Category: Forex

FXSpotStream forex volumes
February 01, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

FXSpotStream hits first ADV record of the new year, up 18% MoM

Multibank FX aggregation service FXSpotStream keeps up with its records in January 2019. LeapRate reminds that January 2018 FX trading volumes came in at $26.3 billion ADV, making January 2019 FXSpotStream’s best month ever at $38.37 billion ADV – and by a wide margin. January 2019 trading volumes highlights include: FXSpotStream starts off 2019 by hitting its first ADV…

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IG Group office
February 01, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

IG Group announces the launch of IG US

UK online trading leader IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) has just announced the launch of IG US, its US-based subsidiary offering foreign exchange (forex) services. At IG we pride ourselves on championing the client, I am excited to bring that same focus to serve the United States market,” said June Felix, IG Group CEO. “We see this…

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Credit Bank of Moscow launches virtual pool service
February 01, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Credit Bank of Moscow launches virtual pool service

Credit Bank of Moscow has just announced that it has launched a virtual pooling service for legal entities. The new service will allow clients to combine account balances of pool participants (various legal entities, a holding structure or a company with a branch network) to accrue interests on balances without physical cash flow. The total…

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February 01, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

oneZero Financial Systems teams up with GMI UK

oneZero Financial Systems has announced that it has teamed up with FCA regulated institutional FX and CFDs broker Global Market Index (GMI UK). GMI UK joins oneZero’s EcoSystem, a distribution channel of multi-asset class liquidity for the largest global network of brokers, prime brokers and hedge funds, to distribute FX, CFD and cryptocurrency liquidity to…

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February 01, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Sanostro announces partnership with AlgoTrader

Sanostro, a platform for trading signal intelligence sourced from systematic managers, has just announced that it has joined forces with institutional algorithmic trading software provider AlgoTrader. AlgoTrader provides a comprehensive platform for developing, testing and running quant trading strategies, and supports all asset classes including cryptocurrencies. Last year, Cryptonomics Capital Ltd., a crypto-valley based AI crypto quant…

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February 01, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Exclusive: The many faces of Brexit and its impact on the pound

LeapRate Exclusive... This article is courtesy of Ricardo Evangelista, Senior Analyst at London based financial broker ActivTrades. The broker has recently launched its proprietary platform ActivTrader. The results of the June 2016 referendum, and the process of establishing the terms of the separation from the EU, revealed deep running divisions in British politics and society…

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MT4 integrator Gold-i adds PrimeXM's Laurence Luo to its Shanghai team
February 01, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Exclusive: Forex technology provider Gold-i adds PrimeXM's Laurence Luo to its Shanghai team

LeapRate Exclusive... Forex technology provider Gold-i just announced that it has bolstered its account management and on-boarding team in Shanghai with the appointment of Laurence Luo as a Technical Support Engineer.  Prior to Gold-i, Laurence Luo was a Technical Account Manager at PrimeXM, which makes him the second PrimeXM employee to join Gold-i this year. Mike Dugdale,…

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January 31, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Luminex Trading & Analytics announces platform upgrade

Brokerage services provider Luminex Trading & Analytics LLC has announced the launch of “Luminex 2.0”. The enhancements represent a significant upgrade to the platform. The new user interface for its buy side-only trading venue enables traders to customize their workspace with more than 50 performance, cost and execution data points. Luminex is as much a community as…

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BIS announces key appointments in Singapore and Switzerland
January 30, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Broadridge’s Chris Perry elected to the Financial Services Institute's Board of Directors

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR) has informed the public that the Financial Services Institute (FSI) has elected Chris Perry, Broadridge’s corporate senior vice president and president of Global Sales, Marketing and Client Solutions, to its Board of Directors. We are pleased to welcome Chris to our Board of Directors. He has a deep understanding of…

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