Darwinex, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) regulated FX asset manager and brokerage, has just announced that it will be making share CFDs available for trading via MetaQuotes MT5 trading platform. Having earlier this year made MT5 available to its traders in addition to MT4, Darwinex now offers CFDs on shares, indices and commodities as…
Read moreUK 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 Royal Capital Pro. Royal Capital Pro is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…
Read moreMembers of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) met at the organization´s 43rd Annual Conference in Budapest this week to discuss and address issues facing securities market regulators and supervisors today. In their meetings, the IOSCO Board, IOSCO´s Growth and Emerging Markets (GEM) Committee, the four Regional Committees and the Affiliate Members Consultative Committee…
Read moreEstonia based Retail FX brokerage group Admiral Markets continued to grow its presence in the UK in 2017, with its FCA regulated subsidiary Admiral Markets UK Ltd posting a healthy 58% rise in Revenues, from £3.5 million in 2016 to £5.5 million last year. Admiral Markets UK acts a matched principal broker and does not…
Read moreLondon Stock Exchange announced that it has welcomed global cybersecurity provider Avast to the Premium Segment of the Main Market. Raising $200 million in primary proceeds and $616.6 million in secondary proceeds, pre-greenshoe, with a valuation of $3.23 billion. Avast is the largest tech IPO across Europe in 2018 to date and one of the five…
Read moreUK 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 Coperstone. Coperstone is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated activities which require authorisation:…
Read moreThe following article was written by Amram Margalit, content manager at Leverate. You may have been thinking about whether to click on that “Deactivate Account” button in your Facebook page, what with the recent controversies surrounding the social media giant. From privacy issues to data misuse, Facebook is seeing big brands and personalities deleting their accounts. But…
Read moreMintBroker, a UK-based firm for active day trading of US shares, just announced that it has officially launched on 30 April, and celebrates the news with commission-free trading of US shares and options. Investors who want to actively trade on the US shares market can now do so easily and affordably with with MintBroker, which…
Read moreAlpima, the specialist front-office platform for institutional and professional investors, just announced the appointment of Anastasia Bikou as Managing Director of Sales. In this newly created role, Anastasia Bikou will report to Ilan Heimann, Head of Sales and Partnerships. Bikou joins Alpima from Goldman Sachs in London where she spent nine years and was most…
Read moreMetamako, provider of low-latency, FPGA-enabled network solutions, announced that it has now entered the security space with the announcement of its MetaProtect™ Firewall solution. The powerful 48-port (x10GbE) network appliance is designed to deliver new levels of ultra-fast firewall protection through packet filtering and logging. It is ideal for situations where a firewall solution is…
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