LMAX Group, the independent operator of institutional execution venues for FX and crypto currency trading, reported record profitability and financial performance for the year ended 31 December 2019. 2019 financial highlights include: Gross Revenues of US$59.6m, up 19% from 2018 Gross Profit of US$56.3m, up 27% from 2018 Statutory EBITDA of US$26.2m, up 30% from…
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Institutional spot crypto currency exchange LMAX Digital has started publishing its daily trading spot volumes on its official website, www.lmaxdigital.com. The company’s move to start publishing its volumes aims to add greater transparency around real spot volumes traded daily in the industry. Jenna Wright, Head of LMAX Digital, commented: We believe that placing LMAX Digital…
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LMAX Digital, part of the LMAX Exchange Group, just announced that the volatility over the last few days has seen the exchange hit new highs of over $400m in daily volumes (or over $600m this weekend alone), with May set to surpass April (monthly volumes of $2.2 billion) as the best month for the exchange.…
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LMAX Digital, the institutional crypto currency exchange operated by LMAX Exchange Group, has just announced that it has been granted a license as a Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Provider from the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC). LeapRate reminds that LMAX Digital was launched in May 2018 as the first institutional crypto currency exchange. The final…
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LeapRate Exclusive Interview… LMAX Exchange Group’s 2018 financials report has gone out last month, releasing excellent growth and record financial performance for the year ended 31st December 2018. It has been almost two years since our last interview with David Mercer, CEO of LMAX Exchange. What has changed in the company since then, what are…
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LMAX Exchange Group just announced that it has appointed Randy Rupan as Head of Liquidity Analysis. Rupan will report to Jeremy Barnes, Global Head of Liquidity Management. Randy Rupan has been in the FX industry for the last 20 years and has extensive experience in developing algorithms and analytics for foreign exchange. Prior to LMAX, he…
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LMAX Exchange Group has just informed that it has appointed Himanshu Kher as Group Treasurer. Himanshu began in this newly created role with LMAX Exchange at the start of 2019, having joined the firm from FTSE 250-listed IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG), for whom he was also Group Treasurer. Himanshu, who reports to Grant Pomeroy,…
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LMAX Exchange, the FCA regulated MTF for global FX trading, has issued a white paper several months in the making. LMAX's report is a scathing review regarding the way the institutional global FX market works today, and offers ways to fix things. The LMAX Exchange white paper calls for industry-wide consultation and collaboration to agree consistent TCA…
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LeapRate Exclusive Interview... The issue of transparency and fairness in the FX markets has been a hot one of late, with many institutional and retail players making changes in the way they trade and hedge (and with whom they trade and hedge) as a result. We are pleased to speak today on these topics and…
Read moreLMAX Exchange, the fintech company and Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF) for FX trading, is calling for UK financial regulators to deliver on the FEMR objectives to improve transparency in the FX market, set out by the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Governor of the Bank of England in June 2014. This call to action…
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