Axioma delivers market risk solutions for Mirova and Natixis Asset Management LeapRate

May 31, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Axioma delivers market risk solutions for Mirova and Natixis Asset Management

Axioma, a provider of enterprise market risk and portfolio management solutions, and FactSet, a global provider of integrated financial information, analytical applications, have entered into an agreement with Mirova, the second-largest European manager of open-ended SRI funds and Natixis Asset Management, Europe-based asset manager. These two asset managers are Natixis Global Asset Management affiliates, itself…

May 31, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Industry veteran Michael Grecoff leaves Cinnober to found start-up DAHU Technologies

Michael Grecoff, Head of Americas and International Sales at Cinnober Financial Technology has left Cinnober to fully focus as co-founder and CEO of DAHU Technologies. Grecoff joined Cinnober in 2012 after being Head of Sales, Client Services in the Asia Pacific area for SMARTS. Prior to joining SMARTS, Michael was Manager Surveillance at the Canadian…

May 31, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Tickmill launches Korean website

UK FCA regulated global provider of FX and CFD brokerage services Tickmill announced that has launched a Korean version of its website languages. The addition of Korean language website was prompted by growing demand for premium trading products and services in the Asia Pacific region, one of the largest markets for Tickmill. Tickmill shares that the…

Eduardo Fakhoury and Hisham Mansour, CFI

May 31, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

CFI's new Dubai office, WRC sponsorship, FX regulation and more: conversation with Eduardo Fakhoury and Hisham Mansour

LeapRate Exclusive Interview... Managing and growing a retail forex brokerage in today's rapidly changing business and regulatory environment is not easy. One broker which seems to have done a good job of it lately is CFI Markets, which recently announced its expansion into Dubai and the MENA region from its home bases in Cyprus and…

May 31, 2017 BY admin

OANDA and QuantConnect announce integration for algorithmic trading

OANDA’s retail clients now get access to the OANDA Algo Lab, where they can utilize QuantConnect’s cloud-based algorithmic trading engine for free. OANDA, a global regulated leader in online Forex trading services today announced they have integrated with QuantConnect’s open-source, cloud-based algorithmic trading engine to offer their clients the ability to research, build, test and…

May 30, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Softek announces parthership with Elinphant LLC

Softek, provider of Capital and Credit Management solutions have announced a new partnership with Elinphant LLC, a specialist consulting practice providing governance, risk management and compliance solutions to financial service firms. Elin Cherry, Chief Executive Officer at Elinphant LLC said: Regulatory expectations regarding risk are becoming more stringent. Implementing near real-time monitoring in regard to…

May 30, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ANZ appoints JP Morgan's Scott Manning Chief Financial Officer, Australia

The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) today announced the appointment of Scott Manning as Chief Financial Officer, Australia reporting to Deputy Group Chief Financial Officer Shane Buggle. Mr Manning joins from JP Morgan where he has held senior finance and analyst roles for the past 15 years and is currently lead Analyst…

May 30, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Central Tanshi FX becomes first broker to launch Tradency's Mirror Trader after Flash to HTML5 switch

Auto and copy trading technology provider Tradency has announced the release of its new & improved Mirror Trader platform, with mid-size Japanese retail forex broker Central Tanshi FX (CTFX) as its first client to put it into use. Tradency has had some success recently in Japan, where auto and copy trading is very popular among retail…

Marex Spectron launches Marex Financial Products structured note business

May 29, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Marex Spectron ups credit facility to $105 million adding ICBC and Allied Irish Bank

Global commodities broker Marex Spectron has announced the successful syndication of a new $105 million working capital facility, increased in size from the company's previous $65 million facility. The syndication was led by Lloyds Bank, and included the participants in Marex Spectron's previous $65 million facility - Lloyds Bank, Bank Leumi UK and Barclays Bank -…

May 29, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Tal Zohar leaves IG Group to head ELITE Connect at the LSE

LeapRate has learned that seasoned Retail Forex industry executive Tal Zohar has left IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) for a new position as Head of Elite Connect and a member of the Senior Management Team at the London Stock Exchange Group Plc (LON:LSE). ELITE is the LSE's investor relation portal and education center. Its mission is…

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