Category: Forex

March 16, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Polish integrator Empirica Software starts development of institutional solutions for MT5

Following T4B (Tools for Brokers), another team of software developers has announced the development of brokerage solutions for MetaTrader 5. The Polish integrator Empirica Software has become the next institutional software provider for companies using the advanced multi-asset platform. The trend becomes more visible as more brokers actively switching to MetaTrader 5 generate a demand…

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March 15, 2017 BY admin

Admiral Markets launches Snapchat CFD

Forex broker Admiral Markets announced today the addition of a new instrument, Snap Inc. (Snapchat) single share CFD (#SNAP). Newly listed, prominent companies will always have lots of attention and lots of trading volume. Admiral Markets plans to offer many more single share CFDs this year, saying. "we believe that the demand for single shares…

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March 15, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CME Group to serve as administrator for MAC swaps contract

Derivatives marketplace operator CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) announced that it will serve as the administrator for SIFMA Asset Management Group's (AMG) Market Agreed Coupon (MAC) swap contract, which was previously administered by SIFMA. MAC swaps are interest rate swap (IRS) contracts with pre-defined, market-agreed terms developed by SIFMA AMG and ISDA in 2013. CME Group…

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March 15, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Vipro Markets hires Philippos Psyllos from JFD Brokers as CTO

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that CySEC regulated retail forex broker Vipro Markets has hired Philippos Psyllos as its new CTO. Philippos Psyllos joins Vipro from JFD Brokers, also based in Cyprus and licensed by CySEC, where he was co-head of technology for the past two years. Mr. Psyllos was previously head of IT support at…

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March 15, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Fintech provider Duco continues global expansion with Societe Generale Bank & Trust

Duco, the global fintech provider of data control services, has announced a commercial agreement with Societe Generale Bank & Trust (SGBT), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Societe Generale based in Luxembourg. SGBT plans to use Duco Cube, the self-service data control platform, to automate a number of key processes, including securities, cash and internal system-to-system reconciliations.…

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March 15, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Pepperstone launches Tradency's MirrorTrader forex auto trading platform

Financial trading technology provider Tradency has announced that leading Australian retail forex broker Pepperstone is set to launch Tradency's MirrorTrader service. The MirrorTrader service will enhance Pepperstone's offering for clients with automatic execution of unique algo-strategies. Tradency's MirrorTrader provides technology for retail clients, which traditionally had only been available to institutional traders. The MirrorTrading concept…

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March 15, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Fed likely to raise rates as U.S. economy flexes muscle

The Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates for the second time in three months on Wednesday, encouraged by strong monthly job gains and confidence that inflation is finally rising to its target, Reuters reported earlier today. A rate hike at the conclusion of the Fed's latest two-day policy meeting is already baked into…

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March 15, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Edelweiss Singapore installs latest version of Horizon trading software

Horizon Software, the global provider of electronic trading and investment management technology, just announced the extension of its long-term relationship with Edelweiss International Singapore (Pte) Limited, a subsidiary of Edelweiss Financial Services Limited, one of India's leading diversified financial services companies. Edelweiss will be using the latest version of Horizon's trading technology as a strategic…

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Global Prime teams up with Gold-i to offer liquidity through the Matrix Net platform
March 15, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

IS Prime launches institutional-only API Index Swaps

Institutional prime of prime broker IS Prime has announced the launch of a range of Index Swap products, focusing on the most popular index and energy instruments required by retail brokers. IS Prime’s new, institutional-only API Index Swap offering includes: Germany 30 Hong Kong 50 Wall Street 30 UK 100 US Tech 100 UK and…

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