Category: Forex

Tradays expands the economic calendar, adds Italy
January 09, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Tradays expands the economic calendar, adds Italy

MetaQuotes Software Corp. has just announced that Tradays has expanded the economic calendar geographically by adding Italy on top of the US, European Union, Germany, France, Japan, UK, Canada, Switzerland, China, Australia and New Zealand. By regularly checking the app, traders remain informed on the releases of 36 Italian economy indicators, from the Business Confidence Index to BTP…

Read more
DTCC - new additions to the Board
January 08, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

DTCC to provide derivatives trade reporting services in Switzerland

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has announced that it has received regulatory approval from the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority. DTCC will now be able to provide trade reporting services in Switzerland via DTCC’s Global Trade Repository service (GTR) in Europe. GTR will further expand its services to market participants in support of reporting…

Read more
Gain Capital forex.com
January 08, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

GAIN Capital’s FOREX.com FX volumes continue to drop MoM in December

After reporting multi-year lows in trading volumes in September, retail FX brokerage group Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) had a very nice rebound in October, with volumes up 55% MoM, coming in at $231 billion. November activity, however, was down 10% MoM, dropping at $207 billion and continued plunging in December with 7% MoM. December volumes at GAIN Capital, which…

Read more
Cristian Vlasceanu
January 08, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

PrimeXM's Cristian Vlasceanu joins Finstek as CEO

Cristian Vlasceanu and Ashraf Ebid team up to lead disruptive innovation in Fintech LeapRate Exclusive... Finstek Ltd, the software development and services arm of GMI Group, has just announced that Cristian Vlasceanu joined Finstek as CEO in mid-December. Under Vlasceanu’s lead, Finstek has opened a new headquarters in Limassol, Cyprus, further expanding its global presence.…

Read more
Spotware upgrades cTrader Help Centre and Marketing Portal
January 08, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Spotware launches cTrader Open API 2.0

Trading solutions provider Spotware has just announced the release of cTrader Open API 2.0, the new Open API of its flagship Forex and CFD trading platform, cTrader. cTrader Open API v2.0 is the successor of cTrader Connect API v1.0 and will run in parallel with the previous version until v1.0 becomes deprecated.  Open API enables third-party…

Read more
National Grid reaches agreement with gas workers
January 08, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

National Grid reaches agreement with gas workers

British multinational electricity and gas utility company National Grid plc (LON:NG) has just announced that it has reached a satisfactory agreement over employment terms & conditions with two unions representing workers of the company's Massachusetts Gas business. National Grid plc is headquartered in Warwick, United Kingdom. Its principal activities are in the United Kingdom and Northeastern…

Read more
Cboe Global Markets
January 08, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Chris Concannon leaves Cboe, Chris Isaacson and Eric Crampton step in Management team

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE) has announced that Chris Isaacson, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer, will become Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Eric Crampton, Senior Vice President and Global Head of Software Engineering, will become Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. Both appointments will be effective January 14. Isaacson takes…

Read more
Bank of China (UK) Limited joins LCH’s SwapClear
January 07, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Another record year for LCH Group

The global clearing house LCH has just announced that 2018 was a record year for volumes across its clearing services at LCH Ltd and LCH SA. Equities, fixed income, and OTC derivatives clearing services all surpassed 2017’s clearing activity. Daniel Maguire, CEO, LCH Group, commented: 2018 was a strong year of delivery and innovation at…

Read more
FXTM's outlook for Q1 2019 separated by instruments
January 07, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

FXTM expects a dramatic Q1 2019 for financial markets

The following article was written by Retail FX broker FXTM, authorised and regulated in different jurisdictions under CySEC, FSCA, FCA and IFSC. The article includes an outlook for Q1 2019, separated by instruments by Jameel Ahmad, Global Head of Currency Strategy and Market Research at FXTM, Lukman Otunuga, Research Analyst at FXTM, and Hussein Sayed, Chief Market Strategist…

Read more