UK online trading leader IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) today issued a Trading Update ahead of entering its close period following the end of the first half of its fiscal 2018 year. IG Group has a May 31 fiscal year end, so its first-half 2018 results are for the six month period ended November 30,…
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Borsa Italiana today announced that its Italian Derivatives Market (IDEM) has further extended its product range with the launch of FTSE Italia PIR Mid Cap Futures. The innovative products were launched in response to strong and growing demand from global trading firms and asset managers looking to access an efficient financial instrument for directional trading…
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In view of the rapid appreciation in value of Bitcoin in recent weeks and its volatility, the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) and the Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR) have reminded of the risks associated with investing in these speculative assets. Bitcoin is one of the speculative assets, sometimes wrongly referred to…
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has announced charges against a Seattle-area outdoor digital signage advertising company and two of its senior executives, over the theft of more than $2 million from retail investors. According to the SEC’s complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Seattle, Digi Outdoor Media Inc.’s former chief executive officer Donald…
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Regulatory filings made with US securities authorities indicate that two co-founders and original senior members of FXCM’s management team – Drew Niv (pictured above) and David Sakhai – have continued selling their remaining shares of Global Brokerage Inc (NASDAQ:GLBR), after recently converting their special “units” into regular Class A common shares of Global Brokerage. FXCM's founders, and several other members…
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Market Oversight (Division) has issued the results of a rule enforcement review at the Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Commodity Exchange, Inc. and New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. that recommends the exchanges reviewed make certain improvements as noted below. The Division reviewed the Chicago Board…
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Teufen, Switzerland based financial blockchain corporation Finom AG has announced plans to raise up to $101 million, to create world’s first blockchain-based platform to reduce financial markets entry barriers and provide Artificial Intelligence advising. Finom stated that its $101 million tokenized equity offering will be executed pursuant to Regulation D of the U.S. Securities Act of…
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As the "people's currency" is slashing through the $11,000 price point yet again, some experts are now equating bitcoin with a huge, ready-to-burst bubble. However, as CME Group and Nasdaq are already in the process of launching bitcoin futures and the technology behind the currency, blockchain, is rapidly innovating a series of industries, the question…
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Retail forex broker FXCM Group announced today the launch of the next generation HTML5 platform, Trading Station Web 2.0. FXCM’s flagship proprietary platform, Trading Station Desktop, has built a reputation in the industry as being one of the most robust trading platforms with a great charting package and superior execution. The new HTML5 web platform…
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In addition to last Friday's news when Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) announced that CFE had filed a product certification with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to offer bitcoin futures trading, the company today informed that Cboe Futures Exchange (CFE) plans to offer trading in bitcoin futures beginning at 5:00 p.m. CT on…
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