Category: Forex

Berndale Capital German bonds
August 02, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Berndale adds four bond trading instruments

ASIC regulated online broker Berndale Capital, an Australian based market leading provider of forex trading services and technology, has announced a new range of bond trading instruments. Available to all traders, the introduction of four German Government treasury backed Bonds opens up new portfolio options for those investors seeking even greater diversification of their funds. Bonds…

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fxspotstream fx volume
August 02, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

FXSpotStream FX volumes down 14% in July to $17.6 billion ADV

Continuing the string of flat to slightly-down FX trading volumes at leading eFX platforms we’ve seen for the month of July, multibank FX aggregation service FXSpotStream has reported that volumes on its system were down 14% MoM, coming in at $17.6 billion ADV. We'd note that June was a near-record month at FXSpotStream, with ADV…

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August 01, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Fiserv acquires the assets of PCLender

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a global provider of financial services technology solutions, announced today that it has acquired the assets of PCLender, LLC, a next generation enterprise internet-based mortgage software and mortgage lending technology solutions company. This acquisition will enhance the Fiserv suite of mortgage origination services, which enable Fiserv clients to deliver the experience…

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August 01, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bank Of England staff start pay strike

Staff at the Bank of England will today (Tuesday 1 August) start a three day strike at the bank. Members of the UK’s largest union, Unite, are holding a demonstration outside the bank’s London office at 8.15 am today to mark the start of a historic strike over pay. The Labour shadow chancellor of the…

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August 01, 2017 BY admin

Thomson Reuters June spot Forex volume up 9% MoM to $93 billion

Thomson Reuters Corp (NYSE:TRI) has published their Forex volume metrics for June 2017, with spot FX volumes rising to $93 billion, up 9.4% MoM from May’s $85 billion. This was the platform's best performing month since March for spot volumes (see chart above) when the US dollar lost a bit of steam due to a Dovish Fed and…

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August 01, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Japan Exchange Group releases trading overview for July 2017

Japan Exchange Group just released its trading overview in July 2017. Cash Equity Market In July 2017, the daily average trading value for the TSE 1st Section (domestic common stocks) was JPY 2.5582 trillion. In the ETF market, monthly trading value was JPY 2.3482 trillion. Derivatives Market In July 2017, total derivatives trading volume was…

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August 01, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Rabobank and TD Securities join Neptune network

Neptune, the Fixed Income network for real-time “axe” indications, just announced the addition of Rabobank (Rabo) and TD Securities “TD” to its network and board. Rabo and TD become the 23rd and 24th participating banks on the network. The Neptune network provides a venue for investors to consume the highest quality bond axes/inventory data from…

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Vantage FX MT5
August 01, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Vantage FX rolls out MT5 platform

The expanded rollout of MetaTrader 5 (MT5) has reached Australia, with leading ASIC regulated forex broker, Vantage FX, announcing that they are now offering the next generation MetaQuotes platform to their clients. MT5 has now activated all signal trading, expert advisor trading and most importantly has the in-built capability for clients to hedge their trading…

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