Deutsche Börse
May 11, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Deutsche Börse expands offering for start-ups

Deutsche Börse Venture Network announced that is expanding its offering and opening up for early stage start-ups in the early stage that have already closed an initial seed financing round and meet the necessary criteria. The platform, which currently brings together more than 130 businesses and more than 240 investors, has previously only accepted start-ups…

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amf
May 11, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

AMF consults on changes to its General Regulation ahead of MiFID II

As part of the reform of its markets in financial instruments directive, on 7 April 2016 the European Commission adopted a delegated directive that sets out provisions on the safeguarding of financial instruments and funds, product governance and inducements. Ahead of the directive’s transposition into the General Regulation, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) has…

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Crude oil prices could bounce as Coronavirus panic settles
May 11, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

WTI crude faces obstacles on its way up to $50 level

The following article was written by Ipek Ozkardeskaya, Senior Market Analyst at FCA regulated broker London Capital Group Holdings plc (LON:LCG). Oil markets show signs of optimism into the next OPEC meeting due on May 25th. The price of a barrel of WTI plunged by 23% in April, on worries that the OPEC’s outcome cut…

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exness fx volumes
May 11, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Exness reports April forex volumes down 25% MoM to $235 billion

Continuing a fairly weak month for volumes we have been seeing from leading retail and institutional eFX industry trading venues, CySEC and FCA regulated broker Exness has reported that forex volumes in its system dropped 25% in April, coming in at $234.6 billion. While that marks the slowest month for forex trading at Exness in…

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fma scam alert
May 11, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Scam broker MMA Forex back again in Dubai: Gulf News

Nearly five years after it was shut down and its Pakistani CEO subsequently convicted and jailed for fraud, MMA Forex - the foreign exchange trading arm of MMA Group - is back in business and seeking investments all over again. If this is not worrying enough (as Gulf News noted sarcastically), the company is operating…

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May 11, 2017 BY FxPro

GBP Struggles Ahead of BoE Announcements

Today will see the release of a set of UK economic data for March at 09:30 BST, including manufacturing production, industrial production, and trade balance. This will be followed by the Bank of England’s (BoE) interest rate decision and monetary policy minutes at 12:00 BST and the NIESR GDP estimate (Feb to April) at 13:00…

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