Category: Forex

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November 10, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: ITI Group brings in gaming investor John Barker as Chairman of Walbrook (formerly FXCM Securities)

LeapRate Exclusive… LeapRate has learned that Russia-focused brokerage ITI Group, which earlier this year bought control of FCA regulated broker Walbrook Capital, has named gaming and technology expert John Barker as Non Executive Chairman, also adding Mr. Barker to the board of Walbrook. John Barker was Managing Director and Head of International at institutional dark pool…

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November 10, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

SEC announces first members of Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the formation and first members of its Fixed Income Market Structure Advisory Committee. The committee, whose initial focus will be on the corporate bond and municipal securities markets, will provide advice to the Commission on the efficiency and resiliency of these markets and identify opportunities for regulatory improvements.…

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November 10, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Ullink unveils dedicated low latency connectivity for the ASEAN region

Ullink, a global provider of electronic trading and connectivity solutions to the financial community, today announced availability of a dedicated low latency connectivity offering for Singapore and the broader South-East Asian region. Building on Ullink’s demonstrated ability to deliver comprehensive connectivity services for local sell-side and buy-side market participants, the new offering more specifically addresses…

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November 10, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Emali launches training course for R3’s Corda DLT platform in Hong Kong and Southern China

Emali informed that it has been designated a certified trainer on enterprise software firm R3’s Corda distributed ledger technology (DLT) platform. Emali will run training classes in Hong Kong and Southern China in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin. The first course will begin in November. Corda is an open source, blockchain-inspired DLT platform that removes costly…

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November 10, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC announces the initial members of the Financial Services and Credit Panel

Following expressions of interest from leaders in the financial services and consumer credit industry to become members of the Financial Services and Credit Panel (FSCP), ASIC announced that it has selected for appointment the following people: Annette Spencer Gaye Simpson Brad Fox Gayle Cilfone Bruce Debenham Jennifer Diggle Calvert Duffy Johanna Turner Christine McArthur Naomi…

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November 09, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Seven FX market participants to clear CME OTC Non-Deliverable Forwards

Derivatives marketplace operator CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) today announced that seven market participants have agreed that they intend to clear OTC FX Non-Deliverable Forwards (NDFs) by the end of Q1 2018. As more clients and liquidity providers are affected by uncleared margin rules, additional market participants clearing NDFs will provide greater access to the capital…

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November 09, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Janus Henderson expands BNP Paribas strategic partnership with addition of U.S. services

Janus Henderson Investors (NYSE:JHG) today announced that BNP Paribas Securities Services, a global custodian with over $10 trillion in assets under custody as of September 30, 2017, will assume responsibility for the majority of Janus Henderson's back office (including fund administration and fund accounting), middle office and custody functions in the U.S. As part of…

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November 09, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

New Cboe Vest Fund targets distributions of 3.5% above the S&P 500 with Proportional Price Returns

The newest mutual fund from Cboe Vest Financial LLC, a majority owned subsidiary of Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBOE), seeks to track the recently launched Cboe S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Target Income Index (SPAI), an index designed to track the hypothetical performance of a partial buy-write strategy applied to stocks contained in the widely utilized…

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