Category: Forex

Bitcoin astounds again – Testing $9,000, share up to 61% - What’s next?
October 03, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Berndale launches Bitcoin trading

ASIC regulated online broker Berndale Capital, an Australian based and market leading provider of forex trading services and technology, is pleased to announce the introduction of Bitcoin trading. Available to all clients, the launch of the BTC/USD pair grows the Berndale trading instrument portfolio to 85, enabling greater investment diversification. Customers can trade price speculation…

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FXCM GLBR terminate management agreement
October 03, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

FXCM terminates Management Agreement with Global Brokerage Inc

Retail FX broker FXCM Group LLC has put out an interesting press release (see text below), stating that it has agreed to terminate its Management Agreement with parent company Global Brokerage Inc (NASDAQ:GLBR). FXCM and GLBR became effectively separated when Leucadia National Corp (NYSE:LUK) took a direct equity stake in FXCM last year, and the two appointed…

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fxspotstream fx volume
October 02, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

FXSpotStream sees record FX volumes in September, hires Tom San Pietro from Thomson Reuters as CTO

Multibank FX aggregation service FXSpotStream has announced that it recorded the highest average daily volume as well as overall monthly volume since the service was founded nearly six years ago. The current month's volume exceeds the company's previous volume record set in November 2016, which included the daily volume high of USD $49 billion on US…

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October 02, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Nasdaq Corporate Solutions unveils board portal software Nasdaq Boardvantage

Nasdaq Corporate Solutions, a business of Nasdaq, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ), has announced today that unveils its next generation board portal and team collaboration software, Nasdaq Boardvantage. Nasdaq Boardvantage is available as a web-based, tablet and mobile solution and offers enhanced governance and collaboration solutions for C-suite leadership, board members, corporate secretaries, and other corporate and private…

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October 02, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

REGIS-TR commences trade repository services in Switzerland

Today, REGIS-TR, the European Trade Repository, has launched its services in the Swiss market. It had been recognized in April by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) as a foreign repository. This service will allow participants to comply with their obligation to report under the Financial Market Infrastructure Act (FMIA), also known under the…

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October 02, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Derivatives Service Bureau launch real time ISINs for OTC Derivatives

The Derivatives Service Bureau announced that has launched its real-time International Securities Identification Number (ISIN) creation service today and users can now create OTC derivative ISINs and obtain associated reference data to address regulatory reporting obligations and processing requirements. A year after the initial announcement of the core functionality of the first automated global ISIN-allocation…

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October 02, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CMC Markets adds Spread Bet API plug-in for institutional FX and CFD traders

FCA regulated online CFD brokerage house CMC Markets Plc (LON:CMCX) announced that has today launched its native Spread Bet Application Programming Interface (API). This gives other institutions the ability to quote a ‘pounds per point’ price on any Index, Commodity, Treasury or Forex instrument that CMC offers, in a seamless manner. CMC first offered institutions…

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