The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) announced the launch of its new Investor Education Programme ‘Own your share of Bermuda’. In making the announcement BSX President & CEO Greg Wojciechowski noted: As part of the Exchange’s ongoing commitment to the continued development of the domestic capital market the BSX has, in conjunction with other investment industry…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published information and guidance for investors and the financial services industry on the fast-growing use of robo-advisers, which are registered investment advisers that use computer algorithms to provide investment advisory services online with often limited human interaction. Because of the unique issues raised by robo-advisers, the Commission’s Division of…
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This article was written by freelance writer Zak Goldberg. Brexit is one of the biggest topics in the global financial communities, and this is even in a time where other hugely significant things like President Trump's early days in power are going on. Whether you were for or against Brexit, the fact certainly still remains…
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Gold recorded three straight weeks of gains on the run up to February 17th.
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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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The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) launched a regulatory sandbox, an initiative that supports businesses seeking to offer innovative products, services and applications. The objective of this initiative is to facilitate the ability of those businesses to use innovative products, services and applications all across Canada, while ensuring appropriate investor protection,” said Louis Morisset, CSA Chair…
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Bats Global Markets, Inc.(Bats: BATS), the U.S. market for exchange-traded fund (ETF) trading, welcomed a suite of four new PowerShares ETFs to the Bats ETF Marketplace. The products include: The PowerShares Conservative Multi-Asset Allocation Portfolio (Bats: PSMC) which seeks total return consistent with a lower level of risk relative to the broad stock market. The…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings in the UK, and in discussion with industry insiders, that Daniel Skowronski has resigned as CEO of the UK subsidiary of retail forex broker Oanda, Oanda Europe Limited. Mr. Skowronski had been CEO of FCA-regulated Oanda UK for the past three years, joining Oanda after serving in…
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The dissemination of a bogus Vinci press release and its impact on the share price on 22 November 2016 prompted the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) to work with all relevant parties to consider how such incidents might be prevented, or at the very least how their market consequences might be limited. In addition to its…
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This article was written by freelance writer Zak Goldberg. Forex trading is something lots of people like to engage in, and can offer an individual trader some great benefits like allowing them to trade 24 hours a day, and use leverage to open themselves up to big changes in value even with relatively low capital.…
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