Category: Forex

saxo bank banca generali
September 25, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Banca Generali and Saxo Bank to form a partnership for access to trading on global markets

Banca Generali and Copenhagen based online brokerage provider Saxo Bank announced they have reached an agreement to establish an exclusive partnership to offer online trading and digital services. The objective is to offer clients, on an exclusive basis for the Italian market, access to an innovative platform for advanced trading, based on Saxo Bank’s technology…

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forex industry news update
September 24, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

FX Industry Week Review: Binary Options ICO, ADS management change, CySEC negative balance protection, and lots more…

Which Binary Options broker is planning to go public via an Initial Coin Offring (ICO)? And what can we learn from that about the overall binary options sector? Which recently-promoted executive is now out at ADS Securities? What did CySEC clarify about negative balance protection which must be provided to all FX broker clients? All…

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September 22, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Axioma names Nico Kicillof of Two Sigma and Microsoft as Managing Director

Axioma announced the appointment of Nico Kicillof to the newly created position of Managing Director, Head of Platform Engineering. He was previously Head of Software Development Lifecycle at Two Sigma, the technology-driven institutional investor, since 2015. Streamlining flows of content into Axioma’s expanding range of cloud-based products and solutions is a core strategic objective,” said…

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Monex teams up with Shizuoka Bank to launch financial instruments intermediary services
September 22, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Monex Group’s operating revenue up 22% YoY in August

Monex Group, Inc. (TSE 8698, Oki Matsumoto, Representative Executive Officer and CEO) today reported the following monthly consolidated financial results of Monex Group, Inc. for August 2017. Operating revenue for the month of August was 3,692 million yen, 5% up from July 2017 and a 22% rise YoY. Global DARTs (DARTs stand for Daily Average…

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Valutrades website
September 21, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Valutrades grows Revenues 37% in 2016, but losses mount

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that FCA regulated Retail FX and CFDs broker Valutrades will soon be posting its financial statements with regulatory authorities, indicating that the company continued to grow its revenue base in 2016. However, the growth has come at the cost of increased losses at Valutrades, leading the company's shareholders to put…

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September 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Trading Technologies extends TT Platform into Hong Kong

Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), a global provider of high-performance professional trading software, today announced the availability of execution and client connectivity services through the Hong Kong Exchange and Clearing (HKEX) data center via its TT® platform. Colocating with HKEX strengthens TT’s global presence, allowing TT users around the world to easily obtain seamless, reliable,…

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AcadiaSoft launches sensitivities calculation services
September 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

AcadiaSoft announces smooth integration of Phase 2 firms into its margin hub

AcadiaSoft Inc., the industry provider of margin automation solutions for counterparties engaged in collateral management worldwide, has just announced that the integration into the AcadiaSoft Hub of the six additional in-scope firms under Phase 2 of the new IM rules for non-cleared derivatives has been completed successfully. The additional firms chose to use the Hub…

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September 21, 2017 BY admin

CME Group launches 'CME FX Link' to integrate spot and futures

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced it will launch spot foreign exchange (FX) basis spreads called 'CME FX Link' on CME Globex, CME Group's electronic trading platform. This will create the first ever central limit order book between the over-the-counter (OTC) spot FX and CME Group FX futures markets.…

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CFTC offices
September 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CFTC appoints Matthew B. Kulkin as Director of the Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo has announced the appointment of Matthew B. Kulkin to serve as Director of the CFTC’s Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (DSIO). Kulkin comes to the CFTC from the law firm Steptoe & Johnson LLP, where, as a partner, he advised financial market participants…

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