AxiomSL, the regulatory reporting, data and risk management solutions company, today announced the appointment of Peter Tierney as CEO of the firm’s Asia Pacific (APAC) region. Tierney brings more than 25 years of experience as an enterprise software executive, including his latest role as the regional head of DTCC’s OTC trade reporting initiative and CEO of…
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EEX announced that will enhance its power derivatives offering by listing Central & Eastern European markets on its platform in cooperation with Prague based Power Exchange Central Europe (PXE) on 15th June 2017. Currently, PXE offers power derivatives contracts for the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and Poland which will be migrated to EEX. The…
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DAX futures (JUNE 2017 contract is FDXM7, continuation contract is FDXc1) Is the DAX set once more for a consolidation following a strong breakout? It seems that time and time again throughout this trend higher, the breakouts are followed by consolidation, with the trend struggling to retain traction. This continues to give renewed chance to…
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Jay Clayton was sworn into office by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy as the 32nd Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission It is a tremendous honor to lead the SEC and to be sworn in by Justice Kennedy, whom I greatly admire," said Chairman Clayton. "The work of the SEC is fundamental…
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The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) announced the appointment of John Hinze to Director of Corporate Finance. John is passionate about building vibrant capital markets in British Columbia that will give issuers the capital they need to grow and investors the information and opportunities they seek," said Peter Brady, Executive Director of the BCSC. "He…
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The FMA noted a recent warning by the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) against conducting business with Mrtmarkets. FMA warned that Mrtmarkets are not registered to provide financial services to New Zealanders. FMA has received a complaint about Mrtmarkets, not to mention that several other authorities have already published warnings about Mrtmarkets.com: Autorité des…
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Nonfarm payrolls are realised alongside Canadian employment later today, which could make USDCAD of interest. The fall in oil prices also provided added interest as both currencies are linked to oil in one way or another. - NFP is forecast to rebound to 185k from last month’s disappointing 98k - A further fall of unemployment…
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Retail forex broker Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) has reported what can only be described as a horrific quarter to begin 2017. Q1-2017 results were poor across the board at what is now the leading US-based retail forex broker. And, weak volumes reported for April don't necessarily portend for a better Q2. Revenues at GAIN…
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The European Energy Exchange (EEX), part of Deutsche Börse Group, and the owners of US-based Nodal Exchange Holdings, LLC announced that have successfully closed the transaction under which EEX has acquired 100% of the equity in Nodal Exchange. All remaining regulatory conditions to closing were satisfied recently, especially the US merger control process was passed…
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Richard Perry appeared on Tip TV again this morning to discuss the impact of last night’s Fed announcement and how the French election could impact on markets. Richard’s key focus was on the technical analysis of charts such as EUR/USD which has a big base pattern, USD/JPY which appears to be breaking higher and Gold…
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