UK 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 Braxton Knight Ltd. Braxton Knight Ltd is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…
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Munich based Devexperts, which develops retail and institutional trading platforms and provides cloud based financial data infrastructure, has announced that it has partnered with US based Bookmap in the release of trading platform Bookmap version 7. Bookmap is an innovative visualization and trading platform for US Equities, Futures and digital currencies. Bookmap’s data visualization offers complete…
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The Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) has just issued a warning to the public concerning the website www.bil-gestionpatrimoine.com and the distribution of a leaflet called ″BIL Patrimoine″ which offer investment services to potential investors. The CSSF specified that both, the website and the leaflet, make fraudulent and deceptive use of the contact details…
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The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF) today announced that IBF will expand its mandate to provide career advisory and job placement services for the financial sector. IBF will set up a dedicated Career Centre providing advisory services for professionals in the financial industry. The Centre, targeted to…
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RBC Investor & Treasury Services (I&TS), part of Royal Bank of Canada (RY on TSX and NYSE), today announced the appointment of Erik Morgan as Managing Director, Head of Global Due Diligence. Morgan joins RBC I&TS from J.P. Morgan where he was most recently Executive Director, Wholesale Client Onboarding, and helped to establish the firm’s…
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Ullink, the global provider of electronic trading and connectivity solutions to the financial community, announced today that Alantra Equities (formerly known as N+1 Equities) has gone live with Ullink’s high-touch order management system (OMS) ODISYS and NYFIX connectivity hub. Alantra Equities, the Spanish equities broker division of the global mid-market investment banking and asset management…
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Skrill, a Paysafe (LON:PAYS) and a digital wallets and mobile payments company, just announced that it has signed a sponsorship deal with F5WC, the world’s largest 5-a-side football tournament. Over 10,000 5-a-side teams from more than 30 countries compete in the F5WC world cup. 350 qualifying events will culminate in a grand final in Shanghai,…
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On 29 January 2018, Moscow Exchange (MOEX) announced that it has started trading the Turkish Lira/Russian Rouble (TRY/RUB) currency pair. On its first day, the instrument saw turnover of RUB 1.5 million (TRY 100 thousand). Initially, the Turkish Lira is available for buy/sell transactions with settlement on the trade date (TRYRUB_TOD) and a 100% margin…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Liontrust Asset Management. 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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NZX Limited (NZX) and Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) announced that they have today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to further promote confidence and co-operation in Asia-Pacific markets. Under the terms of the memorandum, the exchanges will seek to promote market development by considering opportunities in a range of areas, including foreign…
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