Category: Forex

admiral markets expo
September 06, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Admiral Markets expanding into deposits and loans with Credit Institution Licence application

Estonia based Retail FX and CFD brokerage group Admiral Markets AS has  announced that it has applied for a credit institution licence through the Estonian Financial Supervision Authority, which is currently processing the application. Admiral Markets said that it has made the application for a credit institution licence to support its core service offering -…

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Tickmill fx broker
September 06, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Tickmill UK monthly volumes hit $16 billion, Client Funds $8 million

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings that Tickmill UK Ltd, the FCA licensed arm of Estonian-controlled Retail FX brokerage group Tickmill, posted fairly impressive results during its first full year of operation. Tickmill UK received its FCA authorization in July 2016, and started trading activities in November 2016. The Tickmill group was established…

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Vertical Knowledge launches Robotic Process Automation to alternative data
September 05, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Eagle Investment Systems and ACA to streamline performance data reporting for GIPS verification

Eagle Investment Systems LLC, a BNY Mellon company and provider of financial services technology, and ACA Compliance Group (ACA), a provider of risk management and technology solutions focused on regulatory compliance and performance, have announced that they have collaborated to help standardize and streamline Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS®) verifications for clients. The GIPS standards,…

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playtech offices
September 05, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Plus500 investor Odey picks up 5% stake in Playtech

London based investment manager Odey Asset Management has made filings indicating that it has acquired a 5.02% stake in online gaming and financial trading company Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC). The interest of about 15.9 million Playtech shares (consisting of 6.7 million Playtech ordinary shares and 9.2 million CFDs on Playtech shares) is worth approximately £78.8 million (USD…

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FlexTrade integrates MSCI Risk and Factor Analysis
September 05, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FlexTrade launches a new Back-Testing framework

Multi-asset execution and order management systems company FlexTrade has just announced that it has launched a new Back-Testing framework designed to gauge and adjust the performance of past trading strategies for real-time use in trading equities, FX and futures. Just because a trading strategy worked successfully in the past, doesn’t mean it will show the…

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fca cftc regulation
September 05, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA appoints Sheldon Mills as its new Director of Competition

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has just informed the public that it has appointed Sheldon Mills as its new director of competition. Sheldon Mills is currently senior director, mergers and state aid at the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). At the FCA, Mills will be a central figure in delivering one of the organisation’s operational…

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exness fx volumes
September 05, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exness FX volumes cool 3% in August 2018 to $332 billion

Following a record first half of the year which saw more than $2 trillion of client trading volumes booked, FCA and CySEC licensed Retail FX broker Exness has reported a fairly strong summer of FX trading volumes, with August's $331.9 billion on the heels of July's $343.5 billion. Although down from record volumes of $395 billion set in May 2018,…

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Amana Capital launches AmanaPro institutional solution
September 05, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Amana Capital launches AmanaPro institutional solution

Global online brokerage firm Amana Capital has announced today the rollout of its new service, AmanaPRO. The company’s product portfolio is expanding into the institutional space as the firm capitalises on its technology and customer service to deliver its brand new product to the market. AmanaPRO is offering both MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 alongside a…

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FXSpotStream forex volumes
September 05, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FXSpotStream sets FX volumes record in August 2018 at $652 billion

Multibank FX aggregation service FXSpotStream has reported figures indicating that August 2018 volumes were up slightly from July on an average daily volume basis, and due to having more trading days in August surpassed the company's previous best-ever month in terms of total trading volumes. Overall, FXSpotStream supported $652.4 billions of volumes in August, versus…

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