Tag: FX prime broker

March 11, 2014 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod

Paul Orford Joins TopFX As Business Development Manager

Cyprus-Based Prime Brokerage TopFX welcomes Paul Orford to the company as he assumes senior business development position Following a stint at Blackwell Global Investments' Cyprus operation, Paul Orford has been appointed Business Development Manager at prime brokerage firm TopFX. In his previous position, Mr. Orford, originally from the United Kingdom, contributed to Blackwell Global Investments'…

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October 09, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

CFH Clearing launches ClearVision suite of broker tools

ClearVision tools allow brokers to deal with multiple trading platforms, liquidity providers, back office systems and risk books. Institutional FX broker CFH Clearing has announced the launch of a new suite of products called ClearVision, aimed at providing brokers with a combination of Prime of Prime interbank liquidity and state of the art, sophisticated trading technology.…

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June 03, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

CFH Markets institutional FX broker rebrands as CFH Clearing

Reflects CFH's evolving business, now focused on CFH's gateway to the interbank market. Institutional FX brokerage CFH Markets has decided to rebrand as CFH Clearing. The name (and image) change was made primarily to reflect CFH's business operations as an interbank prime of prime solutions provider to small and medium sized institutional clients. CFH has moved…

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May 07, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

FX Prime Brokers to be exempt from new CFTC quote disclosure rules

New rules would have called for FX prime brokers to submit pre-trade mid-market quote and risk disclosures. Courtesy of our friends at CFTCLaw.com... The CFTC has apparently given last-minute relief from its new client disclosure rules (which came into effect on May 1) to FX Prime Brokers, after listening to complaints that the market could be…

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January 16, 2013 BY Gerald Segal

Saxo Bank enters the Prime Brokerage business

Saxo Prime will offer institutions direct market access to liquidity providers. Saxo Bank, one of the world's largest retail FX firms (and a member of LeapRate's Approved List of global FX brokerages), has announced its entry into the institutional FX Prime Brokerage business, with the launch of Saxo Prime. Saxo Bank has outsourced software from MarketFactory, specifically MarketFactory's…

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December 05, 2012 BY Gerald Segal

SunGard introduces management tool for Prime Brokers

Prime brokerage business growing as large investors diversify away from traditional banks. One phenomenon we've written about recently is the emergence of industry-specific prime brokers, including in the FX world, as larger investors either leave their traditional / big-bank brokers, or just look to diversify away and create alternative trading avenues. Financial software provider SunGard…

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