ETFGI, the research and consultancy firm on trends in the global ETF/ETP ecosystem, has reported assets invested in active ETFs/ETPs listed globally reached a new record high US$38.19 billion at the end of June 2016, according to data from ETFGI’s June 2016 global Active ETF and ETP industry insights report. Record levels of assets were also…
Read moreYael Warman, Content Manager at Leverate, takes an interesting look at the one commodity we can never make more of - time - and how to use it best in the high pressure world of sales. “Time is Money” and nowhere is this more resoundingly true for a Forex sales rep. It is the nature…
Read moreSoon after its update to latest MT5 platform, CySEC-regulated Forex broker FXTM (ForexTime) has announced that it is continuing its ongoing expansion, with the broker having recently received a license from the Financial Services Board (FSB) in South Africa. The license was obtained on July 5, 2016 (FSP no.46614) and provides the company with the opportunity…
Read moreHong 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…
Read moreHong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) has announced that today's (August 2) trading sessions in the securities and derivatives markets, including After-Hours Futures Trading, have been cancelled due to the issuance of Typhoon Signal No. 8. No securities clearing and settlement services will be provided for the day. No Stock Connect northbound trading is…
Read moreToday the UK Financial Conduct Authority put out details of the cloned firm Baumer Mansoor Financial Advisory. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. The clone firm are using or giving out the following details as part of…
Read moreMultibank FX aggregation service FXSpotStream has reported a total volume of $412,617 million in July 2016. True that last month had one trading day less than the 22 in June but the 9.6% drop from $456,490 million is quite obvious anyway. The ADV change YoY is +39.6% though. And still, considering the holidays in the beginning…
Read moreNew auction functionality scheduled for November, pending SEC approval.
Read moreIn July 2016, the international derivatives market Eurex, part of Deutsche Börse Group, recorded an average daily volume of 5.5 million contracts (July 2015: 5.9 million). In total, 114.8 million contracts were traded at Eurex in July. The volume traded on the spot and derivatives power markets of the European Energy Exchange (EEX) amounted to…
Read morePrime-of-Prime FX services provider IS Prime has announced the expansion of its new connectivity and aggregation infrastructure with the launch of an LD4 hosted data center. The new infrastructure, launched this week, will enable clients to cross connect to IS Prime’s matching engines in either NY4 or LD4 through multiple price execution and delivery channels. IS…
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