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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Forex trading platform developer MetaQuotes just announced that with the new MetaTrader 5 app for iPhone and iPad, it is now possible to login or register on MQL5.com using a Facebook account. Any user of this social network can access chats and a plethora of various services for MetaTrader 5 in just a few clicks.…
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UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its latest warning against an unregulated financial services provider targeting UK consumers. The FCA’s latest warning is against the firm STP Markets. STP Markets is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated activities which…
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Exness also reported highest ever number of active clients during a calendar month at 40,809.
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ASIC has banned financial adviser, Mr Darren Tindall, of Orange, NSW, from providing financial services for five years after an investigation found he failed to comply with financial services laws. Mr Tindall was an authorised representative of Roan Financial Group Pty Ltd between 9 May 2013 and 19 May 2014, and was based in Orange,…
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As we reported earlier, Gain Capital did not have to pay anything up front to FXCM.
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The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) entered an Order filing and settling charges against Dallas, Texas-based Commodity Pool Operators (CPOs) John B. Oden and Oden Capital Management, LLC (OCM) for unlawfully operating two commodity interest pools, Oden Currency Fund, LP (OCF), operated by Oden, and Oden Currency Fund I, LP (OCF I), operated by…
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Online trading industry leading broker IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) today launches a grey market for the Snap IPO. IG offers grey markets in advance of the listings of companies on stock markets in the UK, Europe and the US. It allows traders to speculate on the direction of a share price or market value of…
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The World Gold Council announced that it has appointed John Reade as Chief Market Strategist. Reade joins the World Gold Council from Paulson & Co, where he served as Managing Partner of Paulson Europe and Gold Strategist. Prior to Paulson & Co, Reade worked at UBS as the Precious Metal Strategist for a number of…
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Sets Record for Full Year 2016 Net Revenue of $436 Million Bats Global Markets, Inc. (Bats: BATS) just reported net income of $32.5 million and adjusted earnings of $38.5 million for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2016. Net income increased 50% and adjusted earnings rose 35% compared to the same period in 2015 driven primarily…
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