One of the top stock exchanges in the US could see its stock price increase by 25% over the next 12 months despite a first quarter slowdown in activity, Business Insider reported. That's according to UBS equity analyst John W. Forman, who said in a note to clients that Nasdaq could see its stock increase…
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On April 11, 2017, Shenzhen Securities Information Co., Ltd. (SSIC), Euronext and Beijing Sina Internet Information Service Co., Ltd. signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to develop close cooperation on the application research on internet big data, the development of stock indexes and the innovation in cross-border index products based on their respective advantages. Principals…
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This article was written by Jens Chrzanowski, Regional German Director at FCA regulated broker Admiral Markets UK. Hello, Last Friday and Saturday I attended the “Invest” expo in Stuttgart. This, the 18th iteration of the event, was host to many investors and traders from all over the world. In my view, this is one of…
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The Investor Advisory Panel today released its 2016 Annual Report summarizing its recommendations, activities, submissions, consultations, and meetings during the calendar year. In 2016, the Panel focused on five critical areas of investor protection: conflicts of interest and conflicted compensation, the need for a best interest standard, risk profiling, the Ombudsman for Banking Services and…
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Bitcoin exchange Gatecoin just announced that GUPBTC markets are now live. GUPs will trade as IOUs until April 29th, 2017. The Gatecoin team announced the launch of IOU trading for Matchpool’s Guppy token (GUP) on their exchange. This comes just a week after the ethereum-based matchmaking platform raised ETH 125,000 (~USD 5.5 million) during their…
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U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Acting Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo today announced that N. Charles “Charlie” Thornton III has been named the Commission’s Director of the Office of Legislative Affairs. Mr. Thornton comes to the CFTC from the United States Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee where he served as Senior Professional Staff and Counsel.…
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Continuing its string of warnings against unregulated brokers and other scams targeting retail traders in Canada, Canadian securities regulator the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) has added to its Investment Caution List unregulated binary options broker GTOptions, owned and operated by MJ Vents Ltd from website gtoptions.com. According to the BCSC, GTOptions claims to be based…
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Back in summer 2014, LeapRate was first to cover the news of CEO Eric Neo's new project and vision for trading firms to operate in Asia with the latest cutting edge technology in the form of his Trading-Atrium ecosystem. The atrium provides a base for small firms to professionally trade with direct access to financial markets…
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CySEC regulated retail forex and CFDs broker JFD Brokers has announced that it is now offering its clients reduced fee access to AgenaTrader, an award winning third-party trading platform renowned for enabling semi- and fully-automated trading. Like JFD, AgenaTrader was built by traders for traders - one of the reasons it is so popular. JFD…
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The Dubai Commodities Clearing Corporation (DCCC), a Central Counter Party (CCP) in the region and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange (DGCX), announced today its recognition as a third-country CCP (TC-CCP) by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). This recognition was granted to the DCCC on March 30 under…
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