Russia based global connectivity solutions provider Avelacom has announced the launch of a new point of presence (PoP) at AT TOKYO data center facilities, with the aim to improve low latency offerings for key financial markets in London and Tokyo. The new PoP in AT TOKYO provides access to Japan’s financial markets. Avelacom’s PoPs in…
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BrokerTec, a NEX Group (LON:NXG) business which provides electronic trading technology and services for the fixed income market, and MTS, a fixed income electronic trading venue that is part of London Stock Exchange Group, announced today that they are further expanding the RepoFunds Rate (RFR) indices by adding Dutch and Belgian repo indices. The RFR…
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ChartIQ, a leader in HTML5 for capital markets, has announced the launch of its latest product. Finsemble is the first HTML5 desktop application framework, providing modern user experience (UX) APIs, drop-in components, and the ability to integrate legacy .NET, and Java alongside HTML5. Clients can use Finsemble to deliver proprietary content and data, along with…
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The Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX) recently launched a new financial product - Shanghai Gold Futures (DSGC). This is the first time a Chinese based futures product can be accessed outside of China and also traded and settled in Yuan. Apple Multi-Asset DMCC (AMA) has become the first company to trade the new financial…
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CLS Group, the market infrastructure provider of risk mitigation services to the global FX market today published its operating metrics for the month of April 2017. The average daily traded volume submitted to CLS was US$1.52 trillion down 5.0% from US$1.60 trillion in March 2017. April 2016 March 2017 April 2017 Average daily traded…
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Retail forex broker FXCM Group LLC has announced that its trading volumes fell by 22% during April, to $176 billion. The fall in volumes at FXCM, after a fairly strong March, were fairly in line with the volume decline we have seen in April from several other leading retail FX brokers. The results of course…
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Global Brokerage Inc (NASDAQ:GLBR), parent company of retail forex broker FXCM, released its Q1 results indicating - as expected - a significant decrease in activity, in large part due to the sale of the company's US clients to Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP). The company's operating loss of $24.2 million and net loss of $29.9 million…
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Well, Drew Niv is finally out the door. Global Brokerage Inc (NASDAQ:GLBR), formerly FXCM Inc. and parent of operating company FXCM Group LLC has issued a filing stating that Ken Grossman will replace Drew Niv as CEO of the publicly traded company. Mr. Niv remained on as interim CEO of GLBR even after resigning his positions…
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LeapRate Exclusive Interview... It would be an understatement to offer that the Q1 results recently announced by Forex brokerage house Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) were disappointing. Revenues were down nearly 50% from the previous quarter. Revenues from retail clients were down 60%. The company posted a $19 million loss. Was this a one-time anomaly, or…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings made in the US and the UK that New York based global investment bank Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) has become one of the largest shareholders of Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC), taking a 5.1% position in the company. Playtech is one of the world's leaders in providing software and systems to the…
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