November 11, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns on clone firm of Carnegie Asset Management

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm UK Loans. 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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November 11, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

HKEX announces changes of designated securities for short selling

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX), has announced that with effect from 18 November, 2016, 37 additional securities will be eligible for short selling and 28 existing designated securities will be removed from the list. The total number of designated securities for short…

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November 11, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Hong Kong SFC adds Kaplan Asset Management to its alert list

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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November 11, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

AxiTrader hires Ivan Rojas as Head of Latin America and Spain

Australian-owned Forex (FX) and Contracts For Difference (CFD) trading provider AxiCorp has appointed Ivan Rojas as Head of Latin America and Spain as it continues to expand its global footprint. Rojas, who will be responsible for growing AxiCorp’s presence in the burgeoning Latin American market, has more than 10 years of experience operating and growing…

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November 11, 2016 BY admin

GAIN Capital board member Joe Schenk acquires 10,000 shares

GAIN Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE: GCAP) board member Mr. Joe Schenk according to a newly published Form 4 has purchased 10,000 shares of GAIN Capital stock to bring his total holdings to 87,619 shares. The shares were purchased for an average amount of $5.4097 (total: $54,497). The shares purchased during the market dip on Wednesday,…

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November 10, 2016 BY admin

Financial blockchain specialist firm SETL appoints Martin Clements, cyber security expert, to its board

SETL, the London based financial blockchain specialist, has appointed national security expert Martin Clements CMG OBE to its board. SETL was launched in July 2015 to deploy a multi-asset, multi-currency institutional payment and settlements infrastructure based on blockchain technology. The SETL system will enable market participants to move cash and assets directly between each other,…

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November 10, 2016 BY admin

Liquidnet's new offering looks to arm institutional buy-side traders for the future

Liquidnet, the global institutional trading network, today announced the launch of Liquidnet Virtual High Touch, a new category of buy-side technology that brings together advanced data analysis, adaptive learning algorithms, unique liquidity search tools, and real-time analytics into a new trading experience. As a key component of Virtual High Touch technology, Liquidnet also announced an…

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