Category: Forex

October 16, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Clearstream and dwpbank enter strategic T2S-partnership

Clearstream, the post-trade services provider of Deutsche Börse Group, and Deutsche WertpapierService Bank AG (dwpbank), one of the largest securities services providers for Germany’s financial market, have entered into a strategic partnership regarding the settlement of securities in a post-T2S world. The goal of this long-term cooperation is to maximise the benefits from the ECB’s…

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October 16, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

BBVA and Bancomer deploy DLT-based FX matching pilot from Calypso Technology and R3

Leveraging distributed ledger technology and cloud services, BBVA and BBVA Bancomer are piloting an FX matching application developed by Calypso Technology, a provider of cloud-based cross-asset trading software solutions for the financial markets, and enterprise software firm R3. The application, which runs on R3’s Corda platform and is facilitated by Calypso’s cloud services, has already…

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CLS Group trading volumes
October 16, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CLS Group average daily traded volume up 11% MoM in September

CLS Group, the market infrastructure provider of risk mitigation services to the global FX market today published its operating metrics for the month of September 2017. The average daily traded volume submitted to CLS was USD1.750 trillion up 10.7% from USD1.581 trillion in August 2017.   September 2016 August 2017 September 2017 Average daily traded volume…

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Ken Pigaga NEX
October 16, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

NEX Optimisation restructuring sees Ken Pigaga take over as CEO, Jenny Knott departs

Electronic trading network operator NEX Group PLC (LON:NXG) has announced that it is undertaking what it calls a "significant restructure" of its post trade division NEX Optimisation, which will see the departure of CEO Jenny Knott. Jenny Knott joined ICAP, now NEX, in August 2015 with a strategic mandate to transform the company's portfolio of post trade, risk…

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October 16, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Guohai Liangshi Capital Management selects Horizon for options market making and delta one trading

Horizon Software, the global provider of electronic trading and investment management technology, has today announced that Guohai Liangshi Capital Management Co Ltd (GHLS),the subsidiary company of Guohai Futures, has chosen Horizon’s platform for options market making and trading, as well as delta one trading. Guohai Liangshi Capital Management Co Ltd, the subsidiary of Guohai Liangshi…

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Tickmill fx broker
October 16, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: FX broker Tickmill promotes Marilena Iakovou to Group CMO

LeapRate Exclusive… The integration of Tickmill and Vipro Markets continues. Just several days after we reported exclusively that Retail FX and CFDs broker Tickmill has named Philippos Psyllos as Group CTO, LeapRate has learned that Tickmill has promoted Marilena Iakovou to Group Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). The Cyprus based Ms. Iakovou had joined CySEC regulated…

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forex industry news update
October 15, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Forex Industry Week Review: Cryptocurrency CFD leverage limits, FX broker IPO, FxPro Dubai license, and lots more…

In FX Industry News this week... What leverage and volume limits did Cyprus regulator CySEC place on brokers who offer trading in Bitcoin, Ethereum and other digital currency CFDs? Which FX broker now plans a Singapore Exchange IPO? Which former CEO is suing the Chairman of a trading platform company? What management and board changes…

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October 13, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

John Flint to succeed Stuart Gulliver as HSBC Group Chief Executive

HSBC Holdings plc (NYSE:HSBC) announced that John Flint, Chief Executive of Retail Banking and Wealth Management, will succeed Stuart Gulliver as Executive Director and Group Chief Executive. This will be effective from 21 February 2018 after Stuart has stepped down from both roles and retired from HSBC. Group Chairman Mark Tucker, who led the search to…

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