Category: Forex

ADS Securities management
February 28, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

ADS Securities hires Goldman Sachs veteran Adam Clayton to head Investment Banking

Abu Dhabi based global forex brokerage firm ADS Securities has announced that it has hired Adam Clayton as Managing Director and Head of Investment Banking. Reporting directly to ADS Securities Vice Chairman and CEO Philippe Ghanem, Adam Clayton joins ADS from the Goldman Sachs International unit of global investment bank Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) where he…

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ESMA Chairman targets asset managers for adequacy of liquidity concerns
February 28, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Protrader platform adds Forex, CFD and spread betting liquidity from GVC's InterTrader

Multi-asset brokerage and trading solutions provider PFSOFT has announced that it has recently integrated its Protrader platform with liquidity from InterTrader Ltd. InterTrader is a unit of sports betting and gaming company GVC Holdings PLC (LON:GVC), which includes the Sportingbet, bwin and PartyGaming brands. InterTrader provides multi-asset-class liquidity across forex, indices, commodities, equities, bonds and interest rates, with access…

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Pepperstone UK
February 28, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Pepperstone suspends Forex trading in the UK - LeapRate Exclusive

LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Australia-based retail forex broker Pepperstone has suspended trading for clients in its UK subsidiary Pepperstone Limited. LeapRate had exclusively reported last September on Pepperstone's somewhat quiet entry into the FCA regulated broker market. Pepperstone acquired what is now its UK subsidiary from online entrepreneur Mohammed Tayeb, who alongside his broker Omar…

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February 28, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

NEX Exchange appoints Mireille Dyrberg to its Board

NEX Exchange, a NEX Group (LON:NXG) business which operates a regulated, UK stock exchange for small and medium companies, announces today that it has appointed Mireille Dyrberg to its Board as a Non-Executive Director. Mireille is Chief Operating Officer of TriOptima, a NEX Group business which lowers costs and mitigates risk in OTC derivatives markets.…

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February 28, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

INTL FCStone Inc. launches first web-based gold trading platform

INTL FCStone Inc. (NASDAQ:INTL) just announced that its London-based subsidiary, INTL FCStone Ltd, Precious Metals' division is delivering unprecedented global market access to gold trading around the world with the launch of their premium-based, physical trading platform, PMXecute+. PMXecute+ allows customers access to INTL's entire global inventory and network of trusted supply partners. Customers who do…

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fxcm us assets gain capital
February 27, 2017 BY admin

Gain Capital completes transfer of FXCM's US clients to FOREX.com

GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: GCAP), the U.S. based provider of online trading services, announced that it has successfully migrated the former U.S. customers of FXCM Inc (NASDAQ: FXCM) to GAIN'S retail brand FOREX.com. Over the weekend, GAIN transferred over 47,000 accounts with total assets of approximately $142 million. To ensure that the migration was successful…

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February 27, 2017 BY admin

FX platform 360T hires Simon Jones as Chief Growth Officer

360T Group, Deutsche Börse Group’s powerhouse for FX and independent global provider of a multi-bank, multi-asset trading platform, continuous to invest in accelerating its strong growth path by making a high-caliber addition to its Management. Simon Jones (pictured above) has been appointed as Chief Growth Officer and will be a member of 360T’s Global Executive…

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INTL FCStone opens its know-risk platform to broader market
February 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

INTL FCStone Financial launches Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities trading

INTL FCStone Inc. (NASDAQ: INTL) just announced that the Broker-Dealer Rates Group of its wholly owned subsidiary, INTL FCStone Financial Inc., has entered the U.S. agency commercial mortgage-backed (Agency CMBS) market. The Company also disclosed today that it has expanded its asset-back securities (ABS) trading to all investment grade categories. The launch of the Agency…

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tradition
February 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Interdealer broker Tradition extends trade compression to Uncleared Margin in FX

Swiss interdealer broker Compagnie Financiere Tradition SA (SWX:CFT) announced that has delivered an initial margin optimization in FX, after extending its partnership with LMRKTS, a compression and analytics provider. Tradition and LMRKTS announced a strategic partnership in 2016 to handle execution and compression processing for G10 FX Forwards. Earlier this month, the two firms completed…

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February 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Dow Jones acquires RiskAverter and bolsters third party risk business

Dow Jones Risk and Compliance, a provider of anti-money laundering, anti-corruption and sanctions compliance data solutions, has completed the acquisition of RiskAverter from U.S.-based Compliance Strategies International, LLC. RiskAverter’s innovative solution enables companies to automate risk “scoring” so they can quickly and effectively assess third parties in relation to anti-corruption and other regulatory compliance risk…

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