Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) announced that it has today welcomed a new Pacer fund to the Cboe ETF Marketplace. The Pacer WealthShield ETF (Cboe: PWS) is an exchange traded fund that seeks to track the total return performance, before fees and expenses, of the Pacer WealthShield Index. Year-to-date, Cboe has welcomed 115 ETFs…
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The British-developed cryptocurrency, Electroneum, will today launch in the UK following the successful Worldwide ICO (Initial Coin Offering) by crowd funding participation of over 120,000 investors, which raised $40 million (£30m) over a six week campaign. Electroneum’s currency aims to offer a simple and secure way of making instant transactions within the online gaming and…
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United Bitcoin is the first fork to reward multiple blockchains, ushering in the next generation of Bitcoin Bitcoin pioneers Jeff Garzik and Matthew Roszak just announced UnitedBitcoin (Ticker: UBTC), a Bitcoin fork launched globally on December 12, 2017. The purpose of UnitedBitcoin (UB) is to establish a credit currency system pegged against fiat currencies and…
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FCA regulated Retail Forex, CFDs and Spread Betting broker London Capital Group Holdings plc (LON:LCG) has announced that effective today its shares will be listed on the NEX Exchange Growth Market. LCG shares will also continue to be listed on London Stock Exchange's AIM. The NEX Exchange Growth Market, or "the other London stock exchange", is operated by NEX…
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Investors are now wondering what is going on with Bitcoin's price craziness, as the price chart already looks like the infamous "hockey stick", and experts are grasping to find the reasons why the digital currency is now hitting the $17,000 level every day. The answer may be leverage. The Japanese exchange, bitFlyer, said that their…
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Online trading and banking company Ally Financial Inc (NYSE: ALLY) has announced that Jenn LaClair will be joining the company as chief financial officer designate, effective December 18, 2017, with the intent that she be appointed to succeed Ally's CFO Chris Halmy. Halmy will retire as chief financial officer after eight years of dedicated service with Ally, effective March 1,…
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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 Howland Law Firm. Howland Law Firm is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…
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ASIC has today announced a Cooperation Agreement with Canadian regulators on fintech cooperation. This agreement expands the existing framework for information sharing and also allows the referral of innovative fintech businesses to and from Canada. This Cooperation Agreement is signed with participating Canadian provincial securities regulators: Autorité des marchés financiers (Québec), the British Columbia Securities…
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Wilmington Trust, a provider of corporate and institutional services including custody and collateral solutions for a wide variety of financial institutions, insurance companies, health care organizations, educational institutions, and publicly traded entities in the United States, has engaged AcadiaSoft to launch a new “Margin Management” service for clients. Wilmington Trust’s Margin Management is designed to…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Goldbrigde Fund 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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