Australian regulator ASIC has just announced that it has disqualified Keith Mar of NSW from being an approved self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) auditor for breaching independence requirements. ASIC found that Mr Mar had breached the auditor independence requirements of APES 110 Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants in auditing his own fund, the fund of…
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The British mobile-based cryptocurrency Electroneum (ETN) will now trade in India, Brazil, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia after its listing on cryptocurrency exchange CoinBene. Within nine months of its launch in November 2017, CoinBene’s daily trading volume was more than $300 million. Electroneum will be paired with Bitcoin (BTC) under CoinBene’s trading rules, which see…
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Forex industry introducing broker Forest Park FX has announced the hiring of Alejandra Diaz as part of its renewed focus on the development of custom trading technology. Alejandra Diaz was with FXCM for 10 years until 2017 serving in various sales and technology related roles, including as Programming Services Manager. Most recently she served as…
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Bitcoin has been often used as a store-of-value cryptocurrency, rather than as a transactional one. Countries that face problems with their own currencies have now turned to Bitcoin as if it would be the "gold of tomorrow". Turkey may be the next country to bet on Bitcoin, given that the Turkish Lira is currently plunging.…
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The following article was written by freelance writer Damien Troy. Political resignations aren’t unheard of, but since Brexit was officially put underway on the 23rd June 2016, the string of ministers jumping the proverbial ship has risen considerably. With David Cameron arguably starting the conga-line of resignations back on the 13th July 2016, the past…
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WinMiner has announced the official launch of its platform with over 160,000 registered users, returning mining to the decentralized ethos blockchain was founded on. WinMiner is the mining optimization platform that provides a one-click solution and easy to understand dashboard. With WinMiner, the complicated world of cryptocurrency mining is opened up to the masses. This…
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Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) has just reported its operating metrics for the month of July 2018. After a very strong first half of the year, the numbers begin 2H-2018 a little slower at FOREX.com and City Index, Gain's two main Retail trading brands, though mainly due to typically slow summer trading and quieter market…
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In finalizing their MOU, the heads of the Carats.io and IDEX emphasized that together they are a uniquely positioned to energize and engage with the international diamond sector, creating solutions that previously were not available Fintech startup Carats.io and online diamond-trading platform IDEX – International Diamond Exchange, have just announced that they have signed a…
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Forex and CFDs broker BDSwiss has announced that the group is now venturing to Asia, with new Swiss Markets offices in Malaysia. Part of the BDSwiss Group, Swiss Markets was founded with the goal of creating an ideal environment within which its clients could enjoy secure, transparent and reliable STP trading. Swiss Markets Director of…
Read moreAfter Dr Pippa Malmgren, advisor to the Department of International Trade and former White House official under President George W Bush, spoke of Foreign Direct Investment into the UK rising despite scaremongering from Project Fear, Luke Davis, CEO, and Founder of Mayfair-based investment house IW Capital has responded with what this will mean for SMEs…
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