Thomson Reuters acquires WM/Reuters Foreign Exchange Benchmarks from State Street Corporation LeapRate

April 04, 2016 BY Mike Fox

Thomson Reuters acquires WM/Reuters Foreign Exchange Benchmarks from State Street Corporation

Thomson Reuters today announced it has acquired WM/Reuters FX benchmark rate calculation business of The World Markets Company (WM) from State Street Corporation. The acquisition will be effective immediately. The acquisition of the WM/Reuters FX benchmark means Thomson Reuters will own, administer and calculate this important benchmark, which is used by financial professionals across the…

March 30, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Hyperledger Project welcomes new members, unveils key appointments

The Linux Foundation, a nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, on Tuesday announced that the Hyperledger Project has filled a set of key leadership positions and is welcoming new members. The Hyperledger Project is a collective effort to create and sustain an open, distributed ledger platform that will satisfy a variety of use…

March 07, 2016 BY Mike Fox

Thomson Reuters spot Forex volumes fall 10% MoM to $111 billion

Thomson Reuters just released February volume data across all Forex trading platforms, daily spot trading volumes fell in February by 10%, a month marked by high volatility across financial markets, with Oil and China demanding much of the headline risk. Spot currency trading volume totaled $111 billion last month, down 10% from $123 billion in January,…

February 08, 2016 BY Mike Fox

Thomson Reuters spot FX volumes up 35% in January to $123B

Thomson Reuters released January Forex volume data showing daily spot trading volumes on currency trading platforms run by Thomson Reuters rebounding sharply in January from the previous month. Spot currency trading volume on Reuters platforms totaled $123 billion last month, up 35% from $91 billion in December - traditionally the lightest month of the year - and…

February 08, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Forex trade body FXPA names new Chair, Vice Chair

The Foreign Exchange Professionals Association (FXPA), a Forex trade body that started its operations in September 2014, has named a new Chair and Vice Chair and has announced new additions to its Board of Directors. The FXPA announces the election of Chip Lowry, Senior Managing Director of State Street Global Markets, as Chair, and Jill…

January 22, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

CFTC registers 18 swap execution facilities

The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today issued Orders awarding registration to 18 swap execution facilities (SEFs). The facilities that obtained Registration Orders today previously were operating under temporary registration status, the regulator explained in its announcement. SEFs are trading facilities that operate under CFTC’s regulatory oversight for trading and processing swaps. SEFs…

January 06, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

ChartIQ joins list of third party apps available in Thomson Reuters Eikon

ChartIQ, provider of HTML5 financial charting solutions for capital markets, today announces the launch of ChartIQ as a fully integrated app in Thomson Reuters Eikon. Thomson Reuters Eikon opened up to third party application developers in October 2015, as Thomson Reuters Corp (NYSE:TRI) introduced App Studio in Eikon. Third parties are thus allowed to build…

December 19, 2015 BY Mike Fox

December first half Forex volumes perk up with central banks taking action

Last month was one of the slowest volume months of the year for Forex...but data for December is showing a quick snap-back with plenty of events taking place in the last couple of weeks to finish the year strong for brokers and venues across the industry. It was widely reported on LeapRate the month of November was…

December 16, 2015 BY Mike Fox

Thomson Reuters has launched FX Monitor in Eikon Messenger

Thomson Reuters announced today it has launched FX Monitor in Eikon Messenger to better serve its growing community of corporate users. Treasury departments at most major corporations are spread across multiple locations and time zones, as are their banking and financial intermediaries. While most non-financial corporates are not regular or high-volume FX traders, they still require quick…

December 07, 2015 BY Mike Fox

Thomson Reuters November FX spot volumes lowest in three years

Thomson Reuters has reported its November monthly Forex volumes across platforms where daily spot trading volumes for FX platforms fell to a three-year low of $90 billion in November, according to figures published by the company late Friday afternoon. That marked a fall of 13.5% from October's $104 billion and down 25% YoY. Total daily volumes…

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