Forex ECN FastMatch has announced the launch of a new feature called FX Tape. According to FastMatch, FX Tape will improve post‐trade transparency in FX markets and allow market participants to monetize their trading data. FX Tape will also serve as a central reference point for Spot FX transacted prices, helping market participants evaluate best execution…
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Retail forex broker FXCM, a unit of Global Brokerage Inc (NASDAQ:GLBR), has announced that it has closed as expected the sale of its institutional FX ECN unit FastMatch to Euronext NV (EPA:ENX). The original agreement was reported at the end of May, when Euronext agreed to buy FastMatch for $153 million. FastMatch was jointly owned by FXCM, and…
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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…
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Forex ECN FastMatch is reporting that volumes in its system increased during March by 16% MoM, to average $19.2 billion ADV for the month. That makes March 2017 FastMatch's best ever month for trading volumes, handily topping the company's previous best of $17.1 billion ADV set in November 2016. FastMatch's good results come at…
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Forex ECN FastMatch is reporting that volumes in its system increased by 23% MoM from December, to average $17.0 billion ADV for the month of January. January clearly started off on the right foot for FastMatch and other leading institutional FX platforms, as volatility in key currency pairs remained high throughout most of the month.…
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that BNY Mellon Corp (NYSE:BK) has agreed to pay a $6.6 million penalty to settle charges stemming from miscalculations of its risk-based capital ratios and risk-weighted assets reported to investors. An SEC investigation found that BNY Mellon deviated from regulatory capital rules by excluding from its calculations…
Read moreeFX trading technology solutions provider TradAir has announced that its partnership with Forex ECN FastMatch is now live. TradAir will be providing FastMatch with: Complete end-to-end FX trading platform, leveraging the latest in high-performance cloud, web, BigData, and HTML5 technology Comprehensive admin suite, supporting user and organization on-boarding, with granular permissioning of trading functionality, workflows and display components Professional…
Read moreBeginning what we believe will be a series of fairly slow August trading volume reports by both retail and institutional Forex platforms, Forex ECN FastMatch is reporting that volumes in its system fell 20% MoM from July, to average $10.3 billion ADV for the month - August being its slowest month so far in 2016. We'd remind LeapRate…
Read moreThe Wall Street Journal is reporting that the SEC's fine $382 million to State Street Corp (NYSE:STT) for applying hidden markups to FX trades in mutual funds, and overcharging other clients in FX trades, will result in record Whitleblower rewards being paid out. And one of the recipients of the largest-ever whistleblower award is a face…
Read moreLeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that institutional electronic FX platform FastMatch has continued to change up and grow its FX sales team, with the addition of Soren Klausen as Director of Sales - Europe. Klausen be based in London, and will report directly to Paul Ainsworth, Global Head of Sales. Klausen joins FastMatch after spending the last…
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