Stockholms läns landsting (Stockholm County Council) has announced that it has listed a SEK 1bn green bond from its €4bn EMTN Programme on the Main Securities Market (MSM) of the Irish Stock Exchange (ISE). The green bond has a maturity date of November 2023 and an interest rate of 1% per annum. Stockholms läns landsting…
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smartTrade Technologies, a multi-asset electronic trading pioneer, has announced the promotion of Annalisa Sarasini from Global Head of Sales to Chief Business Development Officer. Sarasini joined the company in July 2012 and has since been driving smartTrade’s sales growth worldwide while building a Global Sales team with a geographical presence in all main financial hubs.…
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Multi-asset execution and order management systems company FlexTrade has announced the integration of Kensho Technologies pre-trade analytics solution into the FlexTRADER EMS, which provides a detailed, real-time event feed to assist a trader’s decision-making process when executing a trade. This integration with Kensho brings a unique level of ‘market context’ to the FlexTRADER blotter,” said…
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BTL Group Ltd. (TSX Venture: BTL) has announced that Interbit, its proprietary next-generation blockchain platform, will be available on April 23, 2018 for testing and feedback. Interbit is a token free blockchain platform and its release will further highlight the distinction between blockchain technology and the cyptocurrency markets. Furthermore Interbit's unique chain joining technology is…
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Financial markets operator Euronext NV (EPA:ENX) has just announced the completion of the acquisition of 100% of the shares and voting rights of the Irish Stock Exchange plc (ISE), for €137 million, after receiving regulatory approvals. The deal comes after Euronext expanded into FX earlier this year with its acquisition of institutional Forex ECN FastMatch for $153 million.…
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More than a month and a half after the close of its public consultation period - and despite receiving a tremendous amount of pushback from both online brokers and traders from across the continent - pan-European financial regulator ESMA today released its final proposals to govern leveraged trading, which remain unchanged from its original proposals.…
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There are many applications of blockchain as of 2018. The industry has literally exploded with over 2000% over the last two years and this growth seems to be unstoppable, especially when it comes to newer blockchain applications. The latest example comes from Chile. A habanero grower is currently raising money through what is called an…
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The Request Network Foundation has announced that it has formed a partnership with the PwC France and Francophone Africa Blockchain Lab. This partnership will shape and collectively develop the future of professional services, offering solutions to clients’ needs of onboarding blockchain to their business practices. Today we’re taking a chance to experience new opportunities, new…
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Bankorus, a fintech company and creator of China’s first robo-advisor, has announced three new additions to its team. Silicon Valley Bank’s former head of corporate Marketing, Anne-Flore Goldsberry, to lead long term marketing strategy as Bankorus’ first Chief Marketing Officer, Carl Bennetts, Co-Founder of Status, to advise on business and technical strategy and David Johnston,…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Money Saving Expert. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their tactics…
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