INTL FCStone’s Precious Metals Division triples amount of Gold traded on its PMXecute+ platform LeapRate

September 07, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

INTL FCStone's Precious Metals Division triples amount of Gold traded on its PMXecute+ platform

More news on INTL FCStone Ltd (NASDAQ:INTL), as today the company has also announced that its Precious Metals Division's web-based physical gold trading platform, PMXecute+, has more than tripled the amount of gold traded since it last reported figures in June. Since its launch in February, 39 tons of gold – over 1.2 million ounces…

September 07, 2017 BY admin

Singapore Exchange Forex futures volume for August rises 5% MoM

Singapore Exchange (SGX) Asia’s most international, multi-asset exchange today reported market statistics for August 2017. Total FX futures volume moved up 5% from the previous month to 800,350 contracts and up 75% from August 2016. The solid figures from SGX's FX segment attest to the slightly higher trend across the Forex trading industry for August…

Bank of China (UK) Limited joins LCH’s SwapClear

September 07, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

LCH SwapAgent completes first trades

LCH SwapAgent, a service for the non-cleared derivatives market, announced today that it has processed its first trades. Citi and Deutsche Bank were the counterparties to the Swiss Franc-denominated interest rate swap and Euro-denominated inflation swap. The trades were processed through MarkitSERV. LCH SwapAgent is available for market participants trading non-cleared OTC interest rate derivatives.…

September 07, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Halifax Investment Services offers exchange traded liquidity for MetaTrader 5

The Australian liquidity provider Halifax Investment Services announced that now offers its gateway to MetaTrader 5 brokers providing access to thousands of shares issued by companies from around the world. According to the management of Halifax, this enables brokers to attract clients more easily, increase their revenues and establish a solid reputation among traders. With…

September 07, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Dukascopy FX trading volumes and explanation of 1H 2017 results

LeapRate Exclusive... Further to our exclusive coverage of Swiss FX broker Dukascopy's first half 2017 results, LeapRate has received a formal response and explanation from company executive Laurent Bellieres, Chief Financial and Chief Risk Officer, as to "what happened" in the first six months of this year. What were Dukascopy's trading volumes during the first…

September 07, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Avelacom partners with Metamako to offer fastest FPGA-based connectivity solution

Global connectivity provider Avelacom announced today that it is now using Metamako, the specialist provider of FPGA- enabled, high-performance networking devices, to significantly accelerate its network processing power and keep latency to an absolute minimum. The solution meets the needs of HFT firms and all firms in capital markets for whom latency is critical, allowing…

September 07, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

NZX appoints Joanna Lawn as Head of Listings

The NZX Ltd (NZE:NZX) just announced the appointment of Joanna Lawn as Head of Listings, effective Monday 18 September 2017. Lawn will be based in NZX’s Auckland office. Enhancing customer service and better promoting the benefits of listing is a core focus for NZX, and Joanna Lawn is well placed to lead the organisation’s listing team,…

September 07, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

INTL FCStone Financial announces partnership with Zacks Investment Research

Company's Correspondent Clearing Division to offer Zacks equity, mutual fund and ETF research as well as advisor tools to broker-dealers and RIAs INTL FCStone Inc. (NASDAQ:INTL) announced that the Correspondent Clearing Division of its wholly owned subsidiary, INTL FCStone Financial Inc. ("the Company"), has entered into a partnership with Zacks Investment Research to supply Zacks…

September 07, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Rostin Behnam sworn in as a Commissioner of the CFTC

Rostin Behnam was officially sworn in to serve as a Commissioner of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the federal agency that oversees the commodity futures, options and swaps industry. He was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate on August 3. His term expires in June 2021. I am honored to join the Commission…

September 07, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Fortex adds NY4 Equinix optical fiber cross connect to support low-latency FX algo trading

Fortex, Inc., an electronic communication network (ECN) trading platform, and Commercial Network Services (CNS), a global online service provider specializing in hosting low latency algorithmic trading systems, today announced the release of an optical fiber cross connect between the companies' facilities in the NY4 Equinix datacenter in New York, United States. Driven by increased demand…

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