Another month, another volume record. Continuing what has been a very strong start to the year with record FX trading volumes reported in January, GTX – the institutional FX arm of retail forex broker Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) – has reported that it beat those figures handily in February, and by a wide margin. GTX…
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Singapore based English language financial daily newspaper Business Times is reporting that social trading and CFD broker Ayondo is gearing up for another attempt at going public on the Singapore Exchange SGX. We had reported back in October that FCA and BaFin regulated Ayondo was canceling its intention to “go public” on the Singapore Exchange via…
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LeapRate Exclusive... Is this the end of an era? LeapRate has learned that Chinese authorities have been approaching a number of foreign based Retail FX brokers with offices and operations in the country, demanding that they immediately shut down any physical presence in China. The "roundup" of foreign FX brokers began about two weeks ago…
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Football INDEX, the world’s first football stockmarket which enables ‘football traders’ to buy and sell real money shares in the world’s top professional footballers, has announced its expansion into Sweden and Canada. Football fans in Sweden and Canada can now capitalise on their football knowledge and build a portfolio by selecting from over 2,000 footballers…
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Global forex broker Vantage FX has announced a new partnership with performance marketing technology provider Cellxpert, aimed at bolstering Vantage FX's Affiliate CPA program. By partnering with Cellxpert, Vantage FX affiliates have access to state-of-the-art marketing and tracking tools all in one place. The Cellxpert platform enables Vantage FX affiliates to serve ads, track conversions, manage campaigns and…
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MTS, part of London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), today announced that it has launched an electronic interdealer trading venue for Slovak government bonds on MTS Cash. Slovakia has become the 20th country to join MTS Cash following a deal with ARDAL Over 100 unique counterparties trade on MTS Cash each day Average daily turnover exceeds…
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CC&G, part of London Stock Exchange Group, and CCP Austria announced that they have today entered into a partnership agreement whereby CC&G will provide technology–driven CCP Clearing and Risk Management services to CCP Austria. The five-year agreement is customer-focused and each legal entity will remain fully responsible for its own distinct CCP activity. This agreement…
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Some interesting disclosures in the just-filed annual report "10-K" form from investment company Leucadia National Corp (NYSE:LUK) have shed some more light on Leucadia's loan to Retail FX broker FXCM. Leucadia made a $300 million emergency rescue loan to FXCM in January 2015, after FXCM took heavy losses in the hundreds of millions of dollars from…
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TORA, provider of advanced cloud-based order and execution management system, today announced the launch of its new TORA Reporting solution, giving asset managers the ability to see and report on their trading operations anytime, anywhere. TORA Reporting lets users perform calculations on any data source and create reports with clear visualizations and charts. The new…
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FCA-regulated multi-asset prime-broker Otkritie Capital International Ltd (OCIL), which has offices in London and Moscow, has announced that after receiving all the necessary legal and regulatory approvals, full legal ownership and control of the company has now fully transferred to the new owner, Despacio Associates Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of the “Concern ROSSIUM” group.…
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