Vela and PlusWealth to enable traders to easily access Indian markets
September 19, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

Vela expands SuperFeed with additional Asia Pacific markets

Vela, an independent provider of trading and market access technology for global multi-asset electronic trading, has just announced the addition of key Asia Pacific (APAC) exchanges to SuperFeed, Vela’s normalized Market Data Feed. This continues Vela’s expanded presence in the region, providing new ways to access and trade both local and global markets. The initial…

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CLS Group trading volumes
September 19, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

CLS Group releases steady volumes report in August

Just one day after announcing that Chief Executive Officer David Puth has decided to step down after leading the company since 2012, CLS Group, the market infrastructure provider of risk mitigation services to the global FX market, has published its operating metrics for the month of August 2018. The average daily traded volume submitted to…

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fca warning
September 19, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against The All Star Index firm

UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its latest warning against an unregulated financial services provider targeting UK consumers. The FCA’s latest warning is against the company The All Star Index. The All Star Index is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying…

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fma warning
September 19, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

MAS warns against fraudulent website soliciting Bitcoin investments

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has informed the public that a fraudulent website has been soliciting investments in Bitcoins using fabricated comments attributed to MAS Chairman and Deputy Prime Minister, Tharman Shanmugaratnam. The name of the website is positivebathhour.com / gulfweedcrab.com and the website’s article on Bitcoins is highly deceptive and misleading. The statements attributed to…

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SFC fines
September 19, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

NEX Group subsidiary reaches ISDAfix settlement with CFTC

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an Order filing and settling charges against ICAP Capital Markets LLC (ICAP), now known as a NEX Group plc (LON:NXG) subsidiary company Intercapital Capital Markets LLC (ICAP), for, by and through certain of its brokers, aiding and abetting numerous attempts by several of its bank clients to manipulate…

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Coinbase Advanced partners with Coinrule for AI-automated trading
September 18, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

Coinbase with a new Data Science chief

Coinbase "stole" Linkedin's head of data science just recently. Michael Li, who was Linkedin's Head of Analytics and Data Science has now joined the cryptocurrency unicorn to be its Vice President of Data, according to his Linkedin profile. With a educational background in Engineering in China and the US, Mr. Li worked in Capital One,…

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FCA warning
September 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Redcap Management firm

UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its latest warning against an unregulated financial services provider targeting UK consumers. The FCA’s latest warning is against the company Redcap Management. Redcap Management is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated activities which…

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September 18, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

BSO and Hoptroff bring plug-and-play time-synchronisation service to market

Global network provider, BSO has partnered with Hoptroff London, the time-synchronization software experts, to provide the financial services community with the first fully traceable accurate Time-as-a-Service (TaaS) on the market. Since MiFID II went live in January, the entire financial ecosystem has a growing demand for a precise reading of when a trade is executed,…

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