OANDA, New York based forex trading serving provider recently revealed in an announcement that it has made a new addition to its APAC region senior level leadership team. As per statement released by the firm…
Commissioner Stump Weighs in SWAPs
Commissioner Stump of Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) weighed in on the ongoing dispute over swaps regulation. Dawn Stump, a CFTC Commissioner, gave a speech at the FIA-SIFMA AMG Asset Management Derivative Forum. The event…
NFA Summarizes Most Recent Board Meeting
The National Futures Association is the SRO for the futures industry in the US; it held its most recent board meeting last month. Thomas Sexton is the Chief Executive Officer of the NFA, and he…
2019 Introduces Speculative Trading Products
Bitcoin Binary Options In June, NADEX, a Commodities Futures Trading Commission regulated binary options exchange, announced the addition of a bitcoin product. NADEX first introduced a Bitcoin product in 2014. Here is part of their…
CFTC Sets De Minimus Threshold for SWAPs
[caption id="attachment_221725" align="alignleft" width="187"] Chris Giancarlo, CFTC Chair[/caption] The minimum threshold for swap activity required for reporting has been set by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The minimum threshold is referred to as the…
FCM Shrinkage Alarms CFTC
[caption id="attachment_319459" align="alignleft" width="209"] Walt Lukken, Chief Executive Officer of the Futures Industry Association[/caption] Since the financial crisis of 2008, the number of Futures Commission Merchants (FCM) has decreased significantly, and the Commodities Futures Trading…
FXSpotStream Widens Distance From 2017 Trading Volumes At…
[caption id="attachment_214217" align="alignleft" width="200"] Alan F. Schwarz, CEO, FXSpotStream[/caption] FxSpotStream, a multibank FX streaming aggregation and a matching service supporting trading in FX Spot, Forwards, Swaps, NDFs and Precious Metals, continues to excel in its…
FXSpotStream Trading Volumes Grew Faster Than Any Competitor…
[caption id="attachment_312465" align="alignleft" width="181"] Alan F. Schwarz, Chief Executive Officer of FXSpotStream[/caption] FXSpotStream, a bank-owned consortium that provides the infrastructure to facilitate the route of trades from clients to liquidity providers, announced that its reported trading…
Transcend Appoints Former JPM Chase Exec As Head…
[caption id="attachment_309884" align="alignleft" width="180"] BJ Marcoullier, Head of Sales at Transcend Street Solutions[/caption] Real-time collateral and liquidity management technology provider Transcend has announced the appointment of BJ Marcoullier as Head of Sales to drive the firm’s business…