Category: Forex

Cboe volumes
November 06, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Cboe reports October trading volume, CFE volume hits new annual high

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) has reported October monthly trading volume and average revenue per contract (RPC)/net revenue capture data. The data sheet “Cboe Global Markets Monthly Volume & RPC/Net Revenue Capture Report” contains an overview of October statistics. Data sheets are available on an as reported and combined basis for 2017 and 2016.…

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November 06, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CoInvestor provides first digital access for advisers into LendInvest's Real Estate Opportunity Fund

CoInvestor, the alternative assets platform, informed that it has been chosen by LendInvest Capital as a preferred method for UK advisers to invest in its Luxembourg-domiciled Real Estate Opportunity Fund. The £130 million lending fund offers investors the opportunity to participate in a diverse pool of real estate-backed loans originated and underwritten by LendInvest’s experienced…

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November 06, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

NFEx Markets contracts with Scila for market surveillance

NFEx Markets Ltd, the new London-based market for base metals trading has signed a contract with Scila AB the Stockholm-based fintech company, to implement Scila Surveillance, a market surveillance solution designed to identify insider trading and market manipulation in real time, protecting end investors and strengthening confidence in the financial markets. Scila provides market surveillance…

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Ross Newell AETOS Direct
November 06, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

China backed FX broker hires Ross Newell from AxiCorp to head new institutional business AETOS Direct

LeapRate has learned that Aetos Capital Group, a company controlled by Chinese online entrepreneur Yongqiang Lu, has launched a new institutional FX unit in its London-based FCA regulated arm Aetos Capital Group (UK) Limited, to be called AETOS Direct. To head up AETOS Direct, the company has hired Ross Newell (pictured above) from AxiCorp. Mr. Newell was one…

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NEX Markets connects with Eurex to launch new clearing solution for BrokerTec Europe customers
November 06, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

NEX Optimisation provides central clearing connectivity for FX risk mitigation service

NEX Group PLC (LON:NXG)’s post trade division NEX Optimisation just announced that it has provided central clearing connectivity for its FX risk mitigation service in non-deliverable forwards. The clearing connectivity capability enables dealers to flag trades that are part of a risk mitigation cycle for automatic submission to a central counterparty clearing house (CCP). Clients…

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Volante Technologies Inc. expands executives team
November 06, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Metamako and Velocimetrics to provide MiFID compliant timestamping

Metamako, FPGA-enabled high-performance networking platforms specialist , and Velocimetrics, a provider of intelligent, business flow tracking and performance analytics, have announced a close collaboration. Metamako’s low-latency, FPGA-enabled network devices will deliver lossless data capture and nanosecond-precision timestamping; Velocimetrics’ VMX monitoring software will consume and analyse the ‘raw’ data to enable financial institutions to measure, monitor and gain…

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forex industry news update
November 05, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

FX Industry Week Review: Fake MT4 in China, ETX's CEO departs, FX affiliate financing, Poland regulation, and lots more…

Forex Industry News from the past week... Which EU country delayed plans to further limit leverage in Retail FX trading? Which longtime FX broker CEO jumped from one FCA regulated firm to another? Which leading FX affiliate group raised $10 million to pursue acquisitions? Why did shares of Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) pop by 20%?…

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November 03, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Vietnam broker Saigon Securities chooses Horizon for market making on Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh exchanges

Horizon Software, the provider of electronic trading solutions and algorithmic technology, today announced that Saigon Securities Inc. (SSI) has chosen Horizon for warrants and futures market making on the HNX (Hanoi Stock Exchange) and HOSE (Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange). Ekaluck Chaiyaporn, ASEAN Sales Director at Horizon, commented on the announcement: The selection process with…

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