The following article was written by Jens Chrzanowski, Member of the Management Board of Admiral Markets Group AS. Hello, Every broker is fishing for external awards as a sign of recognition. Indeed, external awards are valuable; if they are reputable, even better. What about internal awards? Don’t you think that many brokers, and companies in general,…
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LUZ Soluções Financeiras, a Brazilian supplier of financial technology founded in 1999 and active across Latin America, announced that has partnered with ULLINK, the global provider of connectivity and electronic trading solutions, to provide turnkey solutions for clients of its front to back solutions. The new, extended trading platform will enable LUZ clients to connect…
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Forex trading platform developer MetaQuotes has announced its latest upgrade to the MetaTrader 5 platform for iPhone and iPad. MetaTrader 5 iOS build 1649 provides the possibility to view market statistics of financial instruments traded in the exchange execution mode. In order to view the statistics, open the menu of any symbol in Market Watch, and select…
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Eze Software, a global provider of investment technology, has partnered with Trade Informatics to enhance its transaction cost analysis (TCA) offerings. The partnership gives Eze Investment Suite users access to Trade Informatics’ advanced post-trade analytics, enabling them to assess their execution performance against key and custom benchmarks. Integration with Eze OMS and Eze EMS allows…
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Following a commitment to further review their small business loan contracts, the big four banks have now agreed to specific changes with ASIC to eliminate unfair terms from their contracts. ASIC and the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman (ASBFEO) have welcomed the changes, which mean that: the loan documents will not contain 'entire…
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Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) and the People's Government of Sichuan Province (Sichuan Provincial Government) announced that have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen mutual communication and cooperation, aiming to support and promote future development in both capital and commodities markets. The MOU was signed by Mao Zhirong, HKEX Head of…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that a municipal financing authority in Beaumont, California, and its then-executive director have agreed to settle charges that they made false statements about prior compliance with continuing disclosure obligations in five bond offerings. Also settling charges are the underwriting firm behind those offerings and its co-founder for failing…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that FX industry sales veteran Ross Donoghue has joined the FCA regulated UK arm of Australia based Retail FX broker AxiTrader. Based in London, Ross Donoghue had most recently been with ADS Securities in their London office, and was responsible for launching the launching the retail side of the business…
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Pan-Canadian financial regulator Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) has published a notice entitled Cryptocurrency Offerings, which outlines how securities law requirements may apply to initial coin offerings (ICOs), initial token offerings (ITOs), cryptocurrency investment funds and the cryptocurrency exchanges trading these products. The notice describes the factors CSA staff consider in assessing whether prospectus, registration and marketplace…
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has announced that it has filed a civil enforcement action against defendants Thomas Lanzana (doing business as Unique Forex) currently of Pawleys Island, South Carolina and his company Blackbox Pulse, LLC of North Bergen, New Jersey, as well as Nikolay Masanko and his company White Cloud Mountain, LLC, both of St. Augustine, Florida, charging…
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