Trading solutions provider Spotware has just announced the release of cTrader Open API 2.0, the new Open API of its flagship Forex and CFD trading platform, cTrader. cTrader Open API v2.0 is the successor of cTrader Connect API v1.0 and will run in parallel with the previous version until v1.0 becomes deprecated. Open API enables third-party…
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British multinational electricity and gas utility company National Grid plc (LON:NG) has just announced that it has reached a satisfactory agreement over employment terms & conditions with two unions representing workers of the company's Massachusetts Gas business. National Grid plc is headquartered in Warwick, United Kingdom. Its principal activities are in the United Kingdom and Northeastern…
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Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE) has announced that Chris Isaacson, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer, will become Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Eric Crampton, Senior Vice President and Global Head of Software Engineering, will become Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. Both appointments will be effective January 14. Isaacson takes…
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The global clearing house LCH has just announced that 2018 was a record year for volumes across its clearing services at LCH Ltd and LCH SA. Equities, fixed income, and OTC derivatives clearing services all surpassed 2017’s clearing activity. Daniel Maguire, CEO, LCH Group, commented: 2018 was a strong year of delivery and innovation at…
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The following article was written by Retail FX broker FXTM, authorised and regulated in different jurisdictions under CySEC, FSCA, FCA and IFSC. The article includes an outlook for Q1 2019, separated by instruments by Jameel Ahmad, Global Head of Currency Strategy and Market Research at FXTM, Lukman Otunuga, Research Analyst at FXTM, and Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist…
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LeapRate Exclusive… LeapRate has learned that Andreas Lazarou has been appointed CEO of HF Markets (DIFC) Ltd. The forex and commodity broker has now launched operations in the UAE through its newly acquired Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) license. Andreas Lazarou has previously been with Abu Dhabi based brokerage group ADS Securities since 2013, first…
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CLS Group, the market infrastructure provider of risk mitigation services to the global FX market, has published its operating metrics for the month of December 2018. The average daily traded volume submitted to CLS was USD1.56 trillion - down 7.4% from USD1.68 trillion in November 2018. Average daily traded volume submitted to CLS by…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that retail FX broker Markets.com will be launching a new product soon - the MarketsX platform. CEO Joe Rundle joins us today to tell us all about it. Joe Rundle has been in the Retail FX and CFDs business for 15 years. He began his career at ETX Capital in 2004,…
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On Wednesday there was a significant price move affecting the Japanese yen (JPY) during the early hours of the Asia trading day. CLS Group has confirmed those spot volume movement observations, based on its extensive data set. This was particularly prevalent across US dollar (USD) Japanese yen and Australian dollar (AUD) Japanese yen currency pairs.…
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Chubb European Group has just announced that it has moved its whole business from London to France, effective January 1, 2019. The company's decision was approved by regulators last year and it provides Chubb's clients with uninterrupted service regardless of the outcome of Brexit negotiations between the UK and the European Union. David Furby, Regional…
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