Category: Forex

April 13, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Leverate sets up new private data center at Equinix London

Broker technology and platform solutions provider Leverate has just announced that it has expanded its resources with new private servers within the Equinix Data Center located in London. Leverate provides its customers with nearly zero downtime, reduced latency, increased execution speed, and fast, constantly available feed. Dell EMC & VSAN Hyper Converge With the Hyper-Converge…

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April 12, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

RegTek.Solutions adds Ruwan Weerasekera to Board of Directors

RegTek.Solutions, the global provider of regulatory reporting solutions, has announced the appointment of Ruwan Weerasekera to its Board of Directors. Weerasekera's regulatory experience in financial markets spans more than 25 years. He is currently a Senior Independent Non-Executive Director for ICBC Standard Bank Plc, where he Chairs the Remuneration Committee, and sits on the Board…

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April 12, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

EU Financial Regulators warn against risks for EU financial markets, Brexit, asset repricing...

The securities, banking and insurance sectors in the European Union (EU) face multiple risks, the Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) latest report shows. The ESA report for the second half of 2017 outlines the following risks as potential sources of instability: sudden repricing of risk premia as witnessed by the recent spike…

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April 12, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

NEX and DTCC-Euroclear team up to further streamline margin call processes

DTCC-Euroclear Global Collateral Ltd (GlobalCollateral), a joint venture of Euroclear and The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), and NEX (LON:NXG) a financial technology company at the centre of the global markets, have announced a new partnership to streamline and improve OTC derivatives margin call processes. As a new member of the GlobalCollateral Partner Program,…

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April 12, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Geely’s takeover of Saxo Bank gets Denmark FSA approval

Saxo Bank has announced that the Denmark financial regulator FSA has approved the transaction which will see China's Geely Group take control of the Copenhagen based online trading services provider. The transaction, first announced in October 2017, saw China’s Geely and Finland’s Sampo take control of Saxo Bank, buying out TPG Capital and SinarMas in…

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April 11, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Rosenthal Collins Group hires Steve Ivey as Executive Vice President

Rosenthal Collins Group LLC (RCG), an independent futures brokerage and clearing firm, has announced the appointment of Steve Ivey as Executive Vice President & Chief Risk Officer. Ivey brings more than two decades of risk management experience in trading, liquidity, credit, operational and market risk. Starting his role at RCG this week, Ivey joined the…

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April 11, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Orbex partners with Ajiad Securities to offer trading services on international markets in Jordan

CySEC regulated online forex broker Orbex has announced that it held its partnership ceremony at the Hotel Le Grand, Amman, Jordan, where several prominent figures representing the Jordanian Securities Commission (JSC), traders, and experts in the field of trading attended. As an international forex broker, the partnership with Ajiad Securities will enable access to trading…

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April 11, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

MarketInvoice teams up with NatWest to fund British businesses

Business finance company MarketInvoice has announced that it joins a select group of alternative finance firms on NatWest’s Capital Connections panel. Capital Connections helps SMEs to access alternative sources of capital after being unable to secure traditional financial backing. Business customers are signposted to the panel of innovative sources of finance including equity crowdfunding, marketplace…

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