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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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Spotware Systems, the global Forex trading software provider announced today new updates for its cTrader platform on Windows and Web versions. The new features are available now and update briefly before launching. New for cTrader Windows 2.01: Symbol Finder Click Behavior Now traders can choose different actions for what happens when clicking, double clicking, and…
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BrickVest, the online real estate investment platform, has announced its first successful exit less than 18 months after it launched its platform. The investment alongside CORESTATE Capital Group, the residential portfolio and commercial real estate markets investment firm, featured a sizeable national German retail portfolio of 23 assets. European investors who invested in the BrickVest…
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