Category: Forex

March 02, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Financial services company Edelweiss Singapore extends tech strategy with Horizon

Horizon Software, the global provider of electronic trading and investment management technology, announced the extension of its long-term relationship with Edelweiss International Singapore (Pte) Limited, a subsidiary of Edelweiss Financial Services Limited, one of India’s leading diversified financial services companies. Edelweiss will be using the latest version of Horizon’s trading technology as a strategic element…

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March 02, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CME Group interest rate volume up 9% in February, second highest monthly ADV ever

Derivatives marketplace operator CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) announced that February 2017 average daily volume (ADV) reached 18.4 million contracts, down 1% from a strong February 2016. CME Group February 2017 options volume averaged 3.8 million contracts per day, up 9% versus February 2016, with electronic options averaging 2.2 million contracts per day, up 17% over…

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March 02, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

JFD Brokers adds Forex regulatory expert Demetris Tsingis to its Board

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that CySEC regulated retail forex and CFDs broker JFD Brokers has added Demetris Tsingis to its Board of Directors as an independent non-executive director. Demetris Tsingis runs FINCAP Advisers Ltd., a boutique financial advisory firm which provides turnkey tailored services to regulated financial entities, offering licensing and post-licensing services across all renowned EU…

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March 02, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

MT4 forex broker Trade12 receives warning from Canadian regulator BCSC

Continuing its string of warnings against unregulated brokers and other scams targeting retail traders in Canada, Canadian securities regulator the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) has added to its Investment Caution List MT4 forex broker Trade12, owned and operated by Exo Capital Markets Limited and Global Fin Services Ltd. from website trade12.com. According to the…

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March 01, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

FXSpotStream Forex volumes flat in February at $18.7 billion ADV

Multibank FX aggregation service FXSpotStream has reported that volumes on its system were fairly flat in February, down 1% MoM at $18.7 billion average daily volume. In context, however, FxSpotStream’s volumes were fairly healthy given larger declines we have seen at other leading institutional eFX venues such as Hotspot FX, FastMatch, and GTX. FXSpotStream is…

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March 01, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CBOE Holdings completes acquisition of Bats Global Markets

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) just said the company completed its acquisition of Bats Global Markets, Inc. (Bats: BATS) on Tuesday, February 28, in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $3.4 billion (based on the closing price of CBOE Holdings shares on February 28). The combined company also announced its new corporate leadership…

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March 01, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Dash Financial completes merger with LiquidPoint

In the beginning of January this year, Dash Financial and Convergex signed a definitive agreement to merge Dash and LiquidPoint (Convergex’s Options Trading and Technology business) to create a financial technology company in the options and equities markets. Today, almost two months later, Dash announced that it has completed its merger with LiquidPoint to create…

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