We recently spoke with Martina Doherty, owner, and founder of MD Consulting, a London-based marketing services agency, providing financial institutions and FinTech companies in capital markets with PR and communication services. The majority of the firm's clients are institutional forex companies. She set up the business just over 7 years ago to share her knowledge…
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DBS Bank and Xero, a global cloud accounting platform, announced a strategic partnership to transform the way SMEs in Singapore manage their financials and access capital. The partnership is centered on several aspects including aligning both parties’ technology platforms to ultimately enable SMEs to make payments and apply for loans seamlessly, transforming how SMEs manage…
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UK-FCA regulated brokerage London Capital Group Holdings plc (LON: LCG), today launched their new TV ad spot featuring number three ranked tennis player in the world Stan Wawrinka. The advert is part of the four-year partnership that the three-time Grand Slam winner signed with LCG, becoming their Global Brand Ambassador. He also received 5 million…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Swiss Life. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as part of their tactics to…
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BTL Group Ltd. (CVE:BTL) just announced the addition of Jon Downing to BTL’s advisory board. Over the last 25 years, Jon Downing has successfully delivered innovation, business and technology services at some of the largest and most respected global companies, including Visa, J P Morgan, HP Enterprise Services & American Express. Over the last two years,…
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Singapore Exchange (SGX) is enabling companies to seek a general mandate for an issue of pro-rata renounceable rights shares of up to 100% of the share capital from 50% previously. The enhanced rights issue limit is aimed at helping companies raise funds expediently for expansion activities or working capital. Recognising that listed companies have to…
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The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) granted approval for Siemens Bank GmbH Singapore Branch to operate as a merchant bank in Singapore. The new branch will cover financing activities for the Asia-Australia region. In addition to its main pillar, the loan and guarantee business, the branch will also provide selected finance advisory services for the…
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The following article is based on research by Marshall Gittler, Head of Investment Research for FXPRIMUS. FXPRIMUS Indicators and events for the week beginning 13 March: Fed, BoE, BoJ & SNB meeting; Dutch elections; Merkel/Trump meeting; G20 meeting Usually the week after the nonfarm payrolls is relatively quiet, but this month we get no rest.…
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With regulators cracking down on compensating employees based on FTDs (first time deposits), how must forex brokers adapt? Adinah Brown, content manager at Leverate, discusses. With the new regulations from Cysec, some of the rules of sales are going to have to be rewritten, and some old, successful (and maybe even lazy) habits are going to…
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The Financial Stability Board (FSB) published a consultation document on Proposed governance arrangements for the unique transaction identifier (UTI). The consultation sets out proposals for the governance arrangements for a global UTI, as a key harmonised identifier designed to facilitate effective aggregation of transaction reports about over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives markets. G20 Leaders agreed at the…
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