The Board of Supervisors of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has appointed Anneli Tuominen, Director-General of Finnish financial regulator FIN-FSA, as its Vice Chair. Ms. Tuominen's appointment is effective immediately and is for a term of two years and a half. She succeeds Carlos Tavares, ex-Chairman of the Portuguese regulator CMVM, who has…
Read moreSpotware Systems, the developers of multi-asset trading platform cTrader, today announce the completion of the integration with Trading Central in cTrader. As a result, users of the platform can tap into the capabilities provided by a highly sophisticated and deeply integrated tool inside the cTrader platform. The tool receives Trading Central’s market data research which…
Read moreThe Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong has earlier today updated its Alert List of unlicensed companies, with the latest additions including a set of clone websites of investment giant BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK). The Hong Kong regulator notes that a company presenting itself as Blackrock Financial Co Ltd is misusing the details of…
Read morePost trade infrastructure provider TriOptima, part of ICAP plc (LON:IAP), announces today that 18 banks participated in the first triReduce inflation swap compression cycle eliminating $98.5 billion notional in inflation index swaps for the European Union: EUR- Excluding Tobacco-Non-revised Consumer Price Index. Given that inflation swaps tend to be long dated with compounding coupons leading…
Read moreSwiss financial services provider Swissquote Bank Ltd today announces the launch of a financial information application for Apple TV. The application will provide detailed and up-to-date information about the financial markets, including financial news. It also displays key indices and currency pairs. The Swissquote Apple TV application displays a rotating globe, showing the performance of various…
Read moreOnline trading services provider RoboForex Financial Group has announced its sponsorship of the Limassol Police Department football team, in a move underlining the attractiveness of various sports areas for FX marketing. This particular football team was set up in 2011 to allow current and former policemen to participate in various charity initiatives and to fight…
Read moreRetail Forex broker FxPro has announced a set of changes to trading conditions regarding Spot Indices and Energies. As of Friday, January 29, 2016, the broker will be introducing dynamic leverage across MetaTrader 4 (MT4) and MetaTrader 5 (MT5) on Spot Indices. It will also be adjusting the current tiers on Spot Energies and Energy Futures.…
Read moreMulti-asset investment and trading services provider Saxo Bank is about to change the name of its Japanese business. As of Monday, February 1, 2016, the name of the Japanese company will change from Saxo Bank FX Securities K.K. to Saxo Bank Securities K.K. The old name will be in use until the end of April this…
Read moreMonex Group, Inc. (TYO:8698), the online trading services provider with operations in the US, Japan and China, has earlier today posted its detailed financial report for the third quarter of the fiscal year to March 31, 2016. The final results confirm LeapRate's earlier report showing that the Group registered a net loss in the three months…
Read moreThrough the MoU, the CFTC and the BaFin and Bundesbank express their willingness to cooperate in the interest of fulfilling their respective regulatory mandates with respect to cross-border clearing organizations. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today that CFTC Chairman Timothy Massad signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht…
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