Category: Forex

FX liquidity providers
November 09, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

LMAX Exchange liquidity made available through the Seabury FXone trading platform

LMAX Exchange, the FCA regulated multilateral trading facility (MTF) for FX trading, has announced that its global liquidity has been added to Seabury’s FXone trading platform. Professional traders using the FXone GUI interface will now have access to LMAX Exchange streaming firm limit order liquidity and benefit from transparent, precise, consistent exchange quality execution. Jeremy Barnes,…

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November 09, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

NEX Regulatory Reporting to become an SFTR trade repository

NEX Regulatory Reporting, a NEX Group (LON:NXG) business which provides regulatory reporting services across global regulatory regimes, announced today its intention to apply to become a trade repository for the Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR) and launch a dedicated reporting solution, pending the issuance of the final technical standards from ESMA. NEX Regulatory Reporting will…

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New BIS report cites “internalization” by large banks for 7% volume drop
November 09, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Leverate launches EMIR / MiFID II regulatory consulting service Regyoul8

Continuing its metamorphosis from turnkey brokerage solutions provider to an FX point solutions company, Leverate has announced the launch of a new Cyprus-based regulatory consulting and services operation, called Regyoul8. This of course follows our exclusive coverage from earlier this week of Leverate entering into a cooperation agreement with (former?) FX platform rival MetaQuotes, to…

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KVB Kunlun office
November 09, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Record revenues in Q3 for Hong Kong FX broker KVB Kunlun

Hong Kong retail forex broker KVB Kunlun Financial Group Ltd (HKG:8077) has released its third quarter financial report, with the company seeing record Revenues and significantly improved profitability so far in the second half of the year. In Q3, KVB Kunlun reported total Revenues of HK$181.5 million (USD $23 million), up 38% from Q2's HK$131.5 million.…

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Gain Capital forex.com
November 08, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

GAIN Capital hires former IG Group executive Alastair Hine as COO

FX brokerage group Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE: GCAP) has announced that Alastair Hine was appointed Chief Operating Officer effective November 6, 2017. Mr. Hine will be based in GAIN Capital's London office and report directly to Chief Executive Officer, Glenn Stevens. Alastair Hine joins GAIN Capital from IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG), where he spent the last 18 years in senior leadership…

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Francisco Heredia State Street
November 08, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Molten Markets founder Francisco Heredia joins State Street as MD of Global Link

LeapRate Exclusive... He's back in the FX game again. After more than two years out of the business, LeapRate has learned that seasoned FX industry executive Francisco Heredia has joined State Street Corp (NYSE:STT), as a Managing Director with State Street's Global Link trading services in Boston. Global Link, or more formally State Street Global Markets, provides specialized…

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Interview: Match-Trade's Michael Karczewski and Christopher Dankowski discuss Forex market and upcoming trends
November 08, 2017 BY admin

Match-Trade Technologies announces new Kuala Lumpur office

Match-Trade Technologies, headquartered in Irvine, California, a fully integrated forex technology company, is announcing today the launch of its new office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia which will focus on business development in the South-East Asian markets. Match-Trade’s Kuala Lumpur office will be a support and onboarding hub for growing Match-Trade clients base in Asia. It…

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November 08, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Liquidnet study finds dark trading adjusting ahead of MiFID II

Liquidnet, the global institutional trading network, today published Shape Shifting: Accessing the Dark Post MiFID II research on how buy-side traders plan to trade in the dark once broker dark pools are no longer admissible. Today, 65% of respondents see buy-side crossing networks as their most effective venue for accessing the dark versus 20% who…

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