LeapRate Exclusive... This article is courtesy of Richard Perona, VP of Institutional Sales at Advanced Markets and Fortex, Inc. Recently at an FX conference, a developing fund manager and I crossed paths. After a few polite introductions, I quickly realized that, based on his audited returns, the new fund manager was proficient in trading the…
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Jeff Wilkins, Managing Director of IS Risk Analytics highlights the pitfalls for brokers of revenue share opportunities with Liquidity Providers, in a special guest post exclusive to LeapRate. As with any deal, if it seems too good to be true, it normally is. With many Liquidity Providers now offering revenue shares we are increasingly seeing…
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FX liquidity provider CFH Clearing, part of the TradeTech Group financial unit of Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC), has announced that it has integrated PrimeXM’s XCore technology in London (LD4) and Tokyo (TY3). The company stated that this development gives CFH the market-leading ability to provide local liquidity to brokers and clients in both data centres. The integration…
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FCA regulated Prime of Prime brokerage Stater Global Markets has announced that it has added Gold-i Matrix Net as an additional liquidity distribution channel to help drive further growth. This latest development extends Stater’s partnership with Gold-i, making Stater’s liquidity available to brokers worldwide who use Gold-i’s Matrix, MT4 Bridge and MT5 Gateway products. Ramy…
Read moreLeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that FX and multi-asset liquidity provider and prime broker INFLYX has hired FX industry veteran Paul Orford as the company's new Head of Institutional Sales. Based in Cyprus, INFLYX is a trade name of CySEC-licensed ICC Intercertus Capital Limited. ICC also operates Retail FX brokerage brand EVERFX. LeapRate reported exclusively…
Read moreLeapRate Exclusive Interview... One of the more interesting companies to step up lately in the FX liquidity and Prime Broker services business is IS Prime. From acquiring the assets of risk management services provider ThinkLiquidity to tripling its Revenues to more than $21 million last year to adding people (especially in the Far East), IS…
Read moreMetaTrader technologies specialist Gold-i has announced that it has extended the capabilities of its multi-asset liquidity management platform, Matrix, with the launch of Matrix Net. Matrix Net enables Prime of Prime brokers and Liquidity Providers to distribute multi-asset liquidity to brokers who use Gold-i’s Matrix, MT4 Bridge and MT5 Gateway products. Matrix Net leverages Gold-i’s…
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LMAX Exchange, the FCA regulated multilateral trading facility (MTF) for FX trading, has announced that its global liquidity has been added to Seabury’s FXone trading platform. Professional traders using the FXone GUI interface will now have access to LMAX Exchange streaming firm limit order liquidity and benefit from transparent, precise, consistent exchange quality execution. Jeremy Barnes,…
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FCA regulated FX Prime of Prime brokerage and liquidity provider CFH Clearing and MetaTrader trading platform developer MetaQuotes have announced that CFH Clearing will now offer MetaTrader 5 (MT5) to clients. According to CFH Clearing top management, this latest addition maps onto its strategy of offering flexibility and choice to clients, with access to the very…
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Boston-based Retail FX brokerage group BMFN (short for Boston Merchant Financial Ltd.) and Sweden-based FX trading technology solutions provider Fair Trading Technology (FTT) have announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership, with the aim of benefiting from each other’s core competencies. Paul Belogour, founder and director of BMFN says: While BMFN over the years…
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