March 09, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Admiral Markets Australia announces appointment of Cristian Moreno as CEO

Admiral Markets today announces that Cristian Moreno has become Chief Executive Officer for Admiral Markets Australia. The qualified engineer and former Education Director for CSC Traders says he is delighted with the move. "Admiral Markets Australia is an outstanding Forex trading brokerage, with a solid gold reputation and strong regulatory backing. It's exciting to know…

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March 09, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

GMO Click to launch AUD/JPY options

GMO Click Securities, the Japanese online trading services provider which is a part of GMO Click Holdings Inc (TYO:7177), is expanding its FX options offering, with the addition of options based on AUD/JPY. The new instrument will be available to trade from March 14, 2016 (Monday). The company already offers FX options on USD/JPY, EUR/JPY,…

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March 09, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Bitcoin Group abandons IPO, ASX listing application

Further to LeapRate's earlier report about Bitcoin Group encountering hurdles regarding its plans to float on ASX, the company announced today that it is withdrawing from its IPO and ASX listing application. Bitcoin Group will continue with its bitcoin mining activities and is considering renewing its IPO and ASX listing attempts in the future.The company…

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March 09, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Equinix opens new data center in Tokyo, to service financial firms, cloud and content providers

Equinix Inc (NASDAQ:EQIX) has just announced the opening of its new data center in Tokyo, with the $43 million facility being tailor-made to provide financial services firms, cloud and content providers with data center and interconnection services. The latest International Business Exchange (IBX) data center in Tokyo, known as TY5, will support demand from local…

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March 09, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

OANDA Australia appoints Stephen Andrews as Managing Director

Forex and CFD broker OANDA Australia today announces the strengthening of its top ranks with the appointment of Stephen Andrews as Managing Director, based in Sydney. Mr Andrews has over eight years of experience in senior sales and management roles in the Forex field. Before joining OANDA, he was Managing Director of Admiral Markets for…

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March 08, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Turkish regulator blocks access to Avante Trade website

The Capital Markets Board (CMB) of Turkey has taken action against retail Forex broker Avante Trade, which offers its services via https://avantetrade.com/. The company has a Turkish-language version of the website, which is, apparently, a reason for the regulator to examine the activities of the broker. The CMB (or SPK, as it is also known)…

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March 08, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

BlackPearlFX to use Acuity Trading's sentiment tools for retail trading platform

BlackPearlFX, a subsidiary of FCA-regulated Black Pearl Securities Limited, has just announced a partnership with fintech firm Acuity Trading. The collaboration will see BlackPearlFX white label Acuity Trading’s news alerts product and a set of sentiment monitoring tools for their new retail platform. BlackPearlFX, which plans to build a ‘Broker of the future’, seeks to…

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March 08, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Tradeview Markets adds cTrader to platform lineup

Tradeview Markets, a Forex broker registered in the Cayman Islands, today announces the launch of Spotware Systems' cTrader. cTrader, accompanied by Tradeview's robust trading infrastructure, is set to offer the clients of the broker access to spreads starting from 0. The clients also have access to Tradeview's Innovative Liquidity Connector, as well as to a…

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