This article was written by Luis Aureliano, a business writer and financial analyst. With over 15 years of experience in global finance and an MBA in economics and management, Luis’s areas of expertise include business, marketing, communications, personal finance, macro economics, stocks and emerging markets. The management of credit is one of the most important…
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ASIC has accepted voluntary undertakings (VUs) from WA-based registered liquidators, Mr George Lopez and Mr Evan Verge, both of Melsom Robson, Chartered Accountants. ASIC’s ongoing industry-wide project to test compliance with registered liquidators’ obligations to lodge documents and publish notices required under the law continues to identify practitioners not complying with basic obligations. Mr Lopez…
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Markets operator and provider of post trade risk mitigation and information services ICAP plc (LON:IAP) has announced that it has appointed Stuart Connolly as Head of Client Product Development for its Post Trade Risk and Information (PTRI) division, effective Monday 21 November. In this newly created role, Connolly will report to Jenny Knott, Chief Executive…
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A growing trend by online trading companies to use individuals in marketing.
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CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) has announced that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has granted early termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (HSR), in connection with its proposed acquisition of Bats Global Markets, Inc. (Bats: BATS). The end of the HSR waiting period allows the proposed…
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LeapRate has learned via regulatory filings that FCA regulated broker ADS Securities London Limited, the UK arm of Abu Dhabi based broker ADS Securities LLC, has had its auditor Ernst & Young resign. No word has been received about a replacement for Ernst & Young at ADS. ADS entered the UK market in late 2015…
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The Danish Financial Supervisory Authority has been informed that a foreign company, BLS Investments, has a website on the internet, which can easily mislead customers to believe that it is the website of BLS Capital Fondsmæglerselskab A/S. BLS Capital Fondsmæglerselskab A/S is under Danish supervision. BLS Investments and www.blsinvestments.com should not be mistaken for BLS…
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Dubai-based Daman Securities, one of the UAE's financial services, has released a brand new version of its online trading service for stock listed in Dubai Financial Market (DFM) and Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX). The standards-setting web-based Daman Online Trading service provides subscribing investors with a number of advanced exclusive features and upgraded functionality compared…
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Singapore Exchange (SGX) has announced that has become part of an industry-wide collaboration that will harness blockchain technology to advance Singapore’s vision of a Smart Financial Centre. At last week’s Singapore FinTech Festival, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has announced a partnership with the financial innovation group R3, and a consortium of financial institutions to…
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Company to increase focus on solutions as regulation reshapes the FX Market GTX, the institutional foreign exchange trading arm of GAIN Capital Holdings Inc. (NYSE: GCAP), has announced the appointment of Edward Brown as Chief Executive Officer of GTX SEF, LLC, a Swap Execution Facility (SEF). Mr. Brown joins with over 25 years' experience in…
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