August 02, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Thomson Reuters to join R3 blockchain consortium

Thomson Reuters has joined financial innovation firm R3’s partnership to design and apply distributed and shared ledger-inspired technologies to global financial markets. As a leading source of news and information for professional markets, Thomson Reuters will contribute insights from its work with customers to drive product innovation and transformation in the financial sector using distributed…

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August 02, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

CBOE reports 2% decrease ADV MoM in July

The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) or CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) has reported today that July average daily volume (ADV) for options contracts traded on Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE®) and C2 Options Exchange (C2), and futures contracts traded on CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE®) was 4.7 million contracts, a decrease of 2% from July…

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August 02, 2016 BY Mike Fox

Tullett Prebon opens new technology centre in Belfast

Tullett Prebon announces that it is establishing a new technology centre in Belfast, Northern Ireland which will serve as a global hub for the Group’s IT operations. Investment in technology is a key pillar of Tullett Prebon’s strategy. The new Belfast centre will provide development and technical support for the Group’s global business. It will…

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August 02, 2016 BY Mike Fox

Ted Yang joins XTX Markets for Biz Dev in Asia

XTX Markets today announces that Ted Yang has joined the firm’s Business Development team in Asia. Yang will be based in Singapore and joins from Tower Research where he worked as the Head of Technical Implementation Management in APAC. Previous to this, he was Head of the Electronic Trading Client Services team at Samsung Futures…

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August 02, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

ETFGI reports a record high of $38 billion at the end of June

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…

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August 02, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

Time Management tips for productive sales people

Yael 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…

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August 02, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

FXTM expands to South Africa with FSB license

Soon 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…

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August 02, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

HKEX announces no trading sessions in the securities and derivatives markets today

Hong 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…

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August 02, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns on clone firm Baumer Mansoor Financial Advisory

Today 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…

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