iSAM Securities Apex Integrates with CMC Markets to Expand Low-Latency Liquidity Access for Brokers

iSAM Securities announces the appointment of long-serving senior leader Neill Burger as Managing Director. Having been instrumental in the firm's growth since joining in 2008, Neill will lead the next phase of development across the company's liquidity, market making and technology businesses.

After a period of significant strength, precious metals have experienced a sharp pullback, contributing to increased volatility across the market. This shift has been driven by a combination of macroeconomic developments, positioning, and margin dynamics.

Risk share models can be a powerful way for brokers to unlock value from their flow, however, they often don’t deliver on exactly what is promised. Many brokers find themselves locked into arrangements that lack clarity, consistency, or flexibility, leaving them uncertain about how revenue is generated or why payouts look the way they do.

Following our recent feature in e-Forex magazine, where James Gavin, Head of Trading Europe at iSAM Securities, discussed the evolving approach to collaboration between brokers and liquidity providers (LPs), we take a deeper look at how these relationships are shifting.

Following on from his interview with eForex magazine, we decided to dig deeper into the world of APIs with a full interview with Barry Flanigan. Read below as the Head of Asia Pacific, iSAM Securities, delves into the effect of APIs on the world of e-FX trading.

Financial markets have been forced to adjust rapidly and with heightened volatility - will trade negotiations bring meaningful stability, or are they simply a pause in an escalating trade war?

With Middle East tensions appearing more contained, investors rotated back into technology stocks on renewed confidence that the artificial intelligence investment cycle remains intact. After this week's pullback, investors viewed the weakness as a buying opportunity ahead of the upcoming earnings season.

US-Iran Escalation Reignites Oil Surge and Inflation Concerns: Oil prices climbed sharply after fresh U.S.-Iran military strikes escalated Middle East tensions. Brent crude rose 4.6% to $79.47 per barrel, marking a third consecutive day of gains.

Hedge funds shook off March losses with their best first-half results in five years, with D.E. Shaw and Marshall Wace posting double-digit gains. Meanwhile, Microsoft is replacing OpenAI and Anthropic models in Excel and Outlook, and Amazon's latest $25 billion bond deal drew roughly half the orders of its March offering.