Category: Forex

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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Admiral Markets launches futures trading via CFDs
September 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Admiral Markets to upgrade trading terms for Admiral.Classic and other obsolete account types

Global forex broker Admiral Markets has made an announcement, addressed to all its clients with "older" accounts on the AM-Live trading server. The announcement contains a number of changes aimed at providing up-to-date trading conditions to obsolete account types in order to improve our quality of service and provide better compliance with the current regulatory…

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real time market data
September 20, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

RavenPack launches trading signals for fundamental investors utilizing big data analytics

RavenPack, which provides big data analytics to financial institutions, today launched a new service to create trading signals from big data including the web, news, social media, regulatory filings, and more. Primarily utilized by quantitative hedge fund and asset managers, the new enhancements now allow more traditional investors to use the RavenPack platform to apply…

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xceptor data automation
September 20, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Xceptor hires IHS Markit's Todd Rudley as Sales Director for North America

Xceptor, a leading provider of process and data automation services for financial institutions, today announced the appointment of Todd Rudley as Sales Director for North America. Reporting to Andrew Kouloumbrides, Chief Executive Officer, Rudley is responsible for managing existing clients and increasing sales with financial institutions in the US and Canada. The North American market…

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MT5 platform
September 20, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

FX liquidity provider CFH Clearing adds MT5 trading platform

FCA regulated FX Prime of Prime brokerage and liquidity provider CFH Clearing and MetaTrader trading platform developer MetaQuotes have announced that CFH Clearing will now offer MetaTrader 5 (MT5) to clients. According to CFH Clearing top management, this latest addition maps onto its strategy of offering flexibility and choice to clients, with access to the very…

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gain capital uk
September 20, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: GAIN Capital UK reports 39% increase in Revenue in 2016 following City Index acquisition

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings that GAIN Capital UK Limited, the FCA regulated subsidiary of global FX broker Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP), saw a significant pickup in both Revenues and Profits in 2016. Fiscal year 2016 represented the first full year in which the results of City Index were included in GAIN…

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CLS launches same-day FX settlement service, J.P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs to try it first
September 19, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

CLS launches new FX settlement and trade monitoring and reporting tools

CLS Group, which provides risk mitigation and operational services for the global foreign exchange market, today announced its intent to launch a broader portfolio of products and services focusing on three business lines – settlement, processing, and data. These new products form part of a strategic shift for CLS, and build on its unique position…

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Marco Baggioli ADS Securities
September 19, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Marco Baggioli resigns from ADS Securities, company to name new COO

LeapRate has learned that Marco Baggioli has resigned his position as Group COO of global investment house ADS Securities. Mr. Baggioli resigned his position 10 days ago and is currently on garden leave. The company is planning on naming a replacement shortly. The move comes after Mr. Baggioli had helped orchestrate a large changeover in…

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