Forex Weekly Look Back: JPMorgan Chase to buy UK robo-adivser Nutmeg, Fineco’s Marco Mottadelli talks with LeapRate LeapRate

June 18, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Forex Weekly Look Back: JPMorgan Chase to buy UK robo-adivser Nutmeg, Fineco's Marco Mottadelli talks with LeapRate

Research published by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) reveals that 2.3 million adults now have cryptoassets. The number is 1.9 million higher than last year. The research estimates that 78% of people have heard of cryptocurrencies while last year it was 73%. The UK regulator’s analysis shows that as holding crypto has become commonplace, the attitudes toward…

June 14, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Dutch bank De Volksbank joins Eurex’s ISA Direct

The original announcement noted that the onboarding of de Volksbank shows ISA Direct’s versatility. The statement highlighted that a range of institutions, including banks, stand to benefit from the reduced balance sheet impact that comes from opening a direct clearing relationship with the CCP. Edwin de Hoogen, at de Volksbank, commented: The benefits of combining…

June 04, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Forex Weekly Look Back: Soe Hein Min returns to United Strategic, Robinhood appoints three new directors to Markets Board

Multi-asset execution and order management systems provider FlexTrade Systems and BMLL Technologies, independent provider of harmonised T+1 data and analytics to sophisticated capital market participants, announced that the BMLL Data Feed is available in FlexTRADER EMS. With BMLL’s Level 3 data and analytics financial institutions can leverage the predictive nature of full depth order book…

June 03, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Eurex extends its reach in Asia with new derivatives

Additionally, options and futures which feature on both the MSCI China Hong Kong Listed Large Cap Index and the MSCI Hong Kong Listed Large Cap Index also provide investors with the opportunity to gain vital exposure to some of the largest firms listed in Hong Kong. The MSCI Hong Kong Listed Large Cap Index works…

May 07, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Eurex OTC clearing volumes reach EUR 23,034 billion

Eurex Repo posted a 51.14% MoM rise in GC Pooling, and 14.21% MoM drop in Repo markets. Apr-21 Mar-21 MoM Change Financial derivatives: Traded contracts Eurex Exchange European equity index derivatives (million) 51.2 93.8 -45.42% European interest rate derivatives (million) 40.7 66.1 -38.43% European equity derivatives (million) 27.8 34.7 -19.88% Total (million) 119.7 195.0 -38.62%…

April 02, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Forex Weekly Look Back: FXCM adds social and copy trading via ZuluTrade, ASIC bans binary options and restricts CFDs trading

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) released a new policy statement on its website announcing that all UK crypto firms must now submit financial crime reports on a yearly basis, regardless of annual revenue. Within the new financial crimes reporting sphere are cryptoasset business, following plans released eight months ago alluding to the policy change. The…

March 31, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Eurex adds new factor futures to its equity index segment

Both part of Deutsche Börse Group, Eurex and Qontigo, have teamed up to offer factor investors an easy, transparent and cost-efficient alternative to trading the underlying equities or using OTC instruments. Stephan Flaegel, Global Head of Indices and Benchmarks, Qontigo said: Our STOXX Industry Neutral Ax Factor Indices suite relies on commercially accepted and academically…

March 26, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Eurex to expand Total Return Futures on STOXX indices

The additional STOXX TRFs are appealing to the banks because of their need to hedge their structured products with underlying equities. The advantage of Eurex’s Total Return Futures is that they synthetically replicate the returns of the underlying index equities without the need to own the shares. Randolf Roth, Member of the Executive Board at…

March 19, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Forex Weekly Look Back: eToro confirms $10.4 billion SPAC merger, SIX reports 22% rise in operating income

White label technology provider and consulting firm, Qinox Tech, has just announced that the company upgraded its global currency rates data service through a service agreement with OANDA, an FCA-regulated international broker and data provider. According to the partnership agreement, Qinox Tech will provide currency solutions from OANDA. White-label brokers and other service buyers using Qinox Tech’s…

March 16, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Eurex and KRX to expand products on joint link

Since 2010 and 2016, respectively, overnight KOSPI 200 Options and Mini-KOSPI 200 Futures have been listed on Eurex. This expansion of the long-standing cooperation with further futures is strategically important for both Eurex and KRX. On a global scale, KOSPI 200 Options make up one of the four most heavily exchange-traded index contracts. Trading these…

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