Following the court approval of the proposed merger of online betting operators Paddy Power plc and Betfair Group plc, the deal was today completed. As a result, there is a new combined entity named Paddy Power Betfair plc, operating from https://www.paddypowerbetfair.com. Trading in the Betfair Shares on the London Stock Exchange's market for listed securities and…
Read moreRetail Forex broker EXNESS, being a true proponent of transparency, keeps publishing details about its monthly performance. The company has just reported a set of rather solid metrics for January 2016, with both FX volumes and new account numbers increasing in the first month of the new year. EXNESS reported monthly Forex volumes of $197.3…
Read moreIt is not just the retail brokers launching new websites. Interdealer broker ICAP plc (LON:IAP), a major platform for institutional trading of interest rates, credit, commodities, equity derivatives as well as FX (via its EBS unit), has launched a brand new website for corporate news and information at https://newsroom.icap.com/. ICAP's new site is a lot more visual than…
Read moreTullett Prebon Plc (LON:TLPR) has earlier today issued an update about the proposed acquisition of the global hybrid voice broking and information business of ICAP plc (LON:IAP). Tullett Prebon said it received a request for additional information and documentary material from the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) in connection with the transaction. This form of…
Read moreCBOE Holdings, Inc (NASDAQ:CBOE), the holding company for Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), C2 Options Exchange (C2), CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE), and other subsidiaries, has posted its operating metrics for January 2016, adding its voice to the chorus of companies seeing increased trading activity in the first month of the new year. The average daily…
Read moreAustralian Bitcoin miner Bitcoin Group, which in January closed its ASX Bookbuild, is obviously lagging behind its public listing schedule. According to the timing of the company's IPO on ASX in the Second Replacement Prospectus filed in December last year, the trading of Bitcoin Group's shares on ASX on a normal settlement basis was scheduled to…
Read moreToday the Warsaw Stock Exchange (GPW), the biggest securities exchange in Central and Eastern Europe reported monthly metrics for January 2016…the currency segment is stuttering a bit even though USD/PLN (polish zloty) has seen sharp moves up in January due to more dollar strength. The exchange provides futures trading on USD/PLN, EUR/PLN, GBP/PLN and CFH/PLN. The…
Read moreThe release of the new HTML5 frontend represents a big step for AlgoTrader AlgoTrader, a Swiss based company who provides algorithmic trading software that supports multiple markets and instruments to facilitate a broad range of trading strategies released its new HTML 5 based frontend which includes an array of great new features per the following: Live Market Data…
Read moreRetail forex broker FXCM Inc (NYSE:FXCM) has made some changes to its board of directors. Stepping down from the FXCM BoD is independent director Perry Fish. Mr. Fish’s resignation was said to be for personal reasons, and not as a result of any disagreements between him and the company. Taking Mr. Fish's spot on the FXCM…
Read moreMoscow Exchange, or Moskovskaya Birzha MMVB-RTS PAO(MCX:MOEX), the biggest Russian venue for trading currencies, stock and derivatives, today announced the reappointment of its Chief Financial Officer Evgeny Fetisov to its Management Board. Mr Fetisov, who has been in the roles of MOEX's CFO and a MOEX's Management Board member since February 2013, has secured an…
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