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 Izumi Ventures. Izumi Ventures 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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The Wall Street Journal announced that is bringing to life the daily drama of the U.S. stock market through a new WSJ Augmented Reality experience built with Tango. WSJ AR projects a holographic 3D view of the live U.S. stock market onto the real world, offering a new way to see how every stock is…
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The following article was written by Jens Chrzanowski, Member of the Management Board of Admiral Markets Group AS. Hello, Today, I’d like to focus on something that beginners often overlook, but experienced traders know the importance of: Order Execution Quality. The first things that new traders take into consideration are spreads and commissions. This is…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings that FCA regulated FX liquidity and technology solutions provider Finotec has reported Revenues of £1.26 million and Net Profit of £211,000 in 2016. While an improvement over 2015 (Revenues £1.1 million, Net Loss £158,000), activity remained very slow in 2016 at one of the original players in Retail Forex. Finotec…
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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 firm Arkwright Property Management / Arkwright Property Development. Arkwright Property Management / Arkwright Property Development is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in…
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EUR/USD has remained bullish and rallied notably around 2.7% since May 15, helped by the recent slump in the USD. EUR/USD saw a correction on May 18, as a result of the rebound of USD. Friday morning, during early European session, EUR/USD rallies again and approaches the significant psychological resistance level at 1.1200. Currently, the…
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OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM), operator of financial markets for 10,000 U.S. and global securities, today announced Forbes Energy Services Ltd. (OTCQX: FLSS), an independent oilfield services contractor, has qualified to trade on the OTCQX® Best Market. Forbes Energy Services upgraded to OTCQX from the Pink® market. Forbes Energy Services begins trading today on…
Read morePayments services and technologies provider SafeCharge International Group Ltd (LON:SCH) reported a Trading Update, indicating what it called solid growth in Q1-2017 over Q1-2016, and key customer wins to date in the first half of 2017. That should bode well for first half results, especially since the first half of 2016 was better at SafeCharge…
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Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) announced the Government's reappointments of Lawrence Lam Yuk Kun and Barbara Shiu as members of HKEX's Risk Management Committee (statutory) (RMC). The reappointments were made under the Securities and Futures Ordinance. They are for a term of two years with effect from 1 July 2017. From 1 July…
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Hong Kong’s financial regulator the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has updated its Alert List, which features the names of businesses that are unlicensed in Hong Kong and are believed to be, or to have been, targeting Hong Kong investors or claim to have an association with Hong Kong. Added to the SFC Alert List…
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