Brazil, Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea added to Tradays economic calendar LeapRate

May 15, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Brazil, Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea added to Tradays economic calendar

It's been a while since Tradays' last economic calendar geographical expansion - Spain and Italy were added back in January 2019. MetaQuotes Software Corp. announced today that 80 indicators have been recently added for Brazil, Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea. The relevant index readings are collected in real time directly from public sources, including…

May 15, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

ATFX releases forex, stock markets, metals, energy, and crypto Q2 outlook report

Forex and CFD broker ATFX has just released a 23-page market outlook Q2 report, incorporating unique data on forex outlooks, the stock markets, metals, energy, and the hot topic of cryptocurrencies. The report includes regional information as well as regulatory information. Alejandro Zambrano, Global Chief Market Strategist of ATFX UK, Ramy Abouzaid, Head of Market…

May 15, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Exclusive: IS Prime Australia goes live with Agency Voice Execution business

LeapRate Exclusive... ISAM Capital Markets, the parent company of IS Prime, announced exclusively for LeapRate that it is expanding its Agency Execution business and bolstering its team in Sydney through the appointment of two senior financial markets professionals, Angus Malone and Cal Portway. Angus Malone has 15 years’ experience at Macquarie Bank, progressing from trainee…

May 14, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

GKFX UK rebrands as GKPRO

Global Kapital Group just announced that it has decided not to on-board new retail and elective clients to GKFX UK. GKFX UK will continue to serve institutional and professional clients through GKFX UK platform. Given this change in GKFX segmentation strategy, Global Kapital Group decided to re-brand GKFX UK as GKPRO starting 1st of June…

May 14, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Forex sports sponsorship: CFI teams up with Formula E racing driver Oliver Rowland

Online trading services provider, CFI Financial Group, has just announced a partnership with Formula E rookie Oliver Rowland. Rowland who races in the all electric championship for Nissan E.Dams, will become a CFI brand ambassador for the next two years. The agreement, brokered by Blackcastle Sport, sees the investment and trading corporation join forces with…

May 14, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

X Open Hub introduces lower spreads on DAX, Gold, Oil, and more

Global liquidity provider X Open Hub announced that it has added to its offering lower spreads on popular instruments (DAX, Gold, OIL, EUR/USD, etc.). The company has also made some further improvements across both Asian and European markets. X Open Hub's offering has grown significantly, including MT5/MT4 Bridges, integration measures, FIX, and more recently a…

May 13, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Liquidnet acquires RSRCHXchange marketplace

Liquidnet announced that it has acquired the marketplace and aggregator for institutional research RSRCHXchange. Liquidnet will now be able to deliver relevant insights directly to investment teams through the Liquidnet platform. The company has acquired OTAS Technologies back in 2017. Since then, it has focused on integrating AI-powered decision support and analytics into its institutional…

May 13, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Stater Global's Ayhan Gurcuoglu joins CFH Clearing as VP International Sales

FX liquidity provider and prime of prime brokerage CFH Clearing, part of the TradeTech Group, financial unit of Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC), just announced that it has added Turkish financial markets expert, Ayhan Gurcuoglu, to its team as VP International Sales. Ayhan Gurcuoglu joins the FCA regulated company with over 18 years’ experience in the industry. Prior…

BIS announces key appointments in Singapore and Switzerland

May 13, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Exclusive: GMI UK announces a number of changes to its management

LeapRate Exclusive... Global Market Index ltd (GMIUK) announced a number of changes to the management of the firm. Chris Hossain-Nelson, who had joined last summer as Global Head of Sales, is in now in the process of being appointed to the Board of Directors of GMIUK. Before joining GMIUK, Hossain-Nelson was the Global Head of…

May 10, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Chinese Stocks at risk of giving back all of their 2019 gains

The following guest post is courtesy of ATFX Global Chief Market Strategist Alejandro Zambrano. The Chinese stock market is under pressure and from its 2019 high of 14237.2 the China A50 index had slid by 12.55% at the time of writing. Chinese stock markets have much like its European and U.S. peers been thriving since the start of…

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