Continuing the fairly strong FX trading volume reports we have seen so far from some of the leading institutional FX firms, CySEC and FCA regulated Retail FX broker Exness has reported that forex volumes in its system came in at $260.6 billion in September. That figure was actually down 5% from August's $274.8 billion result, but still placed…
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Insignis Cash Solutions, the cash management provider, has appointed Tim Moss as its chief technology officer (CTO) to expand the capabilities of the Insignis technology platform and support the company’s ambitious growth plans. The Insignis platform enables individuals and businesses to deposit and easily move cash between accounts, while balancing their individual priorities for security,…
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Eze Software, the provider of investment technology, just announced that has launched functionality to help hedge funds calculate and collect incentive fees within an increasingly popular ‘1 or 30’ structure. Eze Investor Accounting is the first solution in the market to address the handling of these fees. In recent years, investors have been looking for…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned from industry sources that there have been a number of (additional) changes on the board of directors of Monecor (London) Limited, which operates FCA regulated online trading brokerage ETX Capital. Two of the company's non-executive directors, Mark Preston and Claire Hafner, have resigned. Mark Preston is the former Chairman and…
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NEX Group PLC (LON: NXG) just announced their markets volumes for the month of September. The results is the best Spot FX volumes of 2017 for EBS at $97.4 billion ADV. European Repo went up to €244.5 billion with a rise of 37% YoY and 7% higher than the month of August. US Repo was…
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Torstone Technology, a global provider of post-trade securities and derivatives processing, just announced that Saxo Bank Securities Ltd. (Saxo Bank Japan), the investment and trading specialist, has selected Inferno to replace the bank’s legal ledger and comply with regulatory reporting requirements in Japan. Saxo Bank Japan will initially use InfernoRC to bring greater efficiencies to…
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Monex Group, Inc. (TSE 8698, Oki Matsumoto, Representative Executive Officer and CEO) today reported the following monthly business metrics of its subsidiaries in September 2017. Global DARTs (DARTs stand for Daily Average Revenue Trades meaning the number of trades and transactions per day which generate revenue) were up 2% MoM to 263,056. Number of total…
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Gemalto, digital security and Gold level member of Oracle PartnerNetwork, has just announced that Oracle Cloud Infrastructure customers can enhance the security of their cloud workloads and reduce the complexity of managing multiple heterogeneous security solutions with an integrated SafeNet Encryption and Key Management offering. As companies migrate to the cloud, protecting sensitive information efficiently…
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The Quoted Companies Alliance (QCA), the independent membership organisation that champions the interests of small to mid-size quoted companies, held its AGM on 3 October 2017. The membership ratified the appointment of 2 directors and re-elected 5 existing directors. The composition of the board reflects the importance for the QCA to address challenges across the…
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Petal Walker, Chief Counsel to former Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Commissioner Sharon Bowen will leave the CFTC effective today. Petal has been a vital member of my team since I joined the Commission,” said former Commissioner Bowen. “She joined my office with a wealth of knowledge on matters that were critical to the Commission.…
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