Oanda partners with Currenex on new institutional FX trading platform LeapRate

May 01, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

Oanda partners with Currenex on new institutional FX trading platform

New York based FX brokerage group Oanda has announced that it has recently launched an institutional trading platform tailored to meet the advanced requirements of professional FX traders, from hedge funds and brokers to CTAs and proprietary trading firms. Called OANDA Pro, the platform will be powered by State Street's Currenex, a leading provider of high-performance…

FlexTrade integrates ipushpull platform into FlexNOW EMS

February 01, 2018 BY LeapRate Staff

FlexTrade hires State Street FX Connect veteran Paul Alves as SVP Business Development

Multi-asset execution and order management systems company FlexTrade today announced the appointment of Paul Alves as Senior Vice President, Global FX Business Development, with a focus on expanding the company’s buy-side trading solutions to asset managers. According to Alves, automation efficiency, execution flexibility and cost conciseness for both the asset manager and their bank partners, are…

November 08, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Molten Markets founder Francisco Heredia joins State Street as MD of Global Link

LeapRate Exclusive... He's back in the FX game again. After more than two years out of the business, LeapRate has learned that seasoned FX industry executive Francisco Heredia has joined State Street Corp (NYSE:STT), as a Managing Director with State Street's Global Link trading services in Boston. Global Link, or more formally State Street Global Markets, provides specialized…

September 07, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

State Street pays $35 million to settle charges of secret markups on its trading platform

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that State Street Corp (NYSE:STT) has agreed to pay more than $35 million to settle charges that it fraudulently charged secret markups for transition management services and separately omitted material information about the operation of its platform for trading U.S. Treasury securities. An SEC order finds that…

August 12, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Alpari alum and current Divisa exec Ryan Gagne in line for $45 million Whistleblower award

The 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…

April 02, 2015 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Survey shows Chinese retail traders are most active

Chinese traders, the most active in the world, are willing to take a short term view and trade regularly, regarding it as a hobby and pastime, whereas American traders are more likely to make considered choices and plan their investment portfolios to save for retirement

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