Category: Forex

November 03, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Finantix software goes live in new market

Finantix, an established provider of sales and advisory software for financial services, today announced the activation of a third market in its pan-Asia partnership with Manulife, an international financial services group. The solution helps digitise Manulife’s agency distribution and create an improved experience for customers of select Manulife bank partners. The ‘go live’ milestone in…

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November 03, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Playtech shares dive 22% after issuing 2H-2017 profit warning

In its worst trading day in nearly a decade, shares of online gaming and financial trading systems provider Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC) traded down by more than 22% on Thursday after reporting a surprisingly negative Trading Update for the second half of 2017 earlier in the day. Playtech shares closed Thursday at £7.68, down 22.2% from Wednesday's…

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November 03, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Euronext's FX ECN unit FastMatch opens Greenwich CT office

Forex ECN FastMatch has announced that it has opened a sales office in Greenwich, CT. The company stated that high-quality level of service is one of the differentiating features contributing to FastMatch’s growth and success. In order to maintain this level of service, it is important for FastMatch to be located near its major customers.…

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November 02, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Cboe Global Markets acquires assets of Silexx Financial Systems

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) today announced it has acquired the assets of Silexx Financial Systems, LLC, a Sarasota, Florida-based company that develops and operates an innovative multi-asset order and execution management system (OEMS) that caters to institutional customers throughout the U.S. The acquisition is expected to provide Cboe customers with an additional channel…

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November 02, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bank of England increases Bank Rate to 0.50%

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) sets monetary policy to meet the 2% inflation target, and in a way that helps to sustain growth and employment. At its meeting ending on 1 November 2017, the MPC voted by a majority of 7-2 to increase Bank Rate by 0.25 percentage points, to 0.5%. The…

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November 02, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Saxo Bank adds ex ETX Capital exec Andrew Edwards as CEO of UK operation

After we reported exclusively yesterday about the departure of longtime ETX Capital CEO Andrew Edwards, Copenhagen based multi asset broker Saxo Bank has announced that it has hired Mr. Edwards as the CEO of its FCA regulated UK operation, Saxo Capital Markets UK Ltd. Andrew Edwards effectively replaces the role of Matteo Cassina, who recently resigned as…

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