading

The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has announced that it has reached an agreement with the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) to implement an investor identification regime for northbound trading under Mainland-Hong Kong Stock Connect on 17 September 2018. The investor identification regime will facilitate more effective monitoring and surveillance by the CSRC…

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August 22, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Vela teams up with CoinMarketCap to include cryptocurrencies in SuperFeed

Vela, an independent provider of trading and market access technology for global multi-asset electronic trading, has announced a partnership with CoinMarketCap, the source of data for cryptocurrencies. This agreement marks a new addition to the asset class coverage for Vela’s Market Data Feed service, SuperFeed. The partnership will provide Vela’s institutional client base with normalized…

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