Category: Forex

gkfx trading
August 06, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Marcus Scarlett replaces Nick Beecroft as Chairman of GKFX

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that GKFX has continued to reshape its senior executive and directorship arms, with current board Chairman Nick Beecroft departing the board and the company bringing on board Marcus Scarlett as his replacement as Chairman. Mr. Scarlett's formal taking of a director position and the Chairman's role is still subject to regulatory…

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Vertical Knowledge launches Robotic Process Automation to alternative data
August 06, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Merrill Lynch WM selects Factset as primary market data provider

FactSet, a global provider of integrated financial information, analytical applications, has just announced it has been selected to be the primary market data provider for Merrill Lynch Wealth Management. Starting later this year, FactSet will deploy its Market Data solution to more than 15,000 wealth management professionals across Merrill Lynch. The web-based platform provides complete…

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Technical support website for MetaTrader platforms now available in Chinese
August 06, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Technical support website for MetaTrader platforms now available in Chinese

Forex trading platform developer MetaQuotes has also announced today that Chinese-speaking brokers and integrators can now access all necessary information in their native language. MetaTrader 5 is gaining momentum in East Asia: over a million traders and hundreds of brokers from China, Hong Kong and Singapore already use various versions of the trading platform. The launch…

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August 06, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

QuantHouse adds Actant’s derivative trading solutions

QuantHouse, the independent global provider of end-to-end systematic trading solutions including innovative market data services, algo trading platform and infrastructure solutions, has announced that Actant’s derivative trading solutions have now been added to the QuantHouse API Ecosystem. Actant’s trading solutions deliver unique algorithmic programming flexibility and control to proprietary trading firms, market makers, investment banks…

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XTB fx broker office Warsaw
August 06, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Polish FX broker XTB sees Revenues down 26% in Q2-2018 to $23 million

After reporting record results in Q1 things seems to have cooled off somewhat during Q2 at X Trade Brokers Dom Maklerski SA (WSE:XTB). X Trade Brokers, which operates Retail Forex broker XTB.com as well as the X Open Hub trading platform, reported that Q2 2018 Revenues came in PLN 84.2 million (USD $22.8 million), down 26% from Q1's record at…

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August 06, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

AxiCorp acquires Middle East focused Retail FX broker One Financial

Consolidation in the Retail FX space continues. Australian-owned Retail Forex and CFDs brokerage group AxiCorp, which primarily operates the AxiTrader brand, has announced that it will acquire FCA regulated C B Financial Services Ltd, which operates the One Financial Markets (OFM) brand. The deal is predominantly cash-based and will be subject to customary regulatory approvals.…

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AML compliance
August 03, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Exchange Data International launches US Bankruptcy Data

Exchange Data International (EDI), a provider of global security corporate actions, pricing and reference data, has now officially announced the launch of the US Bankruptcy Data developed in partnership with New Generation Research, Inc. (NGR). EDI, through this collaboration, now offers comprehensive data on US Bankruptcy Data for businesses over 50MM in Assets, with historical…

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