CySEC regulated retail forex broker Exness has reported June volume metrics, indicating an 8% rise in FX trading volumes to $187.9 billion, up from $173.9 billion in May. The increase at Exness continues a trend we have seen at a number of leading retail and institutional eFX venues, with Brexit-driven volatility during June pushing trading…
Read moreFXPRIMUS indicators and events for July 7 include UK industrial production, ECB meeting minutes, Japan trade figures. Here's a list of all the upcoming economic indicators and events for today: We can’t get away from focusing on the UK as today we get the UK industrial & manufacturing production figures for May. The figures are…
Read moreAlgoDynamix today announced acquisition of a major Silicon Valley customer under a Global production SaaS license. London and Cambridge based AlgoDynamix is an innovative risk analytics company that detects disruptive events in global financial markets and anticipates price movements hours or days in advance of the event. The software is used by investment banks and asset…
Read moreThe European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has issued an official opinion agreeing to an emergency short selling prohibition, for a period of 90 calendar days, by the Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB) on net short positions in Banca Monte dei Pascha di Siena spa (BMPS) shares under the Short Selling…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that FCA and ASIC regulated retail forex broker ThinkForex is about to rebrand its operations under the ThinkMarkets brand. The ThinkMarkets.com beta site has been live for about a week at www.thinkmarkets.com. We expect a formal announcement from the company in the near future. Alongside the new name, logo and…
Read moreiSignthis Ltd (ASX: ISX) is announcing today that it has signed into an agreement with online forex and CFD brokerage XM.com. iSignthis will integrate with XM.com to deliver its new enhanced digital KYC service. The iSignthis service will provide XM.com with user friendly and automated customer onboarding. The service will enable XM.com to meet the…
Read moreThe Corporate Governance Center of the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE), directed by the Financial Supervisory Commission (the FSC), in conjunction with the Taiwan Depository Clearing Corp., the Securities Investment Trust & Consulting Association, and the Taiwan Financial Services Roundtable collectively, launched the “Stewardship Principles for Institutional Investors” on 30 June. Institutional investors, including pension funds, insurance companies and investment trusts, are playing an increasingly…
Read moreChina puts into action requirements for foreign firms to settle foreign exchange forward yuan positions in the onshore market, the country's foreign exchange trading platform, operated by the central bank, said in a statement on Wednesday. Foreign firms will need to set aside 20% of the previous month's yuan forwards settlement amount as foreign exchange…
Read moreToday Swiss based FINMA and EU regulated brokerage house Dukascopy has amended certains CFD contract trading conditions. The amendments include index and Binary options CFDs. Firstly, maximum exposure limits on GBP and EUR based indices were increased today at 15:00 GMT, 06 July 2016 as follows: GBP/IDX - 30 contracts DEU.IDX/EUR -50 contracts ESP.IDX/EUR -50 contracts EUS.IDX/EUR…
Read moreInternational derivatives marketplace CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) has announced the promotion of Young-Jin Chang to the role of Global Head of Metals Products. Reporting to Derek Sammann, Senior Managing Director, Global Head of Commodities & Options Products, Chang will be responsible for the strategic development, management and profitability of the global product suite, including both precious…
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