Category: Forex

May 01, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Oanda partners with Currenex on new institutional FX trading platform

New York based FX brokerage group Oanda has announced that it has recently launched an institutional trading platform tailored to meet the advanced requirements of professional FX traders, from hedge funds and brokers to CTAs and proprietary trading firms. Called OANDA Pro, the platform will be powered by State Street's Currenex, a leading provider of high-performance…

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May 01, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Canadian regulator: Do not give AvaTrade your money

Canadian provincial financial regulator The Financial and Consumer Affairs Authority of Saskatchewan (FCAA) has announced that it has issued a Temporary Cease Trade Order against Ava Trade Limited. The FCAA stated that AvaTrade appears to be operating an unregistered online platform that allows users to trade in Forex and Contracts for Difference (CFDs). FCAA Deputy Director…

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May 01, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Cboe FX (Hotspot) April forex trading volumes down 5% to $36.3 billion ADV

After setting two consecutive trading volume records in January and February, data from institutional Forex ECN Cboe FX Markets – formerly known as Hotspot FX – indicates that the company saw a marked decline in activity during March, and now April. After reporting record daily average trading volumes of $44.3 billion in February 2018 and $42.6 billion ADV…

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April 30, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Liquidnet announces enhancements to its Next Gen Algo suite

Liquidnet, the global institutional trading network, today announced two enhancements to its Next Gen Algo suite, Liquidnet’s premium offering of liquidity-seeking and benchmark strategies designed specifically for institutions. The newest addition to the Liquidnet Virtual High Touch® suite: Targeted Invitations from Algos integrates one of Liquidnet’s most popular liquidity-seeking products with its Next Gen Algo…

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April 30, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

ICE Benchmark Administration becomes authorised benchmark administrator

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE), a operator of global exchanges and clearing houses and provider of data and listings services, today announced that ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (IBA) has been authorised as a regulated benchmark administrator under the EU Benchmarks Regulation (BMR). Authorisation was granted by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on April 27, 2018.…

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April 30, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Activ Financial joins the BT Radianz Cloud

ACTIV Financial Inc, a financial market data vendor, has just announced that as part of a drive to expand its customer base, it has joined the BT Radianz Cloud, the financial cloud community. The move provides ACTIV with access to a global community of thousands of financial services institutions who consume and distribute applications and…

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April 30, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Mosaic Smart Data adds former EBS CEO Jack Jeffery as Chairman

Mosaic Smart Data (Mosaic), the FICC data analytics company, just announced that Jack Jeffery has joined the company as Chairman of the Board. With over 35 years’ experience in the financial markets, Jack Jeffery has previously held CEO positions at electronic fixed income platform MTS and ICAP Electronic Broking, which included responsibility for Brokertec and…

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