January 14, 2015 BY Mike Fox
ICAP’s EBS and SGX collaborate on Asian FX futures
SGX FX Futures to be available via EBS
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January 06, 2015 BY Mike Fox
ICAP EBS down 15% from Nov, but volumes were still strong above $100B ADV
December industry volumes are always subdued a bit due to holiday activities, but overall it remained strong this year across many segments of the trading industry despite trading days off. ICAP plc (LON:IAP) EBS FX electronic platform saw December volumes down 15 percent from November but much higher than December 2013's ADV of $71B, to record…
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December 18, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
EBS selects Delta Stream for Data Analytics as a Service
EBS has selected Delta Stream to provide data analytics to further optimise the trading experience within its platforms. The managed service will be hosted by First Derivatives and following a rapid deployment is expected to be live by Q2 2015
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December 17, 2014 BY Mike Fox
How are Forex brokers EBS and Gain Capital trading on ruble?
With the ruble drama gathering steam in December and particularly this week, we have seen ruble dealers slash their leverage and also completely pull out of dealing in the currency, which isn't a huge generator of volume to begin with but still causing a big enough shakeup for brokers to issue statements to traders. With…
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December 04, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
ICAP to combine EBS and BrokerTec businesses
Michael Spencer, ICAP Group Chief Executive, will become Chairman of EBS-BrokerTec. Gil Mandelzis, founder of Traiana and current CEO of EBS, will become CEO of the new EBS-BrokerTec business
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December 02, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
EBS average daily volumes drop back by 5% in November
Stable but slightly regressing trading volumes appear to define the pattern laid out by many companies in November, with ICAP's electronic platform EBS having achieved average daily volumes of $123 billion compared with $129.9 in October
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November 17, 2014 BY Mike Fox
EBS introduces EBS Select: an anonymous, segmented, bilateral liquidity pool
EBS Select will launch in early 2015. Over 30 Liquidity Consumers and a number of Liquidity Providers have already agreed to participate in its Beta roll out.
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November 11, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
ICAP announces growth of its EBS Liquidity Optimization business
With the battle for superiority among the ECNs increasing, ICAP's electronic brokerage business EBS has experienced growth in its liquidity optimization service, with 15 new global customers having been onboarded within a year
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November 06, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
EBS October FX volumes best since early 2013 at $129.9 billion ADV
Building further on a successful September which saw average daily volumes pass the $100 billion mark for the first time in over a year, October's average electronic brokerage volumes at EBS on a daily basis amounted to $129.9 billion
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November 03, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
EBS hires ex-Integral VP Borja Alvarez
Borja Alvarez joins EBS this week after executive roles at Integral Development Corporation and Thomson Reuters FXall
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