Equiti Group, the parent company of prime brokerage provider Divisa Capital and Retail FX arm Equiti Global Markets (Equiti.com), has announced today that it has been awarded a brokerage license by the Jordan Securities Commission (JSC) that allows the company to provide financial advisory and brokerage services in the local and international markets. Equiti is…
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State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) announced today FX Connect, its FX execution venue, will partner with trade technology software provider BestX in order to offer transaction cost analysis (TCA) solutions globally. With a continued emphasis on best execution driven by regulation, market participants are increasingly looking for holistic solutions to be compliant,” said David Newns,…
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Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) today announced that it plans to list Wednesday-expiring weekly options on the Cboe Mini-SPX Index (XSP), beginning January 30, 2018. Cboe’s new XSP Wednesday-expiring WeeklysSM offer the features of S&P 500® Index (SPX) Weeklys options, but at 1/10th the contract size. Essentially, XSP Weeklys options allow investors to efficiently…
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Stryking Entertainment, developer and operator of the innovative fantasy football platform Football-Stars, announced the upcoming introduction of its own Ethereum-based utility token STRYKZ. Stryking informed that it plans to revolutionize fantasy sports by integrating a cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. As passionate fantasy sports fans ourselves, we're aiming to extend our existing platform with the introduction…
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The following article was written by Adinah Brown, content manager at Leverate. With the new year comes a new set of SEO trends. It’s important that you keep track of these changes as it isn’t going to be slowing down anytime soon. In fact, what you knew to be effective strategies in 2017 may no longer…
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Deutsche Börse announced that it is expanding the historical building in the centre of Frankfurt – the location for the famous trading floor and the Frankfurt Chamber of Industry and Commerce are located – into an attractive contact point for the financial centre Frankfurt and the general public. The company will invest a total of…
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Cobalt, the foreign exchange (FX) pre and post-trade processing network, announced that it has just welcomed FX industry veteran Darren Coote as a strategic advisor and investor. This appointment reflects the continued support Cobalt has received from across the global FX industry to build a shared back and middle office. More than 20 institutions have…
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is today urging the public to be vigilant to the threat of online investment fraud. Fraudsters offering investments in binary options, contracts for difference (CFDs), forex and cryptocurrencies (such as Bitcoin) often promote themselves online and via social media channels, such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. They typically promise high…
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The following article was written by freelance writer Emily Miller. 1. Learn, learn & learn some more Lacking the financial knowledge or trading acumen? If the answer is yes, you are not alone. The more knowledge you accumulate, the more skilled you’ll be. Many aspiring investors start out without any prior Forex trading experience. With…
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Multi-asset execution and order management systems company FlexTrade today announced the integration of the BestX trade analytics solution for FX within its FlexTRADER EMS. With a fully interactive interface, users can use BestX to analyse their FX executions in real-time, delivering transparency to enable better decision making whilst meeting the needs of MiFID II compliance…
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