UN report says North Korea laundered $2 billion theft via Hong Kong firm
May 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

CFTC charges Williams Advisory Group with receiving at least $13 million in commodity pool scheme

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced the filing of a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona against Cory Williams of Gilbert, Arizona, and his company, Williams Advisory Group (WAG) (collectively, Defendants), charging them with defrauding 40 investors out of at least $13 million in connection…

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alpari
May 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Alpari is expanding its list of trading instruments

Retail Forex broker Alpari Limited announced that is expanding its range of financial instruments. From the 4th of May 2017, the following 4 currency pairs and 10 spot metals will be available on all ecn.mt4, ecn.mt5, pamm.ecn.mt4 and pamm.ecn.mt5 accounts: TRYJPY USDTRY EURTRY GBPTRY XAGAUD XAGCHF XAGEUR XAGGBP XAUAUD XAUCHF XAUEUR XAUGBP XPTUSD XPDUSD

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May 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Plugit Apps makes their brokerage solutions MetaTrader 5 compatible

After the successful release of the MetaTrader 5 MAMM solution, the Plugit Apps integrator company announced that has decided to extend their portfolio of products for brokers already using the new-generation platform. As MetaTrader 5 gained a foothold to become the favorite platform among retail brokers, we sought to carry on investing in more MetaTrader…

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sfc warning
May 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Hong Kong SFC adds ENOI Europe Limited to its alert list

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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May 04, 2017 BY FxPro

How Will Non-Farm Payrolls Affect June Rate Hike ?

The FOMC kept rates on hold on Wednesday which was in line with market expectations. The FOMC stated that the weak Q1 GDP is transitory and business investment firmed. The FOMC left the door open to a June rate hike in the statement. Per the CME’s FedWatch tool, the probability for a June rate hike…

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BCSC warning
May 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Binary options broker B4Option receives warning from Canadian regulator BCSC

Canadian securities regulator the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) has added to its Investment Caution List unregulated binary options broker B4Option. B4Option has claimed to provide an online binary options trading platform. Spain’s securities market regulator CNMV already warned against B4Option two years ago. A binary option is a type of option whose payout depends…

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Moscow Exchange MOEX
May 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Moscow Exchange FX Market turnover up 10% in April

Moscow Exchange (MOEX) just announced that in April 2017 total trading volumes across the exchange's markets amounted to RUB 70.9 trln. Turnover grew: on the Money Market up 20.2% YoY, Equity and Bond Market up 17.9% and FX Market up 9.5%. More detailed information on MOEX' total trading volumes can be seen below: Equity and…

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IG Group office
May 04, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

IG Group offers first retail IPO on its Investment Platform

Online trading industry leading broker IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) announced that is offering access to retail IPOs on its Investment Platform for the first time. IG launched the service today, with applications now open for the Global Ports Holding IPO. This latest development of IG’s Investment Platform allows investors to subscribe to upcoming IPOs…

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