Abu Dhabi based global investment and trading firm ADS Securities LLC (ADSS) has announced that it will be continuing and expanding its successful motorsport sponsorship program in 2018. For the last five years ADSS has supported the successful single-seater racing career of the highly talented Swiss driver, Louis Delétraz. Having worked with Louis since his…
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The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), the global industry group for exchanges and CCPs, has confirmed the appointment of Richard Metcalfe as the Head of Regulatory Affairs for the WFE. Metcalfe joins following a consulting project at BNY Mellon, where he has been providing advice on the practical implementation of MiFID II and other pieces…
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Retail Forex broker Alpari just announced its February 2018 volumes, in which Alpari recorded US$148.4 billion in trading turnover for the month, marking an 11% increase on January. The improved performance on the broker's key indicator is mostly down to increased trading activity on the GBPUSD (+49%) and USDJPY (+14%) currency pairs. The EURUSD, Alpari's…
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Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, a provider of anti-money laundering, anti-corruption and sanctions compliance data solutions, announced that it has completed the acquisition of Cerico from the law firm Pinsent Masons and Campbell Nash, a consultancy owned by technologist James Armstrong. Cerico provides end-to-end Know Your Business Partner technology and digital compliance tools for international…
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Information giant Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI) announced that it is adding further foreign exchange (FX) pricing granularity for customers trading Australian Dollars (AUD) vs. U.S. Dollars (USD), creating greater accuracy in price quotes in AUD/USD on Thomson Reuters Spot Matching and across Thomson Reuters FX platforms. The change on Thomson Reuters Spot Matching will add an…
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Nordea Bank AB has just announced that it has started automated trading on Moscow Exchange (MOEX)’s FX Market via Sponsored Market Access (SMA). The SMA technology allows registered clients to trade directly on Moscow Exchange using a client ID received from a Russian MOEX trading member. In Nordea’s case the trading member is Nordea Bank…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Forex broker technology and solutions provider Leverate has hired Yaara Rozenblat as its new Head of Marketing. She replaces Nicc Lewis, who recently left Leverate to start his own online marketing consulting firm. She will formally take up her duties at Leverate next week. Yaara Rozenblat has spent the past…
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London based FCA licensed FX broker City Credit Capital has today announced a new agreement with Argentina Clearing and ROFEX. Rosario Futures Exchange was founded in 1909 and is the leading market of futures and options in Argentina. According to the 2017 annual raking from the Futures Industry Association (FIA) ROFEX is positioned in 23rd…
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The Forex market portal FXstreet.com just announced that its new Cryptocurrency News Feed widget can now be integrated into any information website or broker’s currencies platform as a white label product. It’s a 24/7 exclusive service that covers, in real-time, the most relevant movements of the most traded pairs, economic data releases and macroeconomic news that…
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Marex Solutions, a division of global commodities broker Marex Spectron specialising in the manufacture of customised OTC derivatives, has just announced that the first Structured Product to be transacted and custodied using blockchain was successfully launched on Friday 16 March. The product, a GBP principal protected note linked to the FTSE 100 index, is registered, cleared and…
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