Category: Forex

tom higgins dan picone gold-i australia
November 12, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

MT4 tech specialist Gold-i opens an office in Australia

MetaTrader technologies and integration specialist Gold-i has announced that it has opened an office in Australia, headed up by FinTech sales and technology specialist, Daniel Picone (pictured above right alongside Gold-i CEO Tom Higgins). The new Sydney-based office is a significant development for Gold-i as it focuses on increased business opportunities amongst brokers in Australia and…

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tier1fx mt4 to fix api bridge
November 12, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Tier1fx and Fortex jointly launch MT4 to FIX API Bridge

Malta based FX broker Tier1fx has announced the joint launch alongside FX platforms and solutions provider Fortex of what it calls the first-ever MT4 to FIX API Bridge. The bridge helps connect the widely-used MT4 platform to the FIX API Server such that clients of all caliber can reap its advantages. Albert Galera, Chief Operating…

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Stax Inc. teams up with Coleman Research
November 12, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Coleman Research launches research interactions platform

Coleman Research, a global provider of primary research, has announced the launch of Coleman Exchange, a cloud-based software platform that helps research providers and the buy-side manage key aspects of the research interactions life-cycle. With Coleman Exchange, users can use the platform for marketing availability, scheduling, managing subscriptions, and invoicing for analyst access and meetings.…

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Advanced Markets launches crypto CFDs
November 12, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FX DMA provider Advanced Markets adds Standard Chartered as Prime Broker

Advanced Markets, an institutional foreign exchange liquidity and prime-of-prime service provider, has announced that it has signed Standard Chartered Bank as a foreign exchange prime broker. The addition will further extend the range of clients that can use prime brokerage to trade via Advanced Markets’ Direct Market Access (DMA/STP) liquidity infrastructure. Having Standard Chartered Bank…

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IAM announces financing for JMB Crushing Systems ULC
November 12, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

IAM announces financing for JMB Crushing Systems ULC

IAM has just announced the closing of a senior term loan to JMB Crushing Systems ULC (“JMB”), a portfolio company of Seattle-based private equity firm Westward Partners, LLC. This financing represents IAM’s third transaction with JMB, following the two initial tranches of debt which were advanced in April and June 2017. JMB has been producing…

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November 12, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Fantom teams up with Tosei to bridge the gap between technology and real estate

Fantom, the DAG-based smart contract platform for real-time cryptocurrency payments, has just announced a strategic partnership with real estate firm Tosei. Managing approximately $5.5 billion USD in assets, Tosei will benefit from the application of Fantom’s Opera Chain to digitize and transform its services from the tracking of materials to the storing of property ownership…

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equiti capital rebrand
November 12, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Divisa Capital rebranding as Equiti Capital

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Divisa Capital, the institutional multi-asset prime brokerage arm of Equiti Group, is planning to soon announce a rebrand of the company to Equiti Capital - essentially dropping the 'Divisa' brand and uniting the company's identity under the 'Equiti' moniker. Currently the parent company Equiti Group operates its institutional business…

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FlexTrade adds Paul Beatty to team
November 12, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

CLS adds Thomas Berkery to its Board of Directors

CLS, a market infrastructure group delivering settlement, processing and data solutions, has announced that Thomas Berkery was elected to its Board of Directors as a new Independent (Outside) Director on 16 October 2018 and will sit on the Audit and Finance Committee. Berkery is a senior executive who brings to CLS nearly 40 years of…

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squareddirect website
November 12, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Retail FX broker ProbusFX rebrands as SquaredDirect

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that CySEC licensed retail forex broker ProbusFX has rebranded as SquaredDirect (at website squareddirect.com). Additionally, the company's legal name has been changed from Aspide Financial Limited to Squared Financial (CY) Limited. This apparently comes as part of the company’s restructuring and pairing up with its sister company, SquaredPro, to form the Squared Financial…

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tools for brokers logo new
November 12, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Tools For Brokers unveils new logo and image

Tools For Brokers, a provider of fintech solutions for the crypto and forex industry, has announced a change in its corporate visual standards. The change of corporate style is associated primarily with a change in the positioning of the company and its perception in the eyes of customers. Next year, Tools For Brokers will be…

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