Colorado-headquartered CQG, a provider of data, decision making, and order execution software, has just released version 2.0 of its CQG M application. With the 2.0 release on mdemo.cqg.com, the company has also added a volume comparison widget. Traders can access it by swiping on the chart that is attached to a quote board. The widget…
Read moreNasdaq and Digital Reasoning, a leader in cognitive computing, have announced a strategic alliance to offer next generation, holistic surveillance technology to the global capital markets, including the buy-side, brokers, regulators and exchanges. Digital Reasoning’s eComms monitoring for proactive compliance and Nasdaq’s industry leading and award-winning SMARTS Surveillance solutions will deliver a unified approach through…
Read moreBats Global Markets (Bats) received Securities and Exchange Commission approval of the Bats Client Suspension Rule, assisting the company in taking swifter action to prohibit manipulative behavior, such as spoofing and layering, on the Bats Exchanges. The Rule, which was approved February 18th, distinguishes itself by specifically addressing disruptive quoting and trading practices, such as…
Read moreLondon Stock Exchange Group Plc (LON:LSE) and Deutsche Boerse AG (ETR:DB1) have just confirmed that they are in talks about a potential merger. The share prices of the two companies have seen a spike today following earlier press reports about the dubbed merger discussions. Key points: The official announcement from the companies states that the…
Read moreForex and CFD provider AvaTrade continues to expand its global presence and has now officially opened its South African subsidiary - ‘Ava Capital Markets Pty Ltd’ - with offices in Johannesburg in South Africa – licensed under the Financial Services Board (FSB) – FSP Number 45984. This is the eleventh international office of AvaTrade of…
Read moreThe Cyprus Securities Exchange Commission (CySEC) today announced that its Board has decided to impose a fine of €100,000 on Forex broker CommexFX Ltd for violations of the Investment Services and Activities and Regulated Markets Laws of 2007. The violations were committed in March and April 2015 and consist of “Dealing on own account” without…
Read moreJava runtime solutions provider Azul Systems (Azul) today announces that it has enhanced Zulu Embedded, its open source Java Virtual Machine (JVM) based on OpenJDK. The upgraded solution supports 32-bit ARM processors, the most popular processor architecture for embedded systems. Zulu Embedded now provides support for processors based on the ARM v6, v7 and 32-bit…
Read moreLars Seier Christensen, Saxo Bank co-founder and longtime co-CEO, who has set up a new venture capital firm Seier Capital, is about to unveil a new project with Bjarne Riis, a former manager of the Tinkoff-Saxo team and 1996 Tour de France winner. In a blog post, Mr Christensen states that he and Riis have been…
Read moreGaming and betting provider Ladbrokes PLC (LON:LAD) has earlier today published its report for the full year 2015, with the report including an update regarding the anticipated merger with certain businesses of Gala Coral Group Limited. Ladbrokes said the merger is on track with shareholders' approval secured in November 2015 and the Competition and Markets Authority…
Read moreBeing true to its transparency commitment, retail Forex broker EXNESS today published a report by leading auditing firm Deloitte regarding the broker's performance in the final quarter of 2015. The audit showed that the broker's trading volumes for the three months to December 31, 2015, amounted to $559.4 billion, down from the result of $599.3 billion…
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