Commissioner J. Christopher Giancarlo was designated as Acting Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Mr. Giancarlo joined the CFTC on June 16, 2014 after being unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate on June 3, 2014, to serve as a Commissioner of the CFTC, the federal agency that oversees the commodity futures, options…
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Singapore Exchange (SGX) welcomed Dasin Retail Trust to Mainboard under the stock code CEDU. Dasin Retail Trust is the first SGX-listed China retail property trust providing direct exposure to the fast-growing Pearl River Delta region. Dasin Retail Trust’s principal investment mandate is to own, develop or invest in land, uncompleted developments and income-producing real estate…
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Canadian regulator BCSC warned that Redwood Options claims to be a binary options trading brokerage based in Norwich, England, and offers an online binary options trading platform. A binary option is a type of option whose payout depends on whether the underlying asset (such as a stock, a commodity, a currency pairing, etc.) increases or…
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Moscow Exchange just announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Evgeny Fetisovof, will leave his current position at the end of the first quarter of 2017 to take up a post at another company. Evgeny Fetisov joined Moscow Exchange four years ago and successfully led a number of key initiatives, including building the finance function of…
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Retail forex broker Markets.com, which operates under the regulatory umbrella of CySEC licensed Safecap Investments Limited, a unit of Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC), sent an email out to clients late last week regarding new trading conditions thanks to rule changes implemented by the Cypriot regulator. We think that the email (full text below) represents a fairly good…
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The following is based on research by Ilya Spivak, Senior Currency Strategist at DailyFX, a unit of IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG). More of Ilya’s research can be seen at DailyFX.com. Talking Points: US Dollar drops as yields decline amid “Trump trade” unwind Yen soars, buoyed by risk aversion across most Asian bourses Information vacuum acutely…
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It was a week of change in the political world, and a week of change as well in Forex Industry News at LeapRate. Financings, restructurings, and even a senior Forex executive facing a trial by jury after losing an appeal on taking source code and trade secrets from one company to another. And as usual,…
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GMO Click Holdings, Inc. (TYO:7177) today released its preliminary consolidated financial results for the Third Quarter of the Fiscal year ending March 31, 2017. Official financial results announcement is scheduled on January 26, 2017. Operating Revenue was a bit lower than last year - ¥20,616 million to be exact, a drop of 7.5% YoY. Operating Income, again…
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Markets operator and provider of post trade risk mitigation and information services ICAP plc (LON:IAP) just announced that it has appointed Kieran Walsh as Director of European Agricultural and Soft Commodities to launch and manage a new European agricultural commodities desk. Kieran will report to Graham Francis, Head of EMEA Energy and Commodities, ICAP Energy,…
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FX Junction, the world's largest social network for Forex traders and copy-trade white label provider has this week announced their new affiliate program. Details are below: How Commission Is Totaled Members acting as Signal Providers can now centralize their activities on FX Junction and retain 70%** of AutoCopy fees from each referred member. All members can earn a 5*…
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