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October Forex Industry Review: GAIN Capital Hunts, EBS Rebounds and Bitcoin Millionaires
- Rising volatility allowed ICAP's trading platform to fare exceptionally well, but there is no guarantee for a continued growth. Meanwhile, bitcoin-related investments may sow the seeds for a new financial world.
Sunday, 02/11/2014 | 12:58 GMT by
Ron Finberg
David Faulkner Joins Fluent Trade as Head of Business Development
- Financial tech provider, Fluent Trade Technologies has appointed former EBS executive David Faulkner as its newest Head of Business Development in a bid to tap into European market growth.
Wednesday, 29/10/2014 | 13:49 GMT by
Jeff Patterson
Relationships Matter – ICAP Invests Further in ENSO LP
- ICAP has announced its second round of investment in ENSO LP. A provider of analytics for hedge funds and asset managers, ENSO helps customers discover insights about their counterparty transactions.
Monday, 20/10/2014 | 15:28 GMT by
Ron Finberg
A Day of Positive Trading Volumes at EBS Despite Platform Outage
- Trading volumes were in the green today for EBS despite the inter-dealer portal suffering trading down time. A brief incident in the London trading session saw the platform shut-down for 25 seconds affecting 1 trade.
Wednesday, 15/10/2014 | 20:00 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
ICAP's EBS Foreign Exchange Volumes Rise 38% in September to $117 Bln Daily
Thursday, 02/10/2014 | 07:54 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
EBS Volumes Sharply Higher by 21% in August, Highest Since March
Thursday, 04/09/2014 | 15:41 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
Plans for Joint Moex-EBS USD/RUB Benchmark Rate Fix Postponed Indefinitely
- After two years of discussions, ICAP's EBS and the Moscow Exchange fail to agree on mutually accepted terms for launching a USD/RUB benchmark fix leading the Russian venue to seek its own independent solution.
Tuesday, 26/08/2014 | 13:39 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
EBS Taps Simon Winn as Its Newest Head of Sales
- EBS, ICAP’s forex business has appointed Simon Winn as its newest Head of Sales – Asia-Pacific (APAC) in a bid to help drive new forex business across the region and expand EBS’s product suite exposure.
Wednesday, 13/08/2014 | 01:37 GMT by
Jeff Patterson
ICAP's EBS Volumes Drop by 8% During the Month of July, Down 21% YoY
- The usual summer slowdown is in play at EBS, with EBS volumes dropping by 8% in July as FX markets activity remains subdues in an ongoing multiyear low volatility environment, year-on-year figures now lower by 21%.
Tuesday, 05/08/2014 | 13:03 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
TradAir Announces Hiring Two New Currenex Alums as Senior Executives
- TradAir, the front office optimization solutions developer, has announced the appointments of Brian Andreyko as Head of Strategy and Corporate Development and Rob Wing as Managing Director, Head of Sales.
Monday, 21/07/2014 | 09:29 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
Integral & Ex-CTO, Viral Tolat, Reach Financial Settlement on Violations of Securities Law
- The court has approved part of the case against Mr. Tolat, who joined rival EBS, will be settled for an undisclosed sum. Forex Magnates has learned that the ex-CTO agreed to a reduced payment for his firm’s shares value.
Monday, 21/07/2014 | 07:00 GMT by
Ron Finberg
FX Head, James Watson, Parts Ways with Thomson Reuters & FXall
- James Watson, the Head of FX Transactions for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), has relinquished his duties at Thomson Reuters and FXall and is reportedly en route to another unnamed firm.
Thursday, 17/07/2014 | 20:08 GMT by
Jeff Patterson
ICAP Boasts of Average 70% MoM Growth in EBS Direct Volumes since Launch
- ANZ banking group joined ICAP's relationship-based disclosed liquidity service in June and now EBS Direct has 458 liquidity consumers in 35 countries using the service, with 176 active users globally.
Tuesday, 15/07/2014 | 13:54 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
Traiana Extends CreditLink Kill Switch Support to Citi's Velocity
- The kill switch functionality has been extended to single dealer platforms, after the kill-switch has been implemented across multiple FX prime brokerages after CreditLink connected them to most leading ECN's.
Tuesday, 15/07/2014 | 13:07 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
FX Powerhouse Reshuffles as It Looks to Weather the Institutional FX Storm
- Leading FX trading venue, EBS, looks to address challenges in the FX trading landscape as it reports on a number of key personnel changes, two senior people have left the firm and two others have been promoted.
Friday, 11/07/2014 | 00:07 GMT by
Adil Siddiqui
Nichola Hunter Parts Ways with ICAP’s EBS Market, More Moves to Come?
- Nichola Hunter, the co-head of ICAP’s landmark forex trading platform EBS Market has reportedly left the firm amidst an alleged management reshuffle, having parted ways after accruing over a decade of service.
Tuesday, 08/07/2014 | 12:53 GMT by
Jeff Patterson
EBS FX Volumes down 40% YoY to $77B ADV in June
- EBS showed slight improvement from May, rising 5% to $77B ADV. The figures though were well below 2013, having declined by 40% since the same period last year, even as volumes now include activity EBS Direct.
Thursday, 03/07/2014 | 10:28 GMT by
Ron Finberg
Thomson Reuters Changes Matching Rules on Spot FX, in the Footsteps of EBS
- The company has published its revised Rule Book for market participants, outlining guidelines for filling ratios, minimum quote lives and tick sizes. Randomization to be piloted in a select currency pair early 2015
Monday, 30/06/2014 | 11:03 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
ICAP's EBS Volumes Rise by 7% in May 2014, Still down 42% from Last Year
- For the electronic brokering system operated by ICAP, volumes reached only $73.5 billion during the month compared with $126 billion in May 2013. Euro volatility most likely played a role in the rebound.
Thursday, 05/06/2014 | 09:44 GMT by
Avi Mizrahi
Ex-Thomson Reuters' Paul Allmark Joins EBS as Global Head of e-Commerce
- eFX expert appointed after leaving his prior post earlier this year which included being Global head of Client services, then Global Head of Electronic Trading, and then Head of Marketplaces, over the last 14 years.
Friday, 16/05/2014 | 20:55 GMT by
Steven Hatzakis
ICAP Reports Full Annual Results, EBS Revenues Slip by 11%
- Average daily volumes on EBS have decreased by 20% to $92 billion, with emerging market currencies growing steadily, while EBS Direct customers accounted for $9 billion in ADV in the beginning of May.
Wednesday, 14/05/2014 | 08:54 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
ICAP Creates New eFix Matching Product from Synergy Between EBS and ICAP Voice-Brokers
- Some of the perceived advantages of the service will include combined benefits from each side, to create "unprecedented" liquidity, among other expected benefits such as satisfying compliance needs.
Wednesday, 09/04/2014 | 11:09 GMT by
Steven Hatzakis
ICAP’s March EBS Volumes Rising By 9% Over February
- Interdealer brokerage ICAP has reported strong results for the month of March rebounding by about 9% from February figures, and confirming the wording of its trading update that EBS direct performs well.
Friday, 04/04/2014 | 12:18 GMT by
Victor Golovtchenko
Familiar Face as EBS Enters Mobile World with Launch of ‘Watch EBS’ FX App
- With technology from NetDania, EBS has announced the launch of Watch EBS, a new market data app that provides users with real-time spot FX pricing, charts, ability to create portfolios and news updates from FxWirePro.
Tuesday, 01/04/2014 | 10:30 GMT by
Ron Finberg
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