Bitcoin think-tank in the deep South set up, with senior financial official at the helm LeapRate

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April 22, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Bitcoin think-tank in the deep South set up, with senior financial official at the helm

Tennessee financial institutions commissioner Greg Gonzalez spearheads task force to investigate use of Bitcoin, with nine state bank regulators on board The world's most consumer-friendly and liberal commercial market in the world has been known to be very accepting of the use of virtual currencies between private individuals, but has taken a very strict stance…

April 22, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Addison Churchill enters liquidity provision with $5 million pledged to retail FX broker partners

Addison Churchill enters the liquidity provision business and commits capital to retail FX brokers with volume-based raw-spread business model Institutional FX consultancy and risk management firm Addison Churchill has today announced that it is to commit growth capital to retail FX brokers in order to provide a full liquidity solution alongside its professional services consulting…

April 22, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Metamako takes latency down to 2 nanoseconds in benchmark testing

The technological arms race to bring latency to zero remains in full swing, as Australian technology company Matamako completes benchmark testing Metamako, a supplier of ultra-low latency devices to exchanges and the trading community which is based in Australia, has announced the results of STAC-N1 Benchmarks carried out by the Securities Technology Analysis Center (STAC).…

April 22, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Singapore courts wealthy Brunei as commercial ally in prominent APAC region

Asia's largest FX center, Singapore, embraces free market-style currency interchangeability and majors on market commonality as it enters an MOU with Brunei The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Autoriti Monetari Brunei Darussalam (AMBD) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on bilateral cooperation. Brunei, a Kingdom located in South East Asia, whilst not well…

April 22, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

ASIC considers funds passport between APAC nations: Will Australia become world FX base?

With the ability for fund managers, FX firms and IBs to passport funds between Australia and its Asia-Pacific neighbors, Australia could become the world's bridge to the most lucrative regions Australia is widely regarded as a highly valuable region from which Western firms can do business with the coveted Far East. The seizmic shift in…

April 22, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

MONEX Inc releases annual results - commission revenue doubles, exchange-traded FX takes a tumble

Despite MONEX Inc having doubled its brokerage commission revenue compared with the previous financial year, its overall revenues and net income during the initial part of 2014 is the lowest since early 2013. MONEX Inc, a major wholly-owned subsidiary of Japanese giant MONEX Group, has today released its financial results for the fiscal year ended…

April 21, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Her Majesty goes hi-tech, presents Gold-i with Queen's Award for Innovation

Gold-i receives the Queen's Award for innovation, CEO Tom Higgins to attend reception at Buckingham Palace Ordinarily, it is widely recognized in the FX industry that all awards are completely bogus and are provided to companies in return for some other consideration. On this basis, LeapRate avoids all mention of awards whether they are provided…

April 18, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Once bitten, twice shy? Will MtGox creditors lend a hand to potential investors?

In its quest to revive the ill-fated Japanese bitcoin exchange, the high-profile investment group interested in purchasing it resorts to the unorthodox method of seeking the assistance of MtGox's creditors Following the announcement last week that a group of investors is seeking to revive bankrupt Bitcoin exchange MtGox, a website has been launched in order…

April 18, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

European FX firms likely to escape clearing obligation under ESMA

ESMA Chair Steven Maijoor has inferred that it is unlikely that FX trades will be subject to clearing requirement as EMIR and MiFID II draw closer. The question as to whether Europe will impose institutional-style FX trade clearing and reporting measures on retail FX firms was indeed a matter for many FX firms to consider…

April 18, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Derivatives trading at Moscow Exchange resumed at 23.00 yesterday

An outage of just over one hour occurred on the Moscow Exchange derivatives market yesterday. Will confidence be affected? Derivatives trading at Moscow Exchange (MOEX) resumed late yesterday evening after an outage of just over one hour. The Russian venue did not elaborate as to the reason for the disruption, which occurred at 21.43 local…

Bitcoin think-tank in the deep South set up, with senior financial official at the helm

Addison Churchill enters liquidity provision with $5 million pledged to retail FX broker partners

Metamako takes latency down to 2 nanoseconds in benchmark testing

Singapore courts wealthy Brunei as commercial ally in prominent APAC region

ASIC considers funds passport between APAC nations: Will Australia become world FX base?

MONEX Inc releases annual results - commission revenue doubles, exchange-traded FX takes a tumble

Her Majesty goes hi-tech, presents Gold-i with Queen's Award for Innovation

Once bitten, twice shy? Will MtGox creditors lend a hand to potential investors?

European FX firms likely to escape clearing obligation under ESMA

Derivatives trading at Moscow Exchange resumed at 23.00 yesterday

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