Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) announced that it will introduce its new securities trading system for the Hong Kong market, the Orion Trading Platform - Securities Market (OTP-C), on Monday, 5 February 2018, replacing the current AMS/3.8 system, an upgraded version of the AMS/3 system rolled out in 2000. The rollout of OTP-C…
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The Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) just announced that it has officially extended its contract with Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) to continue to leverage Nasdaq’s SMARTS Market Surveillance technology to detect insider trading and market manipulation across the European Union’s wholesale energy markets by digesting and analyzing massive volumes of data from hundreds of…
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Ingrid M. Haas will be joining Deutsche Börse Group with effect from 15 February 2018. She will report to CEO Theodor Weimer, and be responsible for the Group Communications and Group Marketing departments. Ingrid M. Haas has been running her own communications consultancy since leaving her position as Head of Corporate Affairs with Vodafone Deutschland.…
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SZSE attaches much importance to risk management and informed that it has been actively exploring a perfect mode of risk management. By now, SZSE has formed an overall risk management system based on evaluation and prevention beforehand, control and handling of risks at their occurrence, and summary and improvement afterward at different stages of risk…
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Seabury Global Markets LLC (SGM), a subsidiary of Seabury Capital LLC and a U.S.-based provider of FX/PM trade execution solutions, and the U.K.-based Parabellum Markets LLP, a boutique ECN eFX brokerage, today announced the establishment of Parabellum Americas, a new strategic alliance created to advance the growth of both companies, with an initial expansion of…
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Copenhagen based multi asset broker Saxo Bank has announced a new capability in its FX Prime offering, catering for institutional clients. Running on dedicated infrastructure through Saxo Bank’s DMA liquidity hubs in London and New York, full amount execution ensures a better trade experience and lower market impact for large orders in FX and precious metals.…
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The following article was written by FXTM Senior Staff Writer, Ben Lovell-Viggers. It’s been a while since we had a good financial bubble to discuss around the water cooler; bubbles are the punctuation marks in a long history of financial folly. In terms of scale, the leading contender is the legendary South Sea Bubble of…
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Blackwell Global Hong Kong announced today the acquisition of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission asset management license (SFC Type 9 License No. BJU094). Having built a wealth of resources and established market advantage through the Blackwell Global Group’s presence in multinational financial centers, the company is able to provide a wider range of…
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Nasdaq, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ), today announced the addition of Joseph Mecane to the board of directors of the following U.S. exchanges operated by the company: The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC; Nasdaq PHLX, LLC; Nasdaq BX, Inc.; Nasdaq ISE, LLC; Nasdaq MRX, LLC; and Nasdaq GEMX, LLC. Mr. Mecane was elected on January 17, 2018. Mr. Mecane…
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UK online trading leader IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) has reported its results for the first half of fiscal 2018 (i.e. the six month period ended November 30, 2017), indicating record half-year Revenues for the company. IG Group has a May 31 fiscal year end. Beyond the numbers, IG Group also outlined a number of…
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