BNY Mellon appoints Rohan Singh as Asia Pacific Head of Asset Servicing LeapRate

June 14, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

BNY Mellon appoints Rohan Singh as Asia Pacific Head of Asset Servicing

BNY Mellon Corp (NYSE:BK), investment management and investment services company, announced that Rohan Singh has been appointed Asia Pacific Head of Asset Servicing, effective June 27, and will report to Samir Pandiri, Executive Vice President of BNY Mellon and Chief Executive Officer of Asset Servicing. Singh will join the firm's Asia Pacific Leadership Council and…

June 14, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CFTC appoints Erica Elliott Richardson as Director of the Office of Public Affairs

Steven W. Adamske Departs after Six Years as Office of Public Affairs Director U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Acting Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo announced the appointment of Erica Elliott Richardson to serve as Director of the Office of Public Affairs (OPA), effective immediately. Richardson served as the Communications Director to Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy…

June 14, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

FXCM FX trading volumes up 21% MoM in May 2017

Retail forex broker FXCM Group LLC has announced that its trading volumes rose by 21% during May, to $213 billion. The monthly results were helped by having 23 trading days during May, versus just 20 in April, but on a daily average basis volumes were still up 6% in May. The rise in volumes at…

June 13, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

LMAX Exchange expands US FX capabilities, adding Matt DellaRocca from Bloomberg Tradebook as Liquidity Manager

LMAX Exchange, the FCA regulated MTF for FX, has announced the appointment of Matt DellaRocca to the newly created position of Liquidity Manager for the Americas. Matt will be responsible for the real-time management, monitoring and analysis of all LMAX Exchange liquidity in the US. Matt DellaRocca joins LMAX Exchange from Bloomberg Tradebook, where he…

June 13, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Cyborgs Vs Robots: Better Finance 2017 research report on Robo Investing

Today BETTER FINANCE announced that will release its research report on Robo-Investing at the Seminar on Financial Guidance. Financial Guidance, as opposed to Advice, is a fee-based, rather than commission-based, model. This model should ensure a better alignment with client interests. As such Robo-Investing providers may actually be rather well placed to provide financial guidance…

June 13, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Northern Trust launches FX Algo Suite for more transparency into foreign exchange execution

Northern Trust announced today the launch of a suite of sophisticated foreign exchange client execution algorithms that will allow clients to manage their FX exposure with an enhanced level of control and transparency. The FX Algo Suite gives clients greater flexibility in how their orders are placed and allows them to access highly competitive pricing…

June 13, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Large spike in FX trading volumes after UK election exit poll released: CLS

CLS Group, the market infrastructure provider of risk mitigation services to the global FX market, today published a report in which they examine the impact of the UK general election on the foreign exchange (FX) spot market, using data published by CLS on Quandl. CLS do this by comparing GBPUSD hourly volumes on 09 June…

June 13, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Dash adds Goldman Sachs Robert Boylan to head Business Development

Dash Financial Technologies today announced the appointment of Robert Boylan as Managing Director, Business Development. In this role he will be responsible for further building the firm’s business among both its buy and sell side client bases. Mr. Boylan brings over 25 years’ experience in the capital markets. He joins from Goldman Sachs, where he…

June 13, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

FxPro to become shirt sponsor of Premier League club Watford FC

Forex Sports Sponsorship... Following our exclusive report last week that big changes were afoot at retail FX and CFDs broker FxPro - CSO Vanessa Spyrou resigning, planned spreadbetting launch, Premier League shirt sponsor, Dubai FX office coming… - it was revealed over the weekend by Watford FC players modelling their soon-to-be-new uniforms that it will…

June 13, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ResearchPool launches TRUE, a MiFID II solution

ResearchPool, a global digital platform for investment research, announces the launch of its MiFID II solution for investment firms to manage budget, spending, consume and evaluate research, named Tool for Research Usage and Evaluation (TRUE). TRUE is an advanced proprietary solution to enable investment firms to easily manage and control research spending and usage by…

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