Category: Forex

BoD
June 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Eddie Astanin re-elected to SWIFT Board of Directors

Eddie Astanin, Chairman of the Executive Board of National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository, has been re-elected to the Board of Directors of SWIFT, the global system of interbank transfers. Mr. Astanin has held this post since 2015, when Russia’s representative joined the Board of Directors of SWIFT for the first time. The…

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June 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

MetaQuotes upgrades third party solutions and back office functionality for MT5 brokers

Forex trading platform developer MetaQuotes has also announced today that third-party solutions have become available to brokers straight from the MetaTrader 5 Administrator build 1860. Previously, the market was only available as a web service. The App Store now features over 80 products from 16 software providers, including various liquidity, money management and integration solutions,…

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June 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Alpari May FX trading volumes down 2% to $136 billion

Retail Forex broker Alpari's trading turnover in key markets continued its plunge to US$136.1 billion in May - down 2% MoM. The most popular currency pair, EURUSD, became even more popular among Alpari's clients, following a 15% increase in its turnover during the reference period. At the same time, the trading volume on the GBPUSD…

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June 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Solactive launches a new suite of equity and fixed-income ESG indices

Solactive has announced that it has released the Solactive L&G ESG Index Family targeted at investors who wish to go further in integrating ESG factors into their investment strategy. This launch is the result of collaboration between Solactive and Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM), which combines LGIM’s proprietary Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) scoring…

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June 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

MetaQuotes introduces new account opening dialog in MT5

Forex trading platform developer MetaQuotes just announced that it has added to the latest platform version features a revised start dialog: traders can select a broker first, and then choose the desired account type. To make the search easier and more efficient, company logos are additionally shown in the list below. If you can't view…

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Mark Chesterman Stater
June 18, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

IG institutional chief Mark Chesterman joins Stater Global Markets as COO

FCA regulated FX prime brokerage Stater Global Markets has announced that it has hired Mark Chesterman, former COO of the IG Institutional division of IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG). He has joined Stater Global Markets in a newly created COO role. Stater Global Markets offers institutional clients direct access to Tier 1 bank and non-bank liquidity, clearing and institutional…

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June 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in May indicates that the labor market has continued to strengthen and that economic activity has been rising at a solid rate. Job gains have been strong, on average, in recent months, and the unemployment rate has declined. Recent data suggest that growth of household spending…

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June 18, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Spotware releases cTrader Mobile 2.8 beta upgrade with increased visibility

Forex and CFD technology solutions provider Spotware Systems has announced it has released cTrader Mobile Beta version 2.8. The new mobile version of the company's popular trading platform has some additional features providing traders with more visibility of their trading sessions and improving overall performance and usability. The cTrader Mobile 2.8 version upgrade includes: Positions,…

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