Category: Forex

Devexperts Bookmap visualization trading platform

January 31, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Devexperts partners with Bookmap to launch financial visualization and trading platform

Munich based Devexperts, which develops retail and institutional trading platforms and provides cloud based financial data infrastructure, has announced that it has partnered with US based Bookmap in the release of trading platform Bookmap version 7. Bookmap is an innovative visualization and trading platform for US Equities, Futures and digital currencies. Bookmap’s data visualization offers complete…

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January 31, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

IBF to help financial industry professionals with career advice and job placement

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF) today announced that IBF will expand its mandate to provide career advisory and job placement services for the financial sector. IBF will set up a dedicated Career Centre providing advisory services for professionals in the financial industry. The Centre, targeted to…

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January 31, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

RBC Investor & Treasury Services appoints Erik Morgan as Head of Global Due Diligence

RBC Investor & Treasury Services (I&TS), part of Royal Bank of Canada (RY on TSX and NYSE), today announced the appointment of Erik Morgan as Managing Director, Head of Global Due Diligence. Morgan joins RBC I&TS from J.P. Morgan where he was most recently Executive Director, Wholesale Client Onboarding, and helped to establish the firm’s…

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January 31, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Alantra Equities goes live with Ullink’s MiFID-ready high-touch and connectivity solutions

Ullink, the global provider of electronic trading and connectivity solutions to the financial community, announced today that Alantra Equities (formerly known as N+1 Equities) has gone live with Ullink’s high-touch order management system (OMS) ODISYS and NYFIX connectivity hub. Alantra Equities, the Spanish equities broker division of the global mid-market investment banking and asset management…

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January 31, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Skrill sponsors 5-a-side football tournament F5WC

Skrill, a Paysafe (LON:PAYS) and a digital wallets and mobile payments company, just announced that it has signed a sponsorship deal with F5WC, the world’s largest 5-a-side football tournament. Over 10,000 5-a-side teams from more than 30 countries compete in the F5WC world cup. 350 qualifying events will culminate in a grand final in Shanghai,…

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January 31, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Singapore’s QQQ Capital taps Eze Investment Suite for growth

Eze Investment Suite to power operations for USD100M start-up Eze Software, a global provider of investment technology, announced that it has signed on QQQ Capital Pte Ltd., Singapore’s new long-term value hedge fund manager, to use Eze Investment Suite to automate its operations. QQQ Capital will be launching the QQQ Capital Feeder Fund, a USD100…

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January 30, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Peer-to-peer lender Assetz Capital launches Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA)

Assetz Capital, one of the UK’s largest Peer-to-Peer platforms, just announced it has launched its Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA). IFISA is available as a wrapper on all automated investment accounts, with the Manual Lending Account also set to be allowed into the ISA in early 2018. In a change with convention in the marketplace, this…

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ESMA - Did they go too far?

January 30, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

ActivTrades calls for 50x CFD leverage cap instead of ESMA's 30x proposal

FCA regulated FX and CFDs broker ActivTrades has issued its comments on pan European regulator ESMA's proposal to limit CFD trading leverage to 30x. ESMA's proposals are now in the public consultation phase, with repsonses due by next week, February 5. Similar to the reaction and analysis of (most) other leading regulated brokers, ActivTrades believes…

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January 30, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Finastra buys Geneva-based Bank eFX trading platform provider Olfa Soft

Fintech company Finastra just announced that it has acquired Olfa Soft SA and its FX e-trading platform for banks and financial institutions. The move enables Finastra to deliver a unique end-to-end real-time eFX trading solution for banks’ treasury departments, covering distribution, position-keeping, post-trade and payments. Finastra was formed by the merger last year of rival…

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acquisition

January 30, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

West Corporation to acquire Nasdaq’s Public Relations Solutions and Digital Media Services businesses

West Corporation (West) and Nasdaq, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) jointly announced today that West has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the public relations (Public Relations Solutions) and webcasting and webhosting (Digital Media Services) products and services within Nasdaq’s Corporate Solutions business for approximately $335 million, subject to adjustments. Public Relations Solutions and Digital Media Services…

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