Solactive announced that it is adding three new indices to its family of high yield corporate bond indices, which have been developed as the basis for three new Xtrackers ETFs issued this week and trading on the NYSE. The three indices are the Solactive USD High Yield Corporates Total Market 0-5 Year Index (SOLHYCST), the…
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Mentioned in an article regarding the cryptocurrency market published recently on CBSNews.com MoneyWatch , a small bright spot for the cryptocurrency future, JPMorgan Chief Executive Jamie Dimon told Fox Business News he regretted calling bitcoin a "fraud" and threatening to fire employees who traded the digital money. Though Dimon described bitcoin's underlying blockchain technology as…
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Another news from FIA Tech today, the company announced the expansion of its Owner & Controller Repository (OCR) service to securely and confidentially store data for firms offering indirect clearing services under MIFID II. The new Indirect Clearing Lockbox capability allows indirect clearers to store their client account data securely to be accessed by their…
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Bulgarian Presidency begins with EIB loan of EUR 100 million under Juncker Plan for agri-pharma business Huvepharma The European Investment Bank (EIB) loan guaranteed by the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) will create more than 200 jobs in rural areas and strengthen the agriculture sector in Bulgaria. The deal was signed in Sofia in…
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Latoex, the development company that introduces the financial industry of Latin America to the crypto space, just announced its trading platform for digital assets. The trading platform, named Andes, provides ready-to-use tools to implement the strengths of blockchain into traditional assets. From comprehensive technical analysis to descriptive components - the platform grants its financial institutions…
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The Federal Court of Australia informed that it has made interim orders restraining Financial Circle Pty Ltd (Financial Circle) from engaging in a number of activities including carrying on a financial services business, providing financial advice or entering into credit contracts. ASIC commenced proceedings in the Federal Court against Financial Circle on 15 December 2017…
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today published a list of 94 firms without FCA authorisation that it understands to be offering binary options trading to UK consumers. Since January 3rd 2018, firms involved in binary options trading in the UK have been required to be authorised by the FCA. Firms that are not authorised…
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Forex trading platform developer MetaQuotes just announced that it has stopped selling MetaTrader 4 platform licenses to new customers. The MetaTrader 4 trading platform was released more than 12 years ago. Its architecture was designed under the limitations of that time, due to which it is no longer possible to implement new features that meet today's…
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The crypto market is rumoured to reach 10% of the world GDP by five to 7 years, thus booming to around $7 trillion in market capitalization. With the current growth of digital currencies, some of the heat is coming off with Korean banks trying to block virtual accounts. The Korean government is working to phase…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that institutional FX broker Global Market Index (or 'GMI') has hired former Exness executive John Taylor as COO of its FCA regulated UK operation, Global Market Index Limited. John Taylor served as CFO of Exness for the past three years, and helped spearhead the launch of Exness' UK operation and FCA…
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