Category: Forex

Securities and Exchange Commission proposes Transaction Fee Pilot for NMS Stocks
June 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Kathryn A. Pyszka named as Associate Regional Director for Enforcement in the SEC’s Chicago office

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that Kathryn A. Pyszka has been named an Associate Regional Director for Enforcement in the SEC’s Chicago Office. Ms. Pyszka succeeds Timothy L. Warren, who retired from the SEC in January. In her new role, Ms. Pyszka will co-lead the Chicago Office’s Enforcement program with Robert Burson, who…

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June 21, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

OSC launches revamped investor education website GetSmarterAboutMoney.ca

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) today launched a newly redesigned and mobile-friendly GetSmarterAboutMoney.ca. GetSmarterAboutMoney.ca is an investor education website that provides investors with unbiased information and interactive resources to help them make informed investment decisions. The OSC has redeveloped the website from the ground up to enable visitors using mobile devices and tablets to engage…

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June 20, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Axioma partners with Omega Point to enable ‘Quantamental’ approach in fundamental investing

Axioma, a global provider of innovative risk and portfolio management solutions, today announced a new partnership with Omega Point, a portfolio intelligence tool for fundamental-style managers. Through this licensing agreement, Omega Point clients can now access Axioma’s suite of factor models via their existing workflow. This will enable closer alignment of modelling assumptions and risk…

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June 20, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Pirum partners with wematch.securitiesfinancing

wematch.securitiesfinancing, the global multi-product and multi-asset-class, web-based securities financing dealing platform and Pirum Systems, real-time STP services to the securities finance industry company, just announced their collaboration. This will enable clients to leverage wematch.securitiesfinancing expertise in electronic trading, combined with Pirum Systems' seamless connectivity to automate the post-trade lifecycle. Clients will be able to execute…

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alpari
June 20, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Alpari's trading turnover for May exceeds US$101 billion

Retail Forex broker Alpari Limited announced that has reached a trading turnover of US$101.4 billion across key markets; an increase of 6% on the previous month. In May, the biggest growth in turnover was seen on the EURUSD instrument, which showed 17% higher turnover than in April. Last month Alpari Limited announced that is expanding…

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smarttrade
June 20, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Sucden Financial adds smartTrade’s LiquidityFX fully hosted FX solution

Multi-asset electronic trading solutions provider smartTrade Technologies has announced today that London based institutional FX and derivatives broker Sucden Financial has implemented LiquidityFX, smartTrade’s fully hosted FX solution. We understand that the smartTrade LiquidityFX solution is being put in place by Sucden alongside its currently existing solutions. Sucden Financial acts as an FX liquidity provider to…

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Broadridge presents new securities lending assessment solution for mutual funds
June 20, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Broadridge launches trade reporting solution for SFTR regulatory change

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR) today announced the launch of its trade reporting solution for the European Securities and Markets Authority’s (ESMA) forthcoming Securities Financing Transaction Regulation (SFTR). Broadridge’s new offering will enable market participants of all types to achieve a seamless implementation and meet the projected regulatory deadlines in 2018. SFTR requires EU…

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