hkex main board
June 06, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

HKEX announces senior appointments

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) announced that has established two new positions, Group Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Deputy CIO positions, and created the new IT and Platform Development Division which consolidates group-wide oversight of information technology (IT) management and platform development at HKEX and its major subsidiaries, including the London Metal Exchange…

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June 06, 2017 BY FxPro

Risk-off Sentiment Lifts Safe Havens

Safe havens have strengthened across the board as the recent risk events have lifted markets’ risk off sentiment. Notably the London terror attack, gulf states cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, and the upcoming UK general election. On Tuesday, June 6th, spot gold rallied 0.8%, hitting a high of $1289.55, last seen on April 19. JPY…

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Moscow Exchange MOEX
June 06, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Moscow Exchange's May 2017 Money Market turnover up 39.6% YoY

Moscow Exchange's (MOEX) announced that its total trading volumes amounted to RUB 71.1 trillion in May 2017. Turnover grew on the Money Market (+39.6% YoY), Equity and Bond Market (exclusive of short-term bonds) (+28.7%), and FX Market (+21.5%). Equity and Bond Market Total trading volumes on the Equity and Bond Market grew by 28.7% to…

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fca warning
June 06, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Stern Options firm

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 firm Stern Options. Stern Options is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated activities which…

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June 06, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Bats welcomes new Amplify ETFs fund to the Bats ETF Marketplace

Bats, a CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) company announced that has welcomed a new Amplify ETFs fund to the Bats ETF Marketplace. The Amplify YieldShares Oil Hedged MLP Income ETF (Bats: AMLX) seeks to provide a high level of current income as its primary investment objective and to provide returns from energy master limited partnerships with…

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bitcoin new rise
June 06, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Bitcoin prices above $2,800 as surge continues

Well that didn't take long. Recovering fairly quickly from the 34% correction Bitcoin suffered in the last weekend of May, Bitcoin prices have started off the trading week with another surge taking the leading digital currency past its previous all-time high of $2,791. In early Tuesday trading Bitcoin rose as high as $2,877, and now…

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June 06, 2017 BY admin

US Retail Forex client assets for April steady at $525 million

USA Retail Forex Broker (the few which are left) assets just reported for April held steady with a total of $524,757,888 in customer funds. This is a slight 0.19% MoM increase from March's $523,750,637. With FXCM out of the market, selling its accounts to Gain Capital, the Gain Capital retail brand Forex.com remains the clear…

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Bank of China CNH Liquidity
June 06, 2017 BY admin

Bank of China HK to join EBS Direct as a liquidity provider

NEX Markets, a NEX Group business which provides electronic trading technology services in the fixed income and foreign exchange (FX) markets, announces today that Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited, a mainstream bank as well as an integrated and regional financial group with roots firmly planted in Hong Kong for 100 years, will be joining…

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