Category: Forex

Go Plus account high volume traders
October 10, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

GO Markets launches GO Plus+ account for high volume FX traders

ASIC regulated Retail FX broker GO Markets has announced the launch of its new GO Plus+ account, providing an advanced trading experience targeted at high volume traders. This brand-new account option seeks to reduce spreads, and therefore clients’ overall trading costs, with the addition of aggregated Bank, Non-Bank, and ECN pricing on Margin FX (Forex) and Metals.…

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ActivTrades office
October 10, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: ActivTrades adds Grant Thornton senior partner Patrick Storey to its Board of Directors

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that FCA regulated FX and CFDs broker ActivTrades has added Patrick Storey as an independent director on its Board. Patrick Storey is a Chartered Accountant and a Founding Member and Senior Partner of Grant Thornton’s Financial Services group, and head of its regulatory team. Mr. Storey has 30 years’ experience with Grant Thornton…

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October 09, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

NetSuite expands Middle East operations

The company offers support for new VAT, adds dedicated sales team and strengthens partner ecosystem to meet growing demand for cloud ERP in region Oracle NetSuite, a provider of cloud-based financials / ERP, HR, Professional Services Automation (PSA) and omnichannel commerce software suites, just announced the expansion of operations in the Middle East to meet…

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October 09, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Thomson Reuters launches fixed income trading application for African bond markets

Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI) has launched Fixed Income Callouts, a flexible and transparent App on the Eikon platform that facilitates the negotiations and agreements of fixed income bond trading terms within banks in country and across African markets, improving price discovery, market monitoring, execution and market transparency. Fixed Income Callouts has been specifically built for African…

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BIS announces key appointments in Singapore and Switzerland
October 09, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

TP ICAP announces senior hires in Institutional Services division

Interdealer broker TP ICAP (LON:TCAP) has announced a number of senior appointments within its Institutional Services division. Jonathan Gane has joined Institutional Services as Managing Director. He joins from Fort Rock Asset Management, where he was CEO and co-Chief Investment Officer. He previously worked at Société Générale as the Global Head of Origination and Structuring…

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Securities and Exchange Commission proposes Transaction Fee Pilot for NMS Stocks
October 09, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Robert Evans III named Chief of the Office of International Corporate Finance in SEC

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that Robert Evans III has been named Chief of the Office of International Corporate Finance in the agency’s Division of Corporation Finance. The office spearheads the division’s outreach to non-U.S. issuers that access the U.S. capital markets. Mr. Evans recently joined the Division of Corporation Finance after…

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saxo bank fx volumes
October 09, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Saxo Bank FX volumes strong, Commodities and Equities weak in mixed September trading

Copenhagen based online brokerage provider Saxo Bank has reported steady but mixed overall trading volumes for September 2017, with FX trading up but Commodities and Equities somewhat weaker than in August. Overall, total multi-asset trading volumes at Saxo Bank were down 2% MoM in September, $342.6 billion versus $348.4 billion in August. We'd note that monthly volumes…

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