FX post-trade processor Cobalt gets investment from Singapore Exchange SGX LeapRate

May 04, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FX post-trade processor Cobalt gets investment from Singapore Exchange SGX

Cobalt, the foreign exchange (FX) post-trade processing network based on shared infrastructure and high performance technology, just announced that it has secured a strategic investment from Singapore Exchange (SGX). SGX’s investment will support the continued expansion of Cobalt’s footprint into the FX space, further accelerating technology development and build out of the team. Cobalt’s solution…

May 04, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Vantage FX launches new brand VT Markets

The company reported that VT Markets Pty Ltd possesses the most advanced technologies of the group and will make major breakthroughs in all aspects of mobile network applications, online transactions, trading communities and intelligent transactions. According to these reports, VT Markets will launch their state-of-the-art mobile trading App in May 2018. As was also exclusively…

May 04, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

CMC Markets launches professional trading CMC Pro account

FCA regulated online CFD brokerage house CMC Markets Institutional (LON:CMCX) has announced that it will be offering its eligible existing and new clients the opportunity to switch to its new CMC Pro account. Following the recent announcement by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), retail clients will no longer be able to trade using…

May 04, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exness has another strong month with April FX trading volumes at $364 billion

Continuing a very strong start to the year in which it saw more than a trillion dollars of trading volumes in Q1, FCA and CySEC licensed Retail FX broker Exness has reported that April client volumes came in at $364.3 billion. April volumes were actually down 3% from March's record $375.4 billion, but still represent…

May 03, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Mizuho Americas names Jefferies' Susan Gilbertson Director of US Equity Research

Mizuho Americas announced that Susan Gilbertson has been named Director of US Equity Research for Mizuho Securities USA. In this role, she will be responsible for driving the quality of the research product and managing the continued growth of the firm’s coverage universe. She will report to Matthew DeSalvo, Head of Equities. Gilbertson has more…

May 03, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Saxo Bank FX trading volumes slump (again) by more than 20% in April

For the second month in a row, it looks like Forex and multi-asset trading volumes have fallen by more than 20% at Copenhagen based Retail FX broker Saxo Bank. After reporting record volumes in February, total volumes fell by 23% in March and now again by another 21% in April at Saxo Bank. For April,…

May 03, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Eze releases new version of its Investment Suite, unites investment operations

Eze Software, the premier provider of global investment technology, announced today that it has released the newest version of its enterprise-wide investment management solution, Eze Investment Suite 2018. The latest release of Eze Investment Suite continues to build on Eze’s mission of providing unified and streamlined access to technology for the entire investment management operation,…

May 03, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Leucadia books $62M gain on FXCM loan, still owed $70M at Q1-2018

Investment company Leucadia National Corp (NYSE:LUK) - which is in the process of rebranding itself to Jefferies Financial Group - has issued its 10Q quarterly report for Q1-2018, providing an update among other things on its outstanding loan to Retail FX broker FXCM Group. In the big picture, Leucadia reported that to date (as of March…

May 03, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

SteelEye and MAP FinTech collaborate in research and development for Regulatory Reporting

SteelEye, the compliance technology and data analytics firm and MAP Financial Technologies Limited, (MAP FinTech) which specialises in regulatory reporting solutions have announced a research and development partnership. The partnership will focus on the two firms’ complementary areas of regulatory reporting, specifically relating to EMIR, MIFID-II/MIFIR and Best Execution solutions. SteelEye has developed an intelligent…

May 03, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Cboe expands Market Data Sales Team with key hires

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) has announced the expansion of its Market Data Services team with two key appointments in its London office. Richard Barden has been appointed as Director, Market Data Sales and Stephen Dorrian has been appointed Director, European Market Data. Mr. Barden is responsible for the expansion and distribution of Cboe’s…

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