Global forex broker Admiral Markets just announced that three new cryptocurrency CFDs have now been made available for trading on Admiral.MT5 accounts. DSHUSD – Dash Vs. US Dollar CFD Dash (DSHUSD) was first created in 2014 and, since then, has risen to become one of the most established projects on the cryptocurrency market. This cryptocurrency…
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) have today published an update on the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will apply in the UK from 25 May 2018. It is an essential step forward in enhancing the privacy and security of personal data.…
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Virtu Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIRT), a technology-enabled market maker and liquidity provider to the global financial markets, has today reported results for the fourth quarter and the full year ended December 31, 2017. Fourth Quarter and Full Year Selected Highlights Fourth Quarter 2017: Net income of $47.8 million, Normalized Adjusted Net Income* of $41.4 million…
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CFH Systems just announced that it has appointed FX technology specialist Alex Yap in Singapore in a senior institutional sales role. Alex Yap will be responsible for sales across Asia. He will work closely with CFH Systems’ teams in Hong Kong and Tokyo, reporting directly into Alex Mackinnon, Head of Asia, who is also based…
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LeapRate Exclusive... New Pepperstone CEO Tamas Szabo continues to make his mark on the company, which - not surprisingly - is now including bringing in some of his former IG Australia colleagues, who helped Mr. Szabo grow London based IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) into the leading online broker down under. LeapRate has learned that…
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ULLINK, a global provider of electronic trading and connectivity solutions to the financial community, announced that it has extended its successful partnership with LiquidMetrix to deliver MiFID II best execution reporting to multiple European Sell-Side clients. The solution, UL PUBLISHER for Best Execution, teams ULLINK’s fully-automated, post-trade data management hub with the LiquidMetrix Workstation for…
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English Premier League football club Manchester City has announced a new multi-year regional partnership with AvaTrade to become the Club’s Official Online Trading Partner throughout China, Asia and Latin America. AvaTrade is an online trading broker, whose portfolio of traders span across the globe. The company is revolutionising the online trading industry by providing an…
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The AMF announced that it is launching an annual study to gain a better understanding of the behaviour and opinions of retail investors. The first edition of this Survey , which is the most complete overview of the market with regard to savers’ decisions and objectives, in particular measures their appetite for the Stock Market…
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The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) announced that it has resolved its concerns with Credit Suisse (Hong Kong) Limited (CSHK), Credit Suisse Securities (Hong Kong) Limited (CSSHK) and Credit Suisse AG (CSAG) (collectively, Credit Suisse) over internal control failures. Under the resolution, the SFC reprimanded and fined Credit Suisse a total of $39.3…
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FTSE Russell, the global index provider, has introduced the FTSE All-World ex Australia Net Tax (Super) Index Series which is designed to support the superannuation industry’s focus towards greater transparency and more accurate measurement of performance. The index series calculates net returns for global equities after deducting both capital gains tax and withholding tax. Capital…
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