Match-Trade Technologies, headquartered in Irvine, California, a fully integrated forex technology company, is announcing today the launch of its new office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia which will focus on business development in the South-East Asian markets. Match-Trade’s Kuala Lumpur office will be a support and onboarding hub for growing Match-Trade clients base in Asia. It…
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Liquidnet, the global institutional trading network, today published Shape Shifting: Accessing the Dark Post MiFID II research on how buy-side traders plan to trade in the dark once broker dark pools are no longer admissible. Today, 65% of respondents see buy-side crossing networks as their most effective venue for accessing the dark versus 20% who…
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Ally Financial Inc. (NYSE: ALLY) just announced that Dinesh Chopra has joined the company as its new Chief Strategy Officer. In his newly-created role Chopra will lead Ally's Corporate Strategy team, helping to foster its growth and evolution as a leading digital financial services provider and define the elements of Ally's future strategic plan. Chopra…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Spotware Systems, the developer of the popular cTrader trading platform has entered into a new partnership with Lean Work, China’s leading SaaS provider. The new Spotware-Lean Work partnership will see the integration of Lean Work products and cTrader. As part of the agreement, Lean Work will be opening an office…
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The ASEAN Capital Markets Forum (ACMF) today held its inaugural ASEAN Capital Market Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Themed “Strengthening ASEAN Capital Market Connectivity”, the conference saw over 300 participants from the region, representing issuers, investors, intermediaries, regulators and experts from institutions like the Asian Development Bank, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, the International Capital…
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CLS Group, the market infrastructure provider of risk mitigation services to the global FX market today published its operating metrics for the month of October 2017. The average daily traded volume submitted to CLS was USD1.616 trillion down 7.6 percent from USD1.749 trillion in September 2017. October 2016 September 2017 October 2017 Average daily…
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Flow Traders, a global technology-enabled liquidity provider specializing in exchange traded products (ETPs), and MarketFactory, a FX technology platform, announced today a partnership that will enable investors to trade FX directly with Flow Traders on FX trading venues across the globe. Flow Traders has a long history of trading FX as part of its hedging…
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The Board of Directors of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) announced that it has today approved the appointment of Julien Kasparian as a member of the Clearing Consultative Panel to fill the vacancy arising from Stephanie Marelle’s resignation. HKEX thanked Ms Marelle for her dedicated service to the panel. The Clearing Consultative Panel…
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Timed to coincide with their launch of MT5 bridging support, financial technology supplier Star Hat Solutions today announced their suite of integrated, multi-server products, including: A Multi-server bridge using Star Hat Solutions’ ECN technology to provide liquidity to multiple MT4 and MT5 servers. A FIX API onto Star Hat Solutions’ ECN technology and allowing trades…
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Neptune Networks Ltd, the Fixed Income network for real-time “axe” indications, today announced that it has embedded Symphony chat functionality within the Neptune proprietary application. The Neptune network provides a venue for investors to consume the highest quality bond axes/inventory data from their most trusted Bank counterparts. This enables institutional investors to be more effective…
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