Category: Forex

November 30, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Velocimetrics partners with CloudShark for better data visibility in trading environments

Velocimetrics, the provider of real-time business flow tracking and performance analytics and CloudShark, the world’s first web-based packet capture management and analysis system have today announced a tie-up, which will enable traders, network operatives and financial IT specialists to have greater visibility into network packets of data. Velocimetrics and CloudShark have collaborated to develop a…

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LCH SA EquityClear extends clearing services with Euronext stocks traded on Turquoise
November 30, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

LCH SwapAgent goes live with Cross-Currency Basis Swaps

LCH SwapAgent, a service for the non-cleared derivatives market, today announced that it has processed its first Cross-Currency Basis Swap. The first trade was conducted between Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank and was a EUR/USD Cross-Currency Basis Swap. The trade was brokered by ICAP, which is part of TP ICAP group, and was processed through…

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November 30, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

TP ICAP plc announces the acquisition of Coex Partners Limited

TP ICAP plc (LON:TCAP) announced that it has just acquired Coex Partners Limited, an independent agency broker. Coex has offices in London, Paris and New York. It was founded in 2014 and has 55 brokers. The company provides trade and execution services in listed derivatives and OTC foreign exchange to hedge funds, assets managers and…

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drew niv fxcm
November 30, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

FXCM unit holders Drew Niv, David Sakhai and Eduard Yusupov begin converting to GLBR shares

Regulatory filings made with US securities authorities indicate that three original senior members of FXCM's management team - Drew Niv, David Sakhai and Eduard Yusupov - have begun to convert their "units" into regular Class A common shares of Global Brokerage Inc (NASDAQ:GLBR). Longtime FXCM CEO Mr. Niv and several other members of senior management were issued non-publicly…

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Fullerton Markets trademark
November 30, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Fullerton Markets secures three trademarks in New Zealand for its brand

New Zealand based retail forex broker Fullerton Markets has announced that it has successfully secured three Trademarks with the New Zealand Intellectual Property Office. After receiving the Certificates of Registration signed by the Commissioner of Trademarks Ross van der Schyff, Chairman of Fullerton Markets Gerald Carter commented, We are delighted to receive the final approval…

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November 29, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

LCH SA goes live with repo clearing of Belgian debt

Another news today from LCH, as the company announced that it has extended its RepoClear service in LCH SA, its continental Europe-based entity. The Paris-based clearing house is now offering clearing for cash and repo trades on Belgian government bonds. Belfius Bank and KBC Bank were among the first members to clear the new product…

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PrimeXM
November 29, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

PrimeXM announces integration with Azul Zing for its order routing service XCore

Aggregation and connectivity solutions provider PrimeXM has announced that it has been collaborating Java runtime solutions specialist Azul Systems and its Azul Zing to further facilitate the low latency nature of PrimeXM’s proprietary order routing service, the XCore. Zing is a unique Java Virtual Machine (JVM) that has been deployed extensively throughout the financial sector industry.…

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Milan trading
November 29, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

smartTrade opens Milan office

Multi-asset electronic trading solutions provider smartTrade has announced the opening of a new office in Milan, Italy, to support the company's continued growth. smartTrade stated that it was seeing strong growth in its FX and Fixed Income market shares and in its number of clients. smartTrade said it has not only witnessed a strong increase…

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