FXCM US ban fallout: Leucadia executives replace Drew Niv and William Ahdout on FastMatch board LeapRate

February 08, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

FXCM US ban fallout: Leucadia executives replace Drew Niv and William Ahdout on FastMatch board

Continued fallout from the ban of FXCM Inc (NASDAQ:FXCM) and its co-founders Drew Niv and William Ahdout from the US forex sector... Institutional Forex ECN FastMatch, in which FXCM holds an equity stake, announced that Mr. Niv and Mr. Ahdout have left the FastMatch board of directors, effective immediately. They have been replaced by two…

February 01, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

FastMatch January Forex volumes up 23% MoM to $17.0 billion ADV

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.…

January 17, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FastMatch hires Hotspot FX veteran Trent Beacroft to head sales in Singapore

Forex ECN FastMatch has just announced that Trent Beacroft has joined the company as Managing Director of Sales in Singapore effective February 1st, 2017. Beacroft will be leading sales of FastMatch products to hedge funds, banks, brokers and asset managers in Asia. For the last 8 years Trent Beacroft has been Head of Asia Pacific for…

January 03, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

FastMatch December Forex volumes down 19% MoM to $13.8 billion ADV

Forex ECN FastMatch is reporting that volumes in its system decreased by 19% MoM from November, to average $13.8 billion ADV for the month of December. We would remind LeapRate readers that November was FastMatch’s best ever month for FX trading volumes at $17.1 billion average daily volume, driven by volatility around the US election. November included FastMatch's second…

December 07, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

FastMatch offering its algo transaction cost analysis (TCA) services to all subscribers

Forex ECN FastMatch has announced that its proprietary algorithmic and transaction cost analysis (TCA) services are now available to all subscribers. FastMatch recently reported its best ever month for FX trading volumes, with November coming in at $17.1 billion ADV. FastMatch is jointly owned by retail forex broker FXCM Inc (NASDAQ:FXCM) and commercial banks Credit Suisse…

December 01, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

FastMatch sees best ever month for FX trading volumes, November at $17.1B ADV

Continuing what we believe will be a series of fairly strong November trading volume reports - driven by post US election volatility - at both retail and institutional Forex platforms, Forex ECN FastMatch is reporting that volumes in its system rose by 26% MoM from October, to average $17.1 billion ADV for the month. November was FastMatch’s best ever…

November 01, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

FastMatch volumes decline marginally MoM in October to $13.6 billion ADV

Beginning what we believe will be a series of fairly so-so October trading volume reports by both retail and institutional Forex platforms, Forex ECN FastMatch is reporting that volumes in its system fell marginally by 1% MoM from September, to average $13.6 billion ADV for the month. That being said, September was FastMatch's second best month ever for FX…

October 03, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

FastMatch hires GFT veteran Gareth Thomas as Director of Sales

FastMatch has announced that Gareth Thomas has joined Forex ECN FastMatch as Director of Sales effective October 3rd, 2016. Gareth will be marketing FastMatch products to hedge funds, banks, brokers and asset managers. Gareth Thomas is a seasoned market professional with over 28 years of experience in the FX arena. Thomas is coming to FastMatch from…

October 03, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

FastMatch has second best ever month in September as FX volumes hit $13.7 billion ADV

Beginning what we believe will be a series of fairly strong September trading volume reports by both retail and institutional Forex platforms, Forex ECN FastMatch is reporting that volumes in its system rose by 33% MoM from August, to average $13.7 billion ADV for the month. September was FastMatch's second best month ever for FX trading volumes, second only…

September 28, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

FastMatch chooses TradAir FX platform to target professional 'clicker' traders

eFX 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…

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