Thomson Reuters acquires WM/Reuters Foreign Exchange Benchmarks from State Street Corporation LeapRate

April 04, 2016 BY Mike Fox

Thomson Reuters acquires WM/Reuters Foreign Exchange Benchmarks from State Street Corporation

Thomson Reuters today announced it has acquired WM/Reuters FX benchmark rate calculation business of The World Markets Company (WM) from State Street Corporation. The acquisition will be effective immediately. The acquisition of the WM/Reuters FX benchmark means Thomson Reuters will own, administer and calculate this important benchmark, which is used by financial professionals across the…

August 10, 2015 BY Mike Fox

Lightspeed Trading to acquire certain assets of Livevol Securities

Lightspeed is headquartered in New York City with offices in Chicago and Houston. The electronic trading firm has attracted a client base of sophisticated, active and professional traders since it's founding in 2006.

July 26, 2015 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Deutsche Borse buys 360T for 725 million euros

In June 2015, LeapRate had stated that U.S. private-equity firm Summit Partners was looking at selling 360T in a potential 600 million euro ($675 million) deal and had hired Jefferies to handle the sale. The agreement by Deutsche Boerse to acquire the firm at 725 million euros outstrips the original estimate

July 24, 2015 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

ETX Capital reports influx of over 6,000 new clients and $30 Million in client funds from Alpari UK deal

"This is the second transaction of this kind that ETX Capital has managed to execute and we hope to be in a position to find other opportunities to further grow our customer base" - John Wilson, Chairman of ETX Capital.

July 01, 2015 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Playtech continues FX acquisition spree, buying AvaTrade for $105 million

... and Playtech doesn't seem done. They also agreed a €200 million unsecured revolving credit facility with Barclays and RBS, to target more acquisitions

April 30, 2015 BY Mike Fox

FinFX transfers retail business to CySEC regulated Best Choice FBC Ltd

Finland based broker FinFX has made some surprising news today as they have merged their retail business with IB and partner oriented brokerage Best Choice FBC Ltd, who is regulated by CySEC but until this point has catered to dealing with IBs and money managers doing business as BCFXbroker. Announced today on the FinFX company blog was…

April 08, 2015 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Coinsetter acquires defunct Canadian Bitcoin exchange CAVIRTEX

Coinsetter expands its presence further across North America with its acquisition of Canada's CAVIRTEX, which reopened today under Coinsetter leadership following its closure in mid-February

April 03, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

FXCM Japan bids farewell to clients, becomes subsidiary of Rakuten Securities

FXCM Japan Securities Co., Ltd today addressed its customers to officially confirm that it is now a subsidiary of Rakuten Securities, arm of Rakuten Inc (TYO:4755). The announcement said the deal that saw Rakuten Securities pay $62 million to acquire the Japanese operations of US Forex broker FXCM Inc (NYSE:FXCM) was successfully completed on April 1,…

April 02, 2015 BY Mike Fox

FXDD parent Currency Mountain acquires market data analytics company TraderMade

Currency Mountain Holding’s acquisition of TraderMade closed in the first quarter 2015. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

April 02, 2015 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Playtech agrees to purchase TradeFX for €208 million cash

Publicly listed gaming firm Playtech prepares to enter the retail FX industry with its imminent acquisition of TradeFX, whose main B2C brand is Markets.com

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