October 25, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

The MetaTrader 5 web platform on MQL5.com allows opening brokerage demo trading accounts

Forex trading platform developer MetaQuotes has announced that the latest MetaTrader 5 update allows clients to quickly open a demo account at a brokerage company. This feature is available only on the MQL5.com website. Everyone could test the web platform using their broker's demo account. The test could be done by launching the WebTerminal on MQL5.community, then writing the…

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October 25, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Alpari has opened up a new global headquarters in Republic of Mauritius

Alpari has been discussing priority areas of cooperation with Republic of Mauritius government officials and the country’s financial institutions, LeapRate reported earlier today. Latest news from the global financial brand Alpari is that it has opened a new international headquarters on 25 October, 2016 in the macro-region which encompasses the countries of Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean basin.…

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October 25, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Russian NSD and China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited sign MoU

During an official visit to China, National Settlement Depository (NSD), Russia’s central securities depository, have signed a memorandum of understanding with China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited (CSDC), China’s central securities depository providing services to the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. The parties have agreed to exchange experience and information, and…

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October 25, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA bans two individuals from the financial services industry

The FCA has today banned two individuals from performing any function in relation to any regulated activity in the financial services industry. On 22 November 2013, Richard Aston Clay and Kathryn Joy Clark were charged with dishonesty offences by the Serious Fraud Office and Nottinghamshire Police. The offences committed by Mr Clay and Ms Clark…

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October 25, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Alpari and the Republic of Mauritius in cooperation talks

FX broker Alpari Limited has announced that a meeting took place in the Republic of Mauritius between government officials, the country's financial institutions and Alpari higher management to discuss priority areas of cooperation. In particular, Alpari held discussions with the Financial Services Promotion Agency (FSPA) which operates under the aegis of the Ministry of Financial…

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October 25, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Paysafe launches EMV-enabled global omni-channel services through expanded partnership with Handpoint

Digital payment solutions provider Paysafe Group Plc (LON:PAYS) has expanded its long-term partnership with FinTech provider powering NextGen point of sale (POS) Handpoint, to offer EMV-ready mobile point of sale and online payment solutions to merchants and partners in Canada, the US and Europe. Through this partnership, Paysafe offers end-to-end frictionless payments online, in-store and…

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October 25, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Colt to revamp Japanese network infrastructure

Telecommunications company Colt Group S.A. (LSE: COLT) has announced a major revamp of their advanced fibre-optic network, as well as extensive Layer 2 network expansion in Japan. This will enable high-bandwidth services with speeds ranging from 10Gbps up to 100Gbps on mass scale, with greater routes and diversity. The phased expansion of both available services and…

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Refinitiv enables greater efficiencies and choice for fixed income traders on Eikon
October 25, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

RiskGrid’s App now available in App Studio via Thomson Reuters Eikon

RiskGrid Technologies, a new cloud-based risk management solution provider powered by industry-leading risk analytics from Algorithmics, has announced the launch of RiskGrid Lipper as a fully integrated app available in App Studio on business information giant Thomson Reuters Corp (NYSE:TRI)'s Eikon using fund data from Lipper. RiskGrid provides forward-looking risk analytics and stress-tests on top of Lipper mutual…

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October 25, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns on Robert Brooks Ltd firm

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 Robert Brooks Ltd. Robert Brooks Ltd is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…

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October 25, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC accepts EU from NSW liquidator

ASIC has accepted an enforceable undertaking (EU) from Sydney-based registered liquidator, Mr Clifford John Sanderson of Dissolve Pty Ltd as Trustee for the Dissolve Unit Trust, following an ASIC review of an external administration that found he failed to adequately and properly discharge his duties as a registered liquidator. Mr Sanderson has undertaken to: engage…

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