LCH, a global clearing house, announced today that its first European buy-side client is now live on CDSClear. Amundi is now clearing credit default swaps (CDS) at CDSClear via its clearing broker BNP Paribas. The expansion into client clearing is the latest development for CDSClear, which has seen activity on its service grow significantly in…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Denmark based financial trading technology provider Tradeworks has hired longtime Gwazy / Windsor Brokers executive Graham Moss. Based in Cyprus, Mr. Moss will be responsible for selling Tradeworks' auto trading platform into the Cyprus Retail Forex broker community, and beyond. Graham Moss has spent the past eight years with…
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Information giant Thomson Reuters Corp (NYSE:TRI) just announced that corporate legal departments can more easily compare their performance to industry benchmarks and streamline frequently-used workflows with new automation tools in the latest update of Thomson Reuters Legal Tracker™ (formerly Serengeti Tracker™), the e-billing and matter management solution. Tracker Benchmark Index data is now available in…
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Bats Europe, a CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) company, today announced it has launched the Bats Brexit 50/50 Indices, two new benchmark indices designed to reflect the impact of Brexit on UK companies. The two indices – the Bats Brexit High 50 and Bats Brexit Low 50 – are designed to act as barometers for…
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Australian-owned Forex (FX) and Contracts For Difference (CFD) trading provider AxiCorp continues its global expansion and has appointed Filippo De Rosa to head its Middle East operations. De Rosa brings more than 12 years of experience in retail and institutional sales in the global CFD and FX markets to his new role, which will see…
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The departures at retail forex broker FXCM and its newly-named parent company Global Brokerage Inc (NASDAQ:GLBR) aren't limited to just the management ranks. The company has announced that two outside directors, Eric LeGoff, and James G. (Jim) Brown, would be stepping down from the Global Brokerage board, without replacements planned. Following the departures of LeGoff and Brown,…
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Back on March 8th, LeapRate covered when Spain’s financial regulator CNMV (Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores) issued its Activity Plan for 2017-2018... In that activity plan, the CNMV did not outline specific plans to target Forex and CFD trading, but it did state that one of its four strategic objectives will include “analysis of initiatives…
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Retail Forex broker Alpari Limited today announced that has added a new section on its website that provides news about financial markets from FxWirePro. Clients can now get all their news in one place by logging into Alpari's site. This new feature offers news in English and Chinese from FxWirePro, a service that is highly recommended…
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National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository, in cooperation with the Russian National Association of Securities Market Participants (NAUFOR), has launched a centralized system for record keeping and distributing Unit Investment Trust (UIT) units. The new system allows users to get access to operations with the UIT units for all asset management companies connected…
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RavenPack, the data analytics provider for financial services, announced the launch of its new product, a self-service data and visualization platform that enables financial professionals to analyze unstructured data for investing and trading, and to support risk management and compliance. The company’s new platform allows users to monitor market-moving events, and quickly surface insights by…
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