The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Pioneer Asset 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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The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), which represents more than 200 market infrastructure providers including exchanges and CCPs, has responded to the European Commission's Public Consultation on The Operations of the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs). While the consultation has an EU focus, there are some items that are relevant to the WFE's international membership, therefore…
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There are two upcoming events that are expected to impact the price of Oil; firstly, the Iran presidential election will be held this Friday, May 19th and secondly the OPEC meeting will be held on May 25. The result of the Iran presidential election and the associated geo-political risks will likely affect its oil supply.…
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More news from retail forex broker Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) today. The company announced that its Board of Directors has authorized an expanded stock repurchase program, under which the company may repurchase up to $35 million of its outstanding common stock, nearly doubling the amount approved as of March 31, 2017. Our Board of…
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NEX Optimisation, which helps clients reduce complexity and optimise resources across the transaction lifecycle, announced today that it has appointed Colin Murphy as Chief Commercial Officer of NEX Optimisation which incorporates Head of Sales for NEX Regulatory Reporting. Colin joined NEX Optimisation on 15 May 2017. Launched in March 2017, NEX Regulatory Reporting is a…
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TradAir, the global provider of trading technology solutions for banks, brokers, prime of primes and regulated marketplaces, announced that FCA regulated broker GKFX, are now live with TradAir’s new high-performance Margin/Credit FX-CFD Trading Platform. Margin/Credit FX-CFD Trading Platform is developed in response to demand from institutional brokers, for a margin and credit solution in one…
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The payments industry is rife with security concerns, so it’s no secret that the threat of phishing scams could destroy your business. While nothing new, this has become a rapidly growing problem that threatens online payment processing companies daily. And now, with recent ransomware attacks affecting hundreds of thousands of businesses, it’s critical that you…
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Division of Clearing and Risk (DCR) today issued a no-action letter extending the relief provided to the Shanghai Clearing House (SHCH) in CFTC Letter 16-56, which expires May 31, 2017. The extension will last until the earlier of November 30, 2017 or the date on which the CFTC…
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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…
Read moreIt was widely reported that President Trump shared highly sensitive information with the Russia Ambassador at a recent meeting at the White House putting further pressure on USD. During today’s early European session the dollar index hit the lowest level of 97.74 last seen back in November 2016, EUR/USD traded as high as 1.1121 a…
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