Category: Forex

November 17, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

JPMorgan Chase to liquidate seven capital trusts resulting in the cancellation of trust preferred securities

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) has announced that on December 18, 2017 (the “Liquidation Date”), the Delaware trusts that issued the below seven series of trust preferred securities (the “Trust Preferred Securities”) will be liquidated, the Trust Preferred Securities and the trust common securities (the “Trust Common Securities”) issued by those trusts will be…

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November 17, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

JFD Brokers adds real stocks trading on its MT5+ platform

CySEC regulated retail forex and CFDs broker JFD Brokers has announced the launch of a new trading product, offering clients the opportunity to trade physical shares from its platform MT5+. JFD stated that with this launch, adding to its FX and CFD products, the company will become a true multi-asset broker, remaining one step ahead…

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November 17, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

BNP Paribas Asset Management enters into strategic alliance with Caple

Through a strategic alliance and the acquisition of a 10% stake in Caple, BNP Paribas Asset Management (‘BNPP AM’) is announced that it is now providing an innovative platform to offer alternative credit to European small and medium-sized enterprises (‘SMEs’). Caple facilitates access to alternative credit for SMEs, working with international institutional investors to address…

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November 17, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Theodor Weimer appointed as new CEO of Deutsche Börse AG

Theodor Weimer has been appointed for three years as new Chief Executive Officer at today's meeting of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Börse AG. In January, 57-year-old Weimer will take over from CEO Carsten Kengeter who leaves the company at the end of 2017. Weimer is currently spokesman of the Management Board of HypoVereinsbank –…

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November 16, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Cboe FX reports record market share in October

Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) today announced its foreign exchange (FX) market, Cboe FX, reported record market share of 14.5% in October, surpassing its previous record of 13.6% set in December 2013. Year-over-year, Cboe FX ADV increased 26.7% to $32.0 billion in October. The record performance was driven by a number of factors, including…

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November 16, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Visible Alpha acquires Alpha Exchange to enhance investment research consumption

Visible Alpha announced today the acquisition of Alpha Exchange, an innovative research discovery and management platform for investment professionals. The addition of Alpha Exchange’s advanced technology platform to Visible Alpha’s existing services will create a unified consumption and collaboration experience across research reports, analyst models and corporate access events backed by a robust compliance framework.…

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November 16, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CQG makes leadership changes to support CQG China launch

Rod Giffen named President, CQG APAC; Ryan Moroney appointed President, CQG Europe and the Americas CQG, a global provider of high-performance trade routing, market data, and technical analysis tools, informed that it has had a focused effort to add China to its global network of data and execution. With the imminent launch of this initiative,…

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November 16, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Options appoints new Cybersecurity Executive to Management Team

Options, the provider of cloud-enabled managed services to the global capital markets, has today announced the appointment of John Gracey to its executive team. John joins the team as VP, Cybersecurity where he will be responsible for leading internal cybersecurity initiatives and the development of the Options Managed Security solution. Gracey brings over 15 years…

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November 16, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

NEX Optimisation’s triCalculate adds KVA analytics for pricing derivatives trades

NEX Group PLC (LON:NXG)’s post trade division NEX Optimisation announced today that it has introduced capital valuation adjustment (KVA) analytics to its triCalculate XVA (Valuation Adjustment) service. KVA calculations determine the lifetime costs of capital as part of the pricing of an OTC derivative. Pricing trades correctly is critical to ensuring accurate credit risk, counterparty…

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