Category: Forex

forex industry news update
March 11, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FX Industry Week Review: China FX broker warnings, LCG goes private, Playtech ownership change, and lots more…

What warnings are Chinese authorities now posting for foreign Retail FX brokers operating in the country? Who is taking London Capital Group private? Who has replaced Teddy Sagi as Playtech's largest shareholder? Why did Exness inject $2 million into its FCA regulated UK sub? What FX sector executive moves were made involving Pepperstone, Saxo Bank, IG…

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March 09, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Saxo Bank Australia hires Ariel Lao from IG as Marketing Manager / CXO

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Saxo Capital Markets (Australia) Pty Ltd, the ASIC-licensed Australia arm of Copenhagen based multi-asset broker Saxo Bank, has hired Ariel Lao as its new Marketing Manager and Chief Experience Officer (CXO). Ms. Lao, a University of Melbourne graduate, joins Saxo Bank in Sydney from IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG), where she…

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March 08, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Companies appoint women for top roles to benefit from experience

The independent membership organisation, Quoted Companies Alliance (QCA), has announced that publicly quoted companies are actively looking to appoint women to top positions to achieve a better boardroom balance and address concerns about diversity in business, as indicated by its newest research. Among quoted companies that recruited for board positions in 2017, 40% explicitly sought out…

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Eze Software expands systematic trading support with Trade Informatics’ START
March 08, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Eze Software bolsters its Eclipse cloud connectivity

The global provider of investment technology, Eze Software, has just announced that it has signed on 60 broker-dealers to provide connectivity for Eze Eclipse, its new, born-in-the-cloud investment management solution. Eze Eclipse, a single unified platform that supports the entire investment workflow, launched in 2017. Eze Software chose 20 emerging equity and event-focused hedge funds as…

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Exchange Data International releases Short Interest feed
March 08, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Exchange Data International releases Short Interest feed

Exchange Data International (EDI), a provider of global security corporate actions, pricing and reference data, has informed the public of the release of its Short Interest service. Short interest is a market sentiment indicator that tells whether investors think a stock's price is likely to fall. It can also be compared over time to examine…

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PostFinance becomes a new shareholder of SIX
March 08, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

PostFinance becomes a new shareholder of SIX

PostFinance, the Swiss retail financial institution, has just informed that it has become a new shareholder of SIX, the operator of the Swiss financial market infrastructure. With PostFinance, the shareholder base of SIX now includes 127 banks and all significant participants of the Swiss financial center. SIX operates the infrastructure of the Swiss financial center,…

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