Category: Forex

HotForex MT5
July 20, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

HotForex enables MT5 platform trading for clients

International multi-asset broker HotForex has announced that it has now added the new and innovative MetaTrader 5 trading platform, available for a variety of devices operating on Windows, Android and iOS systems. A HotForex spokesperson commented, HotForex is aware that every trader is different, and is always looking to ensure its clients have the tools they…

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Optimove screenshot
July 20, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Optimove hires Earnix executive Yarden Malka as COO

Customer marketing and retention specialist Optimove has announced that it has hired Yarden Malka as the company's new COO. He replaces Eilam Avinary, who had been with Optimove for the past seven years including the past year as COO. Yarden Malka joins Optimove after serving as VP Engineering for financial services focused predictive analytics software…

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July 20, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Itiviti partners with Syspower of Taiwan

Itiviti, the global provider of multi-asset trading technology and financial infrastructure, has announced a new alliance with Syspower, a Taiwanese provider of trading solutions. The partnership will allow Syspower to scale up its existing network with the 700+ brokers accessible through Itiviti’s NYFIX network, paving the way for international outreach. Syspower already benefits from a…

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playtech offices
July 19, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Fidelity sells down Playtech stake to below 5% after earnings miss

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings that Boston based investment management giant Fidelity Investments, through its FMR LLC subsidiary, has recently sold down some of its stake in online gaming and financial trading provider Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC). Fidelity was one of Playtech's largest shareholders with a 5.06% interest in the company, worth about £82…

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FCA regulation
July 19, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FCA approach to Brexit: temporary passports and cliff edge risks

However, the FCA noted that there is no reciprocal “TPR” arrangement from the EU, for UK firms looking to continue doing business with EEA clients. How might this temporary permissions regime look? What else is concerning the FCA at this stage, less than nine months before a Hard Brexit might take hold? The full text of Nausicaa…

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CLS Group trading volumes
July 19, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

CLS reports record traded volumes in H1 2018

CLS Group, the market infrastructure provider of risk mitigation services to the global FX market, has just published its operating metrics for the month of June 2018. The average daily traded volume submitted to CLS was USD1.899 trillion up 5.9 percent from USD1.793 trillion in May 2018.     Average daily traded volume submitted to…

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