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 Bradley & Nowell LLC. Bradley & Nowell LLC is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying…
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Bitcoin exchange Gatecoin has announced its support for ICONOMI, an Ethereum based fund management platform, with the listing of their ICN token on Gatecoin's exchange. ICONOMI has recently raised more than USD 10.6 million equivalent in fiat and cryptocurrency during its latest initial coin offering (ICO), which ended on September 29th, 2016, marking the 11th largest crowd sale…
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Swissquote Bank Ltd. has announced newly created investment opportunities based on the different outcomes of the US elections on financial markets. With this offering, investors and traders can now invest in a selection of stocks or currencies which are most likely to be impacted by a victory from either candidate. Public opinion on each candidate…
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Using valuable content to connect with your audience is one way to guarantee clients don’t leave you so easily. What are the other ways? Leverate's Yael Warman reviews... All companies strive to keep their clients loyal to their brand and in the Forex industry, where traders often jump from one brokerage to the next at…
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TMX Group (TSX:X) shared that TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV), Canada's premier public venture market, has found a new Managing Director. The appointment of Brady Fletcher is effective October 31, 2016. Based in Vancouver, Mr. Fletcher has spent his career in Canada's venture market, with specialized experience working with small companies to develop financing, M&A and business development…
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Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) has announced that it has launched the CBOE S&P 500 Smile Index (Ticker: SMILE), a premium-capture strategy benchmark index based on the steepness of the curve of implied volatilities of S&P 500 Index (SPX) options - often referred to as the "smile." The CBOE Smile Index's strategy alternates between selling…
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Monex Group, Inc. (TSE 8698) has reported the following preliminary quarterly consolidated financial results of Monex Group, Inc., for the half of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2017 prepared in accordance with IFRSs. The formal announcement of the financial results is scheduled to be made on October 28, 2016. Preliminary figures of financial results…
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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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Institutional electronic FX platform Fastmatch has announced its partnership with Celer Technologies. Celer has developed a sleek design for Fastmatch to compete with other front end trader platforms. With comprehensive and easy-to-use functionality; from order management and execution; flexible pricing displays; Algo execution, to a seamless onboarding and supporting management console, Celer has provided Fastmatch with competitive…
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The following article is based on research by Marshall Gittler, Head of Investment Research for FXPRIMUS. FXPRIMUS Week in Focus for the week beginning Oct. 24th: PMIs, Q3 GDP, Germany & Japan CPIs We’ve got a busy week of indicators this week. We will get more data on the real economy as the October PMIs…
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