Category: Forex

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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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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