CLS Group, the market infrastructure provider of risk mitigation services to the global FX market today published its operating metrics for the month of November 2017. Total volumes rose by 3.8% from October to USD1.677 trillion. November 2016 October 2017 November 2017 Average daily traded volume submitted to CLS by product (USD trillion) …
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Quant Insight, the macro research firm providing discretionary managers with actionable investment ideas, today announced the launch of their Analytics Dashboard functionality, which brings together the ability to analyse and visualise patterns between asset prices and the macro forces driving them, and tools to identify the best trading expression across all asset classes. Discretionary portfolio…
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Eze Software, a global provider of investment technology, just announced that it has partnered with Wise Trading Technologies to enhance its currency offering. With WISERISK, Eze OMS users will get more automation, visibility and precision in managing currency risk in real-time. WISERISK enables users to eliminate fragmented spreadsheets and mitigate laborious, error-prone manual processes. To…
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Regulatory and reporting solutions provider TRAction Fintech and trading software company oneZero Financial Systems have announced a collaborative partnership aimed at simplifying MiFID II and EMIR transaction reporting for FX and CFD brokers. TRAction Fintech is a specialist in regulatory reporting, offering transaction reporting services for MiFID II/ MiFIR and EMIR. oneZero provides execution software…
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The UBS Group AG (VTX: UBSG) Board of Directors informed that it has approved the following changes to the Group Executive Board (GEB), the firm's most senior management body. Martin Blessing appointed President Wealth Management Axel P. Lehmann appointed President Personal & Corporate Banking and President UBS Switzerland Sabine Keller-Busse appointed Group Chief Operating Officer.…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that Gary Barnett, Deputy Director in the Division of Trading and Markets, will retire from the agency at the end of the year. Since January 2015, Mr. Barnett has overseen the division’s Office of Broker-Dealer Finances, Office of Derivatives Policy, Office of Trading Practices, its Volcker rule…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Z.com Trade, the FCA regulated brokerage arm of Japanese retail forex giant GMO Click Holdings Inc (TYO:7177) has issued a notice to clients that it will be changing trading conditions on a number of products and accounts. The changes at Z.com Trade will become effective next Monday, December 18. The key…
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Zero-commission online brokerage Robinhood, which launched three years ago with plans to shake up the US (and eventually international) online brokerage market, has announced the launch of commission-free options trades. Robinhood began with a limited release of its options trading today, with plans to expand to what it calls a "full release" early in 2018.…
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GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GCAP), a global provider of online trading services, just announced that it has today launched GetGo, an innovative financial trading app. The new mobile-only service uses a smart AI-enhanced algorithm to spot statistical trends in financial markets and provide users with compelling trading signals based on historical data. GetGo is…
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FCA regulated Retail Forex, CFDs and Spread Betting broker London Capital Group Holdings plc (LON:LCG) has announced that effective today its shares will be listed on the NEX Exchange Growth Market. LCG shares will also continue to be listed on London Stock Exchange's AIM. The NEX Exchange Growth Market, or "the other London stock exchange", is operated by NEX…
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