May 06, 2016 BY Mike Fox

EM currency trading firm R5 appoints 4 more for teams in London and Singapore

R5, the emerging marketplace for local market FX trading, today announced four new appointments in its London and Singapore offices. The company is currently live for eNDF trading in London and Singapore. R5, a global financial electronic trading technology company, offers both interbank and “All-to-All” FX trading marketplaces, dedicated to emerging markets. Its focus is…

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May 06, 2016 BY Mike Fox

New MetaTrader 4 iOS build features a screen-locking PIN code

First breaking the news on Tuesday of this week, trading software company MetaQuotes today officially announced per their company blog the new release and build of the popular MetaTrader 4 mobile platform for iPhone/iPad with improved security. Now, you can set a PIN code or use Touch ID to restrict access to the application. If…

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May 06, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

XTB successfully completes IPO at valuation of $349 million

It wasn't exactly at the valuation they were hoping for, nor the numbers being recklessly bandied about in several Forex blogs recently, but Forex broker and platform provider XTB did successfully float its shares and begin trading today on the Warsaw Exchange. XTB operates its own FCA-regulated XTB Online Trading retail forex brand, and also…

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May 06, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Markit buys into commodities price reporting agency PRIMA

International provider of financial information services Markit Ltd (NASDAQ:MRKT) today announces that it has acquired an interest in UK-based commodity markets research and price reporting agency PRIMA. PRIMA’s price assessment service provides impartial benchmarks for global niche markets in renewable commodities. PRIMA has designed its own unique competitive proprietary pricing software to eliminate some of…

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May 06, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Nadex Binary Options app for iOS devices gets updated

North American Derivatives Exchange, Inc. (Nadex), part of IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG), has recently released a new and beefed up version of its binary options application for iOS devices. The latest version (5.0.5) offers improvements to the overall performance and user experience and also provides traders with the ability to securely upload application documents…

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May 06, 2016 BY Mike Fox

The importance of effective tracking on your advertising

The article below is a guest contribution from Matt Vann of Oxegen Media, a London based company whose focus rests solely on advertising for retail trading of commodity futures and forex. -- [dropcap color="#000000" font="tahoma"]I[/dropcap]t really baffles me that in this day and age, when computers have been around for an eternity, and web marketing has…

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May 06, 2016 BY Maria Nikolova

Tullett Prebon appoints Andrew Baddeley as CFO

Tullett Prebon Plc (LON:TLPR) today announces the appointment of Andrew Baddeley as its Chief Financial Officer. Mr Baddeley succeeds Paul Mainwaring who is standing down after nearly ten years in the role of Group Finance Director. In addition, Mr Baddeley will also join the board of Tullett Prebon as an Executive Director, effective May 13,…

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