The following article was written by Adinah Brown, content manager at Leverate. “Hiding within those mounds of data is knowledge that could change… the world.” (Atul Butte, Stanford) The world as we know it is driven by technology, data, and information. Concepts such as Big Data motivate competition in the global business sector, whereby companies have…
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) just informed the public that it has today published a report on the supervision of algorithmic trading in wholesale markets. The report summarises the key areas of focus for algorithmic trading and highlights areas of good and bad practice observed within previous cross-firm reviews. Automated technology brings significant benefits to…
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Equiti Group, the parent company of prime brokerage provider Divisa Capital and Retail FX arm Equiti.com, has announced that it has bolstered its institutional business team with the new appointment of Gabriela Liber as Senior Manager - Institutional Sales. The company stated that Ms. Liber brings her extensive international sales, trading and operational experience gained…
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Electroneum has today announced that it has agreed a strategic partnership with Japanese crypto platform Quoine. Quoine was the first exchange platform to achieve full regulatory approval from the Japanese Financial Services Agency (JSFA). It is one of very few global exchanges to have been accepted by Deloitte and Touche as an auditing client and…
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The Stock Exchange of Thailand’s (SET) subsidiary FinNet Innovation Network Co., Ltd., just announced that it rolls out the payment system infrastructure in order to enhance efficiency of the capital market’s payment process, in line with the government’s National e-Payment Roadmap. This development underlines SET’s vision “To Make the Capital Market ‘Work’ for everyone.” SET…
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Dubai Financial Market (DFM) today announced that Al Ramz Capital has become the first member that receives a DFM accreditation to provide the Regulated Short Selling (RSS) Service to its client base. The DFM has launched the RSS Service recently as part of its efforts to provide market participants with new tools to further strengthen…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that Finsa Europe Ltd., which operates online spreadbetting, CFD and Forex trading brokerage brand Core Spreads (at corespreads.com), has received a capital injection of £2.8 million from the company's controlling shareholder Jasper White. The investment marks a large milestone for the company, as to date only £192,000 was invested in the company,…
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Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) just announced that it welcomes the Government’s appointment of Laura Cha and Benjamin Hung to its Board of Directors. The terms of Mrs Cha and Mr Hung will begin at the conclusion of HKEX’s 2018 Annual General Meeting (AGM) and will end at the conclusion of the AGM…
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His Highness Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chairman of Abu Dhabi Crown Prince’s Court, and His Excellency Edouard Philippe, the Prime Minister of the Republic of France, attended the event held by Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the International Financial Centre in Abu Dhabi, to welcome international bank BNP Paribas Group in establishing its…
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The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) and the Central Bank of Oman signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate in the supervision and authorisation of firms operating in both markets. The MoU was signed in the Dubai International Financial Centre by Mr Bryan Stirewalt, Managing Director, Supervision of the DFSA, and His Excellency, Tahir…
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