Category: Forex

Ralf Roth Quantitative Brokers
December 06, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Quantitative Brokers hires IHS Markit's Ralf Roth as CEO

Quantitative Brokers, an independent global provider of advanced agency algorithms and data-driven analytics to clients in the Futures and US Cash Treasury markets, has appointed Ralf Roth as Chief Executive Officer. The company also named Thomas Ascher as Executive Chairman. Ralf Roth brings a wealth of experience to Quantitative Brokers, recently serving as Equities Division CTO…

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bank of russia
December 06, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bank of Russia signs MoU with Seychelles Financial Services Authority

The Bank of Russia and the Seychelles Financial Services Authority signed a Memorandum of Understanding on November 29th, 2017. The key areas of cooperation envisaged in the Memorandum are the following: assistance in detection and combating unlawful use of insider information and market manipulation, supervision and monitoring of compliance with applicable legislation in the financial…

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December 06, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Martin Adams joins CloudMargin as Head of Client Operations

CloudMargin, the creator of the world's first web-based collateral and margin management solution, announced that Martin Adams has joined the firm's senior leadership team as Head of Client Operations. Adams is a 26-year veteran of derivatives operations, with extensive experience in over-the-counter (OTC) and listed derivatives, as well as fixed income and foreign exchange (FX)…

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December 06, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

EEX and EQS Group agree on cooperation

The European Energy Exchange (EEX), the European energy exchange, and EQS Group, an international technology provider for investor relations, corporate communications, and compliance, will support future participants in the CO2 market with their reporting obligations pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation (MAR). As of January 3, 2018, the provisions of the Market Abuse Regulation…

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December 06, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Poland regulator KNF issues criteria for FX broker dividend payments in 2018

Polish financial supervision authority commission Komisja Nadzoru Finansowego (KNF) issued directives yesterday to the country's brokerage houses regarding dividend policy. The KNF recommended that the dividend in 2018 should only be paid by brokerage houses which meet the following criteria in aggregate: A. dividend in the amount not higher than 75% of the net profit for…

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Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI)
December 06, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Thomson Reuters еxpands its Connected Risk platform with Model Risk Management solution

Building on its commitment to deliver a suite of next-generation governance, risk and compliance (GRC) solutions to assist the global financial and corporate communities, Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI) announced that it has expanded further its Connected Risk platform to include a Model Risk Management (MRM) solution, allowing institutions to demonstrate a real-time understanding of their model…

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FXDD offices
December 06, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Nukkleus, FXDD and IronFX call off planned merger

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings that the long-planned merger of publicly traded Nukkleus Inc (OTCMKTS:NUKK) and related Retail FX broker FXDD with rival broker IronFX has been called off. The original deal, set in June of last year, called for a multi-stage and somewhat complicated set of transactions which would see IronFX as…

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