Alpari suspends trading in certain Commodity and Turkish Yen FX instruments LeapRate

June 28, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Alpari suspends trading in certain Commodity and Turkish Yen FX instruments

Retail Forex broker Alpari Limited just announced that from June 27 2017, for ecn.mt4, pro.ecn.mt4 and ecn.mt5 accounts, trading on the following instruments will be limited to “Close Only” (positions can only be closed) mode: XAGAUD, XAGCHF, XAGEUR, XAGGBP, XAUAUD, XAUCHF, XAUEUR, XAUGBP, XPDUSD, XPTUSD, EURTRY, GBPTRY, TRYJPY and USDTRY. The XAG are gold pairs,…

June 28, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

New NEX Group CFO Samantha Wren granted 39,713 shares worth $326,000

LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings in the UK that the newly installed CFO of NEX Group PLC (LON:NXG), Samantha Wren, has been granted 39,713 shares as part of the company's Performance Share Plan. At the current share price of £6.39, the grant is worth £254,000, or USD $326,000. The award will normally vest in three years…

June 27, 2017 BY admin

HTML5 market platform ChartIQ releases native SDKs for iOS and Android

HTML5 market platform ChartIQ in partnership with ROKO Labs announced today it now provides native SDKs for iOS and Android developers who want to add advanced charting capabilities to their mobile applications. These software development kits (SDKs) allow developers to integrate advanced charting while working directly in Swift, ObjectiveC, or Java inside the XCode and…

June 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Itiviti delivers multi-protocol automated testing for Canadian Securities Exchange system

Itiviti, a technology provider for the capital markets industry, and the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE), the alternative for companies looking to access the Canadian public capital markets, announced that has partnered to deliver a state-of-the-art automated testing solution to enable continuous integration testing and defect reporting in the CSE’s multi-protocol trading environment. To deliver the…

June 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Vontobel chooses Clearstream as partner for hedge funds business

Vontobel has chosen Clearstream Banking as strategic partner to streamline and consolidate its third-party hedge fund processing activities. Clearstream’s investment funds processing infrastructure Vestima enables processing of all types of funds from mutual funds to hedge funds on a single platform. The current regulatory agenda has made asset safety a key concern for financial institutions…

June 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Waymark Tech launches AI tool to identify crossover between financial regulations

Waymark Tech, a provider of regulatory intelligence software, today announced the launch of a new AI-powered tool that automatically identifies regulatory crossovers and conflicts between incoming regulations, such as MiFID II, GDPR, and PRIIPS. The first of its kind worldwide, the launch signals London-based regtech-startup Waymark's aspirations to become the first-choice global provider of AI-powered…

June 27, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Teddy Sagi nets $429 million from increased Playtech share sale, done at 7% discount to market

Following our report from last night that Teddy Sagi's holding company, Brickington Trading Limited, had informed Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC) that Mr. Sagi intended to sell 32 million Playtech shares in an effort to diversify his investments, the company announced early this morning that the share sale was increased in size and completed - but at…

June 26, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Teddy Sagi cashing in more than half his remaining Playtech stake in $404 million share sale

For the first time since he founded the company in 1999, Teddy Sagi might soon no longer be the largest shareholder in Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC). Playtech announced after the close of London Stock Exchange trading on Monday that it has been advised that Teddy Sagi's holding company Brickington Trading Limited is planning to sell approximately 32 million…

June 26, 2017 BY admin

Forex broker WorldWideMarkets chooses CAKE to manage affiliate network

Accelerize Inc (OTCBB:ACLZ) and its digital marketing software division, CAKE, today announced that WorldWideMarkets, an online Forex trading solution, has selected the CAKE SaaS platform to manage its performance marketing program. WorldWideMarkets provides traders of all experience levels the opportunity to trade Forex, gold, oil, global stock market indices and other CFD instruments with the…

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