NeoXam and Ullink join forces for electronic trading services LeapRate

November 14, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

NeoXam and Ullink join forces for electronic trading services

NeoXam, a provider of data management and transaction software solutions dedicated to the financial industry, announced today that it is strengthening its collaboration with Ullink, the global provider of electronic trading and connectivity solutions to the financial community. NeoXam will leverage Ullink’s NYFIX Capital Markets Connectivity Utility to offer its customers direct electronic access to…

November 14, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exclusive: Walbrook Capital (formerly FXCM Securities) rebrands as ITI Capital, plans Prime Brokerage expansion

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that FCA regulated FX and CFDs broker Walbrook Capital Markets Limited has been renamed ITI Capital Limited. Beyond its formal company name, the company's operating brand has also been changed, from Walbrook Capital to ITI Capital. However, at least for the time being, the broker's website url remains at walbrookcapitalmarkets.com.…

November 14, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Hummingbird Trading provides trading app to Valutrades

LeapRate has learned that trading app developer Hummingbird Trading has partnered with FCA licensed FX and CFDs broker Valutrades, to provide Valutrades with its next generation of mobile trading apps. Hummingbird is a proprietary trading platform completely independent of existing systems such as MetaQuotes. Designed around the end user and built using React Native technology,…

November 14, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

XTB woes spook UK FX and CFD shares: IG -3%, Plus500 -5%, LCG -9%

Shares of leading FCA regulated, publicly traded online brokers were under pressure on Monday, after word broke in the Polish press that Warsaw based X Trade Brokers Dom Maklerski SA (WSE:XTB), which operates Retail Forex broker XTB.com as well as the X Open Hub trading platform, was under investigation in its home country for fraud. XTB shares…

DFSA launches Cyber Threat Intelligence Platform

November 14, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FS-ISAC and MAS to strengthen cyber information sharing across nine countries

The Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) informed that they have launched the FS-ISAC Asia Pacific Regional Analysis Centre’s office and operations in Singapore. The setting up of the Regional Centre in Singapore shows the growing collaboration between the two organisations to fight cybercrime. The Centre…

November 13, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

FX broker XTB.com suspected by Polish authorities of asymmetric slippage, shares collapse

Shares of Warsaw based X Trade Brokers Dom Maklerski SA (WSE:XTB), which operates Retail Forex broker XTB.com as well as the X Open Hub trading platform, tumbled Monday by more than a third before being halted outright, after word broke in the Polish press that a lengthy regulator investigation had uncovered years of fraudulent treatment…

Natural gas prices have declined by 34.83%

November 13, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

BME Clearing to admit Gas Contracts in its Energy Segment

BME Clearing, the Central Counterparty (CCP) operated by BME, informed that it will expand its current energy segment to incorporate gas derivatives as of the first quarter of 2018. The objective of these new contracts is to offer a service that meets the needs of clients, broaden the service range and foster the development of…

November 13, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

LSEG’s UnaVista and MTS collaborate on SFTR reporting solution

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) today announced that MTS and UnaVista are collaborating to offer a regulatory reporting solution for firms who execute Securities Financing Transactions (SFTs), such as repo trades. Market participants with a connection to UnaVista Trade Repository and who trade repo contracts on the new Global Collateral Management (GCM) segment of MTS…

November 13, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Alpari closes trading on some of its instruments

Retail Forex broker Alpari Limited just informed that from the 20th of November, 2017, on all nano.mt4, standard.mt4, and standard.mt5 accounts, trading will only be available in “Close Only” mode on the following instruments: EURDKK, EURNOK, NZDSGD, USDCNH, USDMXN, USDNOK, USDPLN, USDSEK, USDZAR, EURSEK, EURSGD. Additionally, from the 20th of November, on all ecn.mt4, pro.ecn.mt4,…

November 13, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Exegy adds support for Virtu Financial's Systematic Internaliser and IOI feeds

Exegy Inc. a provider of managed services and technology for low-latency financial market data, has today announced the availability of new feed handlers for Virtu Financial (NASDAQ: VIRT)’s Systematic Internaliser (SI) and Indications of Interest (IOI) data feeds, enabling transparent access to Virtu’s liquidity in European and US equities and ETFs. The new additions expand…

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