Category: Forex

June 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Solactive launches a new suite of equity and fixed-income ESG indices

Solactive has announced that it has released the Solactive L&G ESG Index Family targeted at investors who wish to go further in integrating ESG factors into their investment strategy. This launch is the result of collaboration between Solactive and Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM), which combines LGIM’s proprietary Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) scoring…

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June 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

MetaQuotes introduces new account opening dialog in MT5

Forex trading platform developer MetaQuotes just announced that it has added to the latest platform version features a revised start dialog: traders can select a broker first, and then choose the desired account type. To make the search easier and more efficient, company logos are additionally shown in the list below. If you can't view…

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June 18, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

IG institutional chief Mark Chesterman joins Stater Global Markets as COO

FCA regulated FX prime brokerage Stater Global Markets has announced that it has hired Mark Chesterman, former COO of the IG Institutional division of IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG). He has joined Stater Global Markets in a newly created COO role. Stater Global Markets offers institutional clients direct access to Tier 1 bank and non-bank liquidity, clearing and institutional…

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June 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in May indicates that the labor market has continued to strengthen and that economic activity has been rising at a solid rate. Job gains have been strong, on average, in recent months, and the unemployment rate has declined. Recent data suggest that growth of household spending…

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June 18, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Spotware releases cTrader Mobile 2.8 beta upgrade with increased visibility

Forex and CFD technology solutions provider Spotware Systems has announced it has released cTrader Mobile Beta version 2.8. The new mobile version of the company's popular trading platform has some additional features providing traders with more visibility of their trading sessions and improving overall performance and usability. The cTrader Mobile 2.8 version upgrade includes: Positions,…

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June 18, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Nextmarkets gets Malta license, raises €6 million for trading platform

Cologne, Germany based fintech start-up nextmarkets GmbH has announced the closing of its Series A financing round, in which British hedge fund manager Alan Howard, Axel Springer Media for Equity GmbH, and Crypto Asset specialist Cryptology Asset Group PLC are investing €6 million euros into the company. The new investors listed above are investing alongside existing shareholders FinLab,…

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June 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Ramy Aziz retires as ASX Chief Financial Officer

ASX has just announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Mr Ramy Aziz, will retire in September 2018, after 18 years of service with the Group, including eight years as CFO. ASX Managing Director and CEO, Dominic Stevens, commented: Ramy has made a very significant contribution to ASX over many years and has been an important…

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June 15, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Canadian regulator OSC warns against Forex offshore broker Bristol Consulting FX

Continuing its string of warnings against unregulated brokers and other scams targeting retail traders in Canada, Canadian regulator OSC has issued a warning against an entity called Bristol Consulting FX. Bristol Consulting FX , also doing business as www.bristolconsultingfx.com is not registered in Ontario to engage in the business of trading in securities. The company…

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June 15, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Percival to deliver DEPEND and HUBBLE to Ukraine's CSD, NDU

Percival and NDU have just announced that they have completed and signed the main delivery agreement on 30th May 2018 to deliver Percival’s DEPEND CSD solution and their HUBBLE message layer to the National Depository of Ukraine (NDU). This delivery agreement now incorporates the findings of the joint Design Study including the scope of customisation…

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