Equiti Group just announced that Arik Oslerne has parted ways with the company by mutual agreement. Mr. Oslerne has been the Group's COO in the UK for over 4 years and more recently the Chief Business Development Officer for the Middle East & Africa region. It is reported that he is leaving the Group to…
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Multi-asset liquidity and prime-of-prime service provider Advanced Markets Group just announced the addition of the China A50, China H-Shares and Singapore Blue Chip index CFDs to its list of tradable instruments. Natallia Hunik, Advanced Markets Groups Global Head of Sales commented: The decision to add Asian indices was driven by strong demand from our client…
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Pico, a connectivity, cloud technology, data and analytics services provider to the financial services industry, just announced that they have appointed Emma Wheeler as their Chief Commercial Officer for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) starting this July. She now will be a member of the global senior executive team, reporting directly to Pico…
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Forex trading platform developer MetaQuotes announced last week that it has added several new features to its MetaTrader 5 platform. A new API has been added, especially to enable request of MetaTrader 5 terminal data through applications, using the Python high-level programming language. The API contains multiple libraries for machine learning, process automation, as well…
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The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) confirmed the appointment of Antonia Watson as Acting CEO of ANZ New Zealand, following the departure of David Hisco. Mr Hisco’s departure follows ongoing health issues as well as Board concern about the characterisation of certain transactions following an internal review of personal expenses. ANZ New…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate recently sat down with Mr. Matus Bajko, CEO of Bel air s.r.o., owners of the social trading network FX Junction. This is the second time we sat down with Matus, this time for a free-flowing discussion on several topics, such as what it takes to run FX Junction and where the future…
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LeapRate Exclusive... Bel air, s.r.o., the company behind the social trading network for forex traders FX Junction, just announced a public release of their API Solutions. These solutions allow third party developers to integrate FX Junction’s core services into their own applications using simple API calls. Namely, 2 APIs are offered: Copy API - which allows third…
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AlgoTrader AG just informed that Phillip Securities Japan Ltd., a Tokyo-based broker with membership in TSE, OSE and TOCOM has integrated the AlgoTrader algorithmic trading solution for trading index futures with its newly launched futures dark pool. Phillip Securities consulted AlgoTrader to meet their desire for custom execution algos for Japanese futures trading on the…
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Software solutions platform Polymath announced that it has just added Sumsub to its service provider marketplace. Sumsub is a trusted provider of compliance as a service, with years of legal experience that assures full compliance to STO regulations, including routine KYC/AML checks for individual and corporate clients together with accredited investor checks. Sumsub is a…
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The following article is courtesy of FlexTrade's Ivy Schmerken. With the uptick in Asian currency trading and the growth of electronic trading, Singapore’s regulator is working with the financial industry to build an FX trading hub and expand FX market infrastructure, a move to improve liquidity and price discovery during Asian trading hours. The Monetary…
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