Rod Giffen named President, CQG APAC; Ryan Moroney appointed President, CQG Europe and the Americas CQG, a global provider of high-performance trade routing, market data, and technical analysis tools, informed that it has had a focused effort to add China to its global network of data and execution. With the imminent launch of this initiative,…
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Options, the provider of cloud-enabled managed services to the global capital markets, has today announced the appointment of John Gracey to its executive team. John joins the team as VP, Cybersecurity where he will be responsible for leading internal cybersecurity initiatives and the development of the Options Managed Security solution. Gracey brings over 15 years…
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NEX Group PLC (LON:NXG)’s post trade division NEX Optimisation announced today that it has introduced capital valuation adjustment (KVA) analytics to its triCalculate XVA (Valuation Adjustment) service. KVA calculations determine the lifetime costs of capital as part of the pricing of an OTC derivative. Pricing trades correctly is critical to ensuring accurate credit risk, counterparty…
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Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI) announced the latest version of ONESOURCE Indirect Tax, the company’s intelligent, end-to-end global tax automation solution. Available in the cloud for simplified deployment and maintenance, the new release offers both shared and dedicated cloud options, addressing the needs of mid-sized businesses and large multinationals alike. The cloud tax solution automates tax calculation…
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FCA regulated CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) has announced that it has extended its official Main Sponsor agreement with Club Atlético de Madrid, SAD, for the 2018/2019, 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 seasons, with both parties actively considering extending the relationship further. Plus500 first became the Official Main Sponsor of FC Atletico Madrid in January 2015 and…
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Agustín Carstens, Chair of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC), has formally resigned, effective December 1, 2017, as he steps down as Governor of the Banco de Mexico and assumes the position of General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). I am grateful for Agustín’s service to the IMF and its membership,…
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LeapRate Exclusive Interview... We often begin interviews with leading FX industry figures with a lengthy "setting the stage" intro. But not here. Following this weekend's news of the Chapter 11 reorganization filing by Global Brokerage Inc (NASDAQ:GLBR), we're just as curious as our readers to hear directly the people leading FXCM Group, in which GLBR owns…
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LeapRate has learned that AFX Group's FX prime brokerage unit Quantic Prime formally launched on November 1, 2017, with website quantic-prime.com now online. Quantic Prime is the institutional arm of AFX Group and a joint venture between the AFX and iBanFirst, an expert in banking and physical FX payments licensed by the Bank of Belgium as…
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New automated solution leverages sophisticated analytics, correlation capabilities to cut trade reconstruction time from days to minutes, and improve responsiveness to regulators NICE Actimize, a NICE (Nasdaq:NICE) company, just announced that rapid trade reconstruction is mandated by the global-reaching MiFID II, MAR, Code of Conduct and Dodd-Frank regulations, and in most cases with a demanding 72-hour…
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SaaS-based POEMS with fully integrated managed FIX service designed to meet the unique needs of an outsourced trading desk Platform currently in use by multiple outsourced trading firms, including JonesTrading New York-based LiquidityBook, a fintech provider of trading and messaging solutions, has just announced the launch of LBX Outsourced Trader. The advanced POEMS (portfolio, order and…
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