Sucden Financial
May 16, 2023 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Sucden Financial reports net revenue of £69.5 million in 2022

Profit before tax was also mostly the same as last year, at £18.4 million, growing by 0.6%. Marc Bailey, Sucden Financial CEO, said: Sucden Financial delivered another strong performance in 2022, driven by the hard work and expertise of our people and the positive impact of our ongoing strategic initiatives. Our sustained investment in technology…

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May 16, 2023 BY Steffy Bogdanova

HYCM announces commission-free investing in stocks

The product selection includes a wide variety of assets spanning across all GICS stock categories. This encompasses shares of well-known companies like Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Netflix, Tesla, Meta, Nvidia, Exxon Mobile, Berkshire Hathaway, and many others. Stavros Lambouris, CEO at HYCM International commented:   Stock offering, in general, is not a new product but is…

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May 15, 2023 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Weekly data: GBPUSD & USOIL action before GDP data

On the technical side, the price on the cable chart has found resistance on the upper band of the Bollinger bands and has since corrected to the downside, with today's candlestick ticking to the upside at the time of this report. The 50 SMA has crossed is still trading well above the 100 SMA, indicating…

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May 15, 2023 BY Steffy Bogdanova

ThinkMarkets to go public through a SPAC deal in Canada

ThinkMarkets specializes in providing retail trading services and has expanded its institutional presence through a liquidity provisioning platform launched in 2021. The recent announcement highlighted that the broker serves 138,500 clients across 165 countries. It experienced a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 24 percent and generated $62 million in revenue in 2022. As part…

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CFTC
May 15, 2023 BY Steffy Bogdanova

CFTC imposes a $45 million penalty on HSBC for manipulative and deceptive trading

Additionally, the regulator accused HSBC’s subsidiary of attempting to manipulate on-screen prices, which were partly based on issuer swaps, by engaging in spoofing activities with interdealer brokerages that controlled the screens. Spoofing involves placing orders with the intention of canceling them before execution, constituting fraudulent behavior. According to the CFTC, HSBC traders deliberately traded at…

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May 15, 2023 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Binance exists Canadian market due to strict crypto rules

The Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) issued a notice categorizing stablecoins as 'securities and/or derivatives’ in December last year. This classification has imposed restrictions on regulated crypto exchanges in Canada, preventing them from providing services involving stablecoins, which constitute a significant portion of the industry. Additionally, Canada, particularly the regulatory authority in Ontario, the regulatory body…

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May 12, 2023 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Four more unauthorized firms have been blocked by Italy's Consob

According to the Italian regulator, three of the companies are illegal financial intermediation websites and one is a website through which an offer of financial products is carried out in the absence of a prospectus. Consob has the authority to block websites offering illegal financial services at an internet service provider level. The regulator stated:…

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Euroclear reports operating income increase of 7% in H1 2021
May 12, 2023 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Euroclear announces expansion in Poland

The new Tech hub was made possible with the establishment of a new legal structure in Krakow, setting up a Euroclear SA branch. Andrzej Mikolajczak will take the rains of the new entity as Euroclear SA branch manager. He will work alongside current Euroclear Bank branch manager, Stephane Bernard. Lieve Mostrey, Euroclear Group CEO commented:…

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Reduced retail sales curbs the pound
May 12, 2023 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Daily Report: GBP/USD eyeing break of $1.25

GBP/USD: Downside Move Unsurprising GBP/USD initially rose following the announcement to increase the Bank Rate, though it failed to find acceptance north of the $1.26 level. Subsequent flow witnessed a one-sided decline unfold to $1.25 during US trading. The recent bout of selling should not have raised too many eyebrows, particularly for those who adopt…

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