Category: Forex

BCSC warning
March 02, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

MT4 forex broker Trade12 receives warning from Canadian regulator BCSC

Continuing its string of warnings against unregulated brokers and other scams targeting retail traders in Canada, Canadian securities regulator the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) has added to its Investment Caution List MT4 forex broker Trade12, owned and operated by Exo Capital Markets Limited and Global Fin Services Ltd. from website trade12.com. According to the…

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fxspotstream fx volume
March 01, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

FXSpotStream Forex volumes flat in February at $18.7 billion ADV

Multibank FX aggregation service FXSpotStream has reported that volumes on its system were fairly flat in February, down 1% MoM at $18.7 billion average daily volume. In context, however, FxSpotStream’s volumes were fairly healthy given larger declines we have seen at other leading institutional eFX venues such as Hotspot FX, FastMatch, and GTX. FXSpotStream is…

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March 01, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CBOE Holdings completes acquisition of Bats Global Markets

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) just said the company completed its acquisition of Bats Global Markets, Inc. (Bats: BATS) on Tuesday, February 28, in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $3.4 billion (based on the closing price of CBOE Holdings shares on February 28). The combined company also announced its new corporate leadership…

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March 01, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Dash Financial completes merger with LiquidPoint

In the beginning of January this year, Dash Financial and Convergex signed a definitive agreement to merge Dash and LiquidPoint (Convergex’s Options Trading and Technology business) to create a financial technology company in the options and equities markets. Today, almost two months later, Dash announced that it has completed its merger with LiquidPoint to create…

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March 01, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

IHS Markit adds Wall Street Horizon corporate event data to Hub interface

Wall Street Horizon just announced that IHS Markit (Nasdaq: INFO)’s new Hub Horizon corporate event data service, which is powered by Wall Street Horizon’s event data, has officially launched. Markit Hub Horizon provides accurate and reliable forward-looking corporate event dates and information on over 5,000 North American and 7,000 international companies. More than 20 event…

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Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. (NYSE:BR)
March 01, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Broadridge delivers new tax platform to wealth management firms

Financial technology provider Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR) announced the Tax Form Plus (TFP) solution is available to all securities brokers and dealers, regardless of their back office operating platform. TFP helps firms more efficiently manage their tax reporting requirements while automating data collection, composition, and delivery of client communications (print and digital formats supported).…

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March 01, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

MetaQuotes launches coupons for brokers to support their traders

During the iFX EXPO Asia 2017 in Hong Kong, Forex trading platform developer MetaQuotes officially announced the launch of the Coupons service. This new service allows brokers to support their traders willing to purchase applications and services for the MetaTrader platforms — from virtual hosting to trading signals subscriptions. A coupon is a text code…

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Sucden
March 01, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Sucden Financial hires ABN Amro Exec Noel Singh to head non-bank FX prime brokerage

International derivatives broker Sucden Financial has appointed Noel Singh as Head of eFX Business Development, where he will lead the firm’s development of its non-bank FX prime brokerage business. Singh will specifically target institutional firms, including asset managers, hedge funds and prop trading houses. His appointment comes as part of a significant investment plan to…

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March 01, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex: Hawkish Fed rate hike talk sends USD higher

Donald Trump's first address to Congress last night was expected to inject more volatility into the markets. However he was beaten to the punch by New York Fed President William Dudley, who said in an interview shortly before the US President's speech that he sees a Fed rate hike in the 'relatively near future' - sending…

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