July 29, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

CySEC extends suspension of binary options brokers BuzzTrade, CFD Royal, Uptrade7

Following previous announcement, the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission has announces that the authorisation of the Cyprus Investment Firm AirFinance Pro Ltd (operating a number of binary options brokerage brands including BuzzTrade, CFD Royal, Uptrade7 and Investing Area), with number 206/13, will continue as suspended until September 16, 2016, pursuant to section 26(3) of the Investment…

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July 29, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Belgium’s FSMA updates list of unauthorized investment businesses, issues 10 more warnings

The Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) of Belgium has updated its list of unauthorized investment businesses by issuing 10 more warnings to the public against the activities of various “boiler rooms” and "recovery rooms". Although the boiler rooms often claim to be an authorized service provider with a professional website and forms to fill out,…

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July 29, 2016 BY Mike Fox

Trading Technologies launches trading platform in the Australian Liquidity Centre

The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), today announced that TT has launched its new high-performance, next generation trading platform in the Australian Liquidity Centre (ALC), Australia’s only data centre dedicated to the financial markets community. The availability of the TT platform in the ALC demonstrates the commitment of ASX and…

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July 29, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Malta regulator MFSA issues warnings to retail traders on CFDs

The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has warned the general public, in particular retail investors regarding the sale of contracts for differences (CFDs), binary options and other speculative products and the various risks associated with such products. ESMA has noted that these type of products give rise to investor protection concerns mainly due to the marketing strategies…

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July 29, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Colt and Koscom to provide ultra-low-latency connectivity between Korea and global markets

Telecommunications company Colt Group S.A. (LSE: COLT) and the financial IT provider in Korea founded by Korea’s Ministry of Finance and the Korea Stock Exchange, Koscom, have announced a joint agreement to form a global securities network partnership that will provide ultra-low-latency connectivity between capital markets participants in Korea and the world’s major stock and derivatives…

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July 29, 2016 BY LeapRate Staff

The evolution of FXPRIMUS analyst Marshall Gittler

Few people who follow the FX trading world can say they don't recognize FXPRIMUS research analyst Marshall Gittler. Having worked as a currency analyst for quite a while on both the retail and institutional sides of the business, Marshall and his ubiquitous bow tie have been a mainstay on business TV and the web for…

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July 29, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Swissquote reports strong growth for first half of 2016

In the first half of 2016, the impact of the cooperation between FX brokerage Swissquote Group Holding SA (SWX:SQN) and PostFinance could be seen in concrete figures for the first time. Following the transfer of PostFinance clients, the number of accounts with Swissquote increased by 32.3% to 300,691 and assets under custody grew by 39.3%…

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