Category: Forex

State Street Corp offices
January 29, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

State Street partners with BestX to provide innovative transaction cost analysis offering

State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) announced today FX Connect, its FX execution venue, will partner with trade technology software provider BestX in order to offer transaction cost analysis (TCA) solutions globally. With a continued emphasis on best execution driven by regulation, market participants are increasingly looking for holistic solutions to be compliant,” said David Newns,…

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Cboe Global Markets
January 29, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Cboe to list Mini-SPX Index (XSP) Wednesday-expiring weekly options

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) today announced that it plans to list Wednesday-expiring weekly options on the Cboe Mini-SPX Index (XSP), beginning January 30, 2018. Cboe’s new XSP Wednesday-expiring WeeklysSM offer the features of S&P 500® Index (SPX) Weeklys options, but at 1/10th the contract size. Essentially, XSP Weeklys options allow investors to efficiently…

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January 29, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FlexTrade integrates BestX FX trade execution analytics into its FlexTRADER EMS

Multi-asset execution and order management systems company FlexTrade today announced the integration of the BestX trade analytics solution for FX within its FlexTRADER EMS. With a fully interactive interface, users can use BestX to analyse their FX executions in real-time, delivering transparency to enable better decision making whilst meeting the needs of MiFID II compliance…

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January 29, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Fluent adds post-trade FX risk management and credit API services

Fluent Trade Technologies (Fluent) today announced that it has enhanced its trading technology platform by launching ‘Post-Trade’ risk management services and ‘At-Trade’ venue Credit and Kill Switch APIs. These new services are hosted on the same platform as Fluent's existing Pre-Trade risk controls, providing clients with a complete suite of FX risk management and control…

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Divisa Capital UK
January 29, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Divisa UK executive Norbert Lukasiewicz leaves to pursue other interests

FCA regulated multi asset prime brokerage Divisa UK Limited has announced that Norbert Lukasiewicz, Chief Innovation Officer (CINO) for the company, will be leaving to 'pursue other interests'. Divisa UK Limited operates the Divisa Capital institutional, and Equiti.com retail FX brokerage arms. Mr. Lukasiewicz joined the Equiti/Divisa group in 2014 from Integral Development Corp., where he was Director,…

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January 29, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Forex Sports Sponsorship: Alpari and chess grandmaster Sergey Karyakin extend their sponsorship deal

The international financial Alpari brand just informed that it is extending its cooperation with chess grandmaster Sergey Karyakin into 2018. Alpari will be providing the young chess player with financial support as he prepares for the Candidates Tournament in Berlin taking place between the 10th and 28th of March this year, where he will compete…

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January 29, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

NEX Group’s Opportunities fund participates in $28 million round by fintech cloud company Duco

Duco, the data engineering technology company, today announced the completion of a $28m investment round by Insight Venture Partners, NEX Opportunities, a NEX Group (LON:NXG) business, and Eight Roads Ventures. The round also includes an investment by lifetime entrepreneur and former CEO of SunGard, Cristóbal Conde. NEX and Duco already cooperate with NEX using Duco’s Cube…

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