LMAX Exchange Group just announced that it has appointed Randy Rupan as Head of Liquidity Analysis. Rupan will report to Jeremy Barnes, Global Head of Liquidity Management. Randy Rupan has been in the FX industry for the last 20 years and has extensive experience in developing algorithms and analytics for foreign exchange. Prior to LMAX, he…
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Global clearing house group LCH just announced that Deutsche Bank has gone live to offer client clearing via CDSClear. Deutsche Bank is the first German bank to offer this service. MEAG and Union Investment are the first clients to connect to CDSClear via Deutsche Bank. Frank Soussan, Global Head of CDSClear, said: We’re delighted that…
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Leaprate Exclusive... Skilling, led by CEO Anders Berglund, announced earlier that its new online forex and CFD trading platform is now open to the public. The company’s trading platform is said to be user-friendly, simple to understand, and aims to be fully accessible to everyone who wants to trade in forex, cryptocurrencies, indices, stocks and…
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The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) just announced that it has teamed up with real-time transactional compliance firm Droit. The partnership aims to enable market participants to leverage Droit’s reporting eligibility capabilities within DTCC’s Pre-Reporting Transformation Services for supported G20 regimes as well as the forthcoming Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR). Since 2014, Droit’s ADEPT…
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Copenhagen-based online broker Saxo Bank today announced that Niels Jørgensen will be joining the team in a newly created position as Chief SaxoExperience Officer, Global Head of Marketing and Communications as of 15 August. Niels Jørgensen will be a member of the Executive Team, and is going to be reporting directly to Kim Fournais, CEO…
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The liquidity solutions search tool Liquidity Finder Ltd just announced that the prime of prime liquidity provider Advanced Markets Group has joined its interactive website www.liquidityfinder.com. Leaprate reminds that several other brokers also joined the interactive website recently - FCA regulated derivatives and FX broker Sucden Financial Limited, Global Prime Pty Ltd, and retail forex broker…
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HYPE Sports Innovation platform has announced plans for a $75m capital fund. HYPE will leverage from the already generated proprietary deal flow thanks to their global accelerator network hosting over 10,000 sports startups; focusing on eSports, AI, fan engagement monetization, VR, and performance analytics. The fund has already raised warehouse funding and signed the first…
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CEX.IO Broker platform for leveraged trading has announced that as soon as it receives its broker license from EU jurisdictions, it will become available in 28 EU countries for live trading. As of now, EU, US, and Canadian users can use CEX.IO Broker platform Demo accounts. A full launch in the US and Canada is scheduled…
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Online gaming and financial trading giant Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC) has made the first purchases of its own shares in the open market back in 2016, following its announcement that the company will buy back up to €50 million (USD $54 million) of its own shares. On 04 March 2019 the company purchased a total of 239,482…
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Multibank FX aggregation service FXSpotStream started 2019 with a record - January 2019 was FXSpotStream’s best month ever at $38.37 billion ADV - and by a wide margin. ADV volumes came at $34,835 in February, down 9.2% MoM, but up 21% YoY. With 21 trading days in March, ADV was $37,755 - up 8.4% MoM and…
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