April 24, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Plato Partnership and LiquidMetrix co-operate to assess block trade performance

Plato Partnership Limited, a not-for-profit company bringing solutions and efficiencies to today’s equity marketplace, announced its intention to enter into a cooperation agreement with LiquidMetrix, an execution specialist and an operating division of Strategic Insight (SI). Under this new partnership, the two companies will research, design and implement a stronger methodology for assessing block trade…

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April 24, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Social forex trading site Tradeo fined €20,000 by CySEC

The Board of the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) just informed investors that decided to impose an administrative fine of €20.000 to the CIF UR Trade Fix Ltd (the parent company of Tradeo) for noncompliance with section 6(8) of the Investment Services and Activities and Regulated Markets Law of 2007, as amended from time to…

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April 24, 2017 BY Hantec Markets

DAX futures analysis 24/04/2017

DAX futures (JUNE 2017 contract is FDXM7, continuation contract is FDXc1) A huge gap higher has completely changed the outlook once more for the DAX. However with volatility so elevated this is a market that will be difficult to call on a near term basis. Technicals have been blown out of the water this morning…

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April 24, 2017 BY Hantec Markets

Positive market sentiment as Macron leads into the second round

Market Overview Financial markets gave a huge sigh of relief after Emmanuel Macron emerged as the clear front runner in the first round of voting for the French Presidential Election. With Macron securing 23.7% (versus Marine Le Pen’s 21.7%), traders have a risk positive outcome and market sentiment is subsequently strong. Although Le Pen has…

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MAS Monetary Authority of Singapore
April 24, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Singapore Commercial Affairs Department and MAS partner industry stakeholders to fight financial crimes

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) of the Singapore Police Force today announced the launch of a government-industry partnership to strengthen Singapore’s capabilities in the fight against money laundering and terrorism financing (ML/TF). The Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Industry Partnership (ACIP) brings together selected industry…

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Crude oil prices could bounce as Coronavirus panic settles
April 24, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Oil recovers lost ground, market still under pressure

Oil prices recovered ground on Monday following last week's big losses, driven by expectations that OPEC will extend a pledge to cut output to cover all of 2017, although a relentless rise in U.S. drilling capped gains, Reuters reported earlier today. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil futures CLc1 added 26 cents, or 0.5%,…

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