Category: Forex

August 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

U.S. Senate unanimously confirms Giancarlo as Chairman of CFTC

The U.S. Senate has voted unanimously to confirm the nomination of J. Christopher Giancarlo as Chairman for the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. In addition, Brian D. Quintenz and Rostin Behnam were unanimously confirmed as Commissioners. Giancarlo has served as Acting Chairman since January. Giancarlo issued the following statement regarding his confirmation: I am humbled…

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Securities and Exchange Commission proposes Transaction Fee Pilot for NMS Stocks
August 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Investment Management Director David W. Grim to leave SEC

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that David W. Grim, Director of the Division of Investment Management, will leave the agency next month after more than 20 years of public service. Mr. Grim, who joined the Division directly from law school and rose to become its leader, has left a legacy of regulatory policy…

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August 03, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Thomson Reuters backed trading platform Tradeweb builds Amsterdam presence as Brexit hedge

Trading platform Tradeweb announced that will expand its European operations in Amsterdam to ensure it can service European Union clients after Britain leaves the bloc, Reuters reported earlier today. At this moment the company has a European operation only in London, which will remain after Brexit even as the Amsterdam office becomes the electronic trading…

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August 03, 2017 BY admin

NEX spot FX volumes decrease 2% MoM in July to $81.6 billion

NEX Group plc (LON: NXG), formerly known as ICAP plc has published their average daily volume data for July 2017. The volume figures cover electronically traded products - spot foreign exchange, US Treasury products, European and US repo products. NEX Electronic Markets Volumes – July 2017 Average daily volume (in USD billions, single count) July YoY%…

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August 03, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Monex Group's Global DARTs down with 3% in July

Monex Group, Inc. (TSE 8698, Oki Matsumoto, Representative Executive Officer and CEO) today reported the following monthly business metrics of its subsidiaries in July 2017. Global DARTs (DARTs stand for Daily Average Revenue Trades meaning the number of trades and transactions per day which generate revenue) were down 3% from the previous month to 263,329.…

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August 03, 2017 BY admin

Admiral Markets introduces Poland 20 Index CFD for WIG20

Global forex broker Admiral Markets is announcing the addition of a new instrument, the Polish Index Futures CFD – WIG20 (WSE:WIG20)– effective from now onwards. This new CFD is based on the capitalization-weighted market index of the 20 largest companies traded on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. As with trading on any index with Admiral Markets,…

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ADS Securities management
August 03, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

ADS Securities UK grows Revenue by 60% in 2016 to £5.4 million

ADS Securities London Limited, the FCA regulated arm of Abu Dhabi based global international financial services firm ADS Securities LLC, has released its 2016 financial results indicating that the company continued to grow in its first full year of operation after opening a London office in early 2015. ADS London reported Revenues of £5.4 million in 2016,…

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