Online gaming and financial trading systems provider Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC) has announced that it has closed its previously announced acquisition of market maker ACM Group Limited (Alpha). The deal was completed as a sale of assets from ACM. In August Playtech revealed its agreement to acquire the fast-growing privately held Alpha, in a structured transaction…
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FCA regulated online broker ETX Capital today unveiled a new and improved version of its multi-asset class, proprietary web trading platform – TraderPro. Active clients have been given an exclusive first chance to try out the new platform. What’s new? According to ETX Capital: More intuitive - the new web trading platform has an enhanced…
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Saxo Bank has a new majority owner. The Copenhagen based multi asset online broker has announced that Finland's Sampo Oyj (HEL:SAMPO) is becoming a new shareholder in Saxo Bank, joining China's Geely Group which will now become Saxo Bank's largest (and controlling) shareholder. Geely and Sampo will jointly buy out the other two main outside shareholders…
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Tokyo Financial Exchange (TFX) just released its trading volumes report for the month of September 2017. Interest Rate Futures contracts The trading volume of Three-month Euroyen futures was 129,531 ( + 34.8% MoM / - 50.2% YoY ) and its average daily volume was 6,477. 項目 September 2017 Trading Volume Daily Average Change on…
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GTX, the institutional FX arm of retail forex broker Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP), has reported near-record trading volumes during the month of September, right on the heels of a record August for GTX – quite a surprise given the usually quiet nature of summer currency trading in the institutional world. GTX reported total trading…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that FCA licensed Spreadbetting, FX and CFDs broker GKFX Financial Services Limited has seen a fairly impressive growth spurt, and - having raised an additional $15 million earlier this year - seems poised for more. GKFX reported that Revenues for the 16 month period September 2015 through December 2016 came…
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It was a week of both good and bad Forex Industry News, with the key stories of the week once again appearing only at LeapRate. We also saw quite a lot of financial reports from a variety of brokers from around the world. Also - some good, some not-so-good. Which investor group was granted a…
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Beginning our peek into September 2017 trading volumes at leading eFX trading platforms, data from institutional Forex ECN Hotspot FX indicates that September was a very good month, if not the best so far of 2017. FX trading volumes at Hotspot FX averaged $33.1 billion daily in September, up 22% from August. Volumes at Hotspot…
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Leading off our reports of FX trading volumes for September by leading Retail and Institutional eFX platforms, Forex ECN FastMatch data shows a 29% rise in activity from August. FX trading volumes at FastMatch averaged $20.9 billion daily in September, as compared to just $16.2 billion in August. In fact, September was FastMatch's second best…
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The Supervisory Board of Moscow Exchange at a meeting on 28 September 2017 confirmed Maxim Lapin as a Member of the Executive Board and Chief Financial Officer of the company. Before joining Moscow Exchange Maxim Lapin was a member of the Management Board and Business Development Director at steelmaker MMK. Before MMK he was Director…
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