Category: Forex

April 23, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FXCM Group and Jefferies Financial Services expand FX Prime Brokerage relationship

Retail forex broker FXCM Group, LLC together with Jefferies Financial Services, Inc. a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jefferies Group LLC, has announced that the two companies have expanded their FX Prime Brokerage relationship. Jefferies is quickly becoming a preeminent service provider in the prime brokerage space and we’re very happy to be expanding our relationship with…

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April 23, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

ICAP launches new Australian Energy Hub

ICAP Energy Australia and New Zealand, part of interdealer broker TP ICAP group, has just announced the launch of its new Australian Energy Hub, which will provide greater price transparency in the Australian gas market. The Energy Hub builds on the existing capability of the ICAP Fusion platform, which currently provides volume matching sessions for the…

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April 23, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Limina and ULLINK to offer connectivity to small and medium-sized funds

Limina, supplier of an all-in-one solution for hedge funds, mutual funds and service providers, just announced that it has partnered with ULLINK, the global provider of connectivity and electronic trading solutions, to offer its clients FIX connectivity to brokers as a service through ULLINK’s NYFIX Marketplace international trading network. Limina’s Captron solution consists of six…

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April 23, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FlexTrade releases FlexNOW EMS

Multi-asset execution and order management systems company FlexTrade has announced the official release of FlexNOW, an out-of-the-box, broker neutral EMS to address the needs of hedge funds and mini-primes who require a streamlined, multi-asset trading system at the click of a button. Multi-Asset, MiFID II Compliant Trading - Designed to handle trading for equities, futures…

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April 20, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

NSD conducts first Federal Treasury repo auction with a floating rate

On 12 April 2018, Russia’s Federal Treasury has informed that it has successfully conducted its first repo auction with a floating rate via National Settlement Depository’s Collateral Management System (CMS). The amount of concluded transactions reached RUB 60.7 billion. Federal Treasury repos with a floating rate is a new product in NSD’s CMS product range.…

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April 20, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

HSBC strengthens energy policy

HSBC Holdings plc (NYSE:HSBC) has announced a withdrawal from the coal fired power sector, as part of its efforts to support a transition to a low-carbon economy. In 2011, HSBC decided to significantly restrict its support for new coal-fired power plants and effectively ceased financing them in 78 developed countries. It will now stop financing…

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April 20, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

French AMF comments on strong market volatility in February

Given the spike in volatility perceived by investors in early February, the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) has published an analysis of the main products concerned and their behaviour during this period. Broadly speaking, the extent of investment strategies based on volatility calls for a certain vigilance. Following the publication on February 2 of an…

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April 19, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Visible Alpha receives ISO 27001 certification

Visible Alpha has just announced that it has received ISO 27001 certification from Schellman & Company, LLC, an ANAB and UKAS accredited Certification Body based in the United States for its information security management system (ISMS) supporting the Visible Alpha Services. ISO 27001 Certification published by the International Organization for Standardization is the leading international…

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