January 31, 2023 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Eightcap appoints Alex Howard as Chief Executive Officer

Murphy commented: Alex is an outstanding choice, bringing over a decade of experience in financial services, a deep knowledge of the derivatives industry and a proven track record of success in leadership roles. He was chosen after an extensive and extremely competitive selection process.” Murphy noted that since establishing Eightcap in 2009, the company has…

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Monex Group
January 30, 2023 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Monex Group operating income, falls 18% in Q3 FY23, reports net loss in TradeStation and crypto business

The basic earnings per share year-to-date also fell significantly to ¥7.27 from ¥48.19 reported for the same period in 2021. Three major segments contribute to the business performance of the group - the Japanese segment, the US segment (TradeStation), and the crypto assets segment. The Japanese business of the group provides stable profits and TradeStation…

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European stock market experiences positive change
January 30, 2023 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Daily market commentary: Stock indices fell as traders brace for a busy week on the macro front

European Shares Stock indices fell shortly after the opening bell in Europe on Monday, extending losses registered overnight in Asia, as traders brace for a busy week on the macro front. Real estate and tech shares registered the worst performances and drove most benchmarks lower, in potential profit-taking moves following last week’s rally and ahead…

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ASIC ban
January 30, 2023 BY Steffy Bogdanova

ASIC bans Bradford AI for four years for providing unlicensed FX trading services

CFDs are leveraged derivative contracts and are regarded as a high-risk product. ASIC takes the regulation of offering such instruments very seriously and imposes heavy penalties on unlicensed CFD traders. Additionally, the Australian regulator found that Finerty mislead and deceived his clients about the performance of Robot 1 and “directed or assisted” clients to mislead…

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January 29, 2023 BY Steffy Bogdanova

HYCM: Three market questions to ask for 2023

In short, the bank’s analysts believe that there is a possible path to a soft landing, but that this will be dependent on the Fed being able to tweak policy “just right” in order to stay on track. Even Larry Summers, who has previously stated that a recession was inevitable, has recently softened his own…

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January 27, 2023 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Scope Markets promotes Pavel Spirin to Chief Executive Officer

Spirin joined Scope Markets in August 2021 as Chief Growth Officer, where he focused on global marketing and retail business development. His promotion comes after he served at that position for a year and half. Prior to Scope Markets, Spirin spent three years at Skilling where he joined as Chief Marketing and Business Development Officer…

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January 27, 2023 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Morgan Stanley imposes $1million penalties on bankers for using WhatsApp for official business

Reuters further reported that the penalty amounts were determined by the number of messages sent, seniority and whether the employees had already received warnings, as well as other factors. In 2020, Morgan Stanley fired two senior employees at its commodity division for using personal messaging apps. US regulators require broker-dealers to keep records of all…

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Daily Market Commentary
January 27, 2023 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Daily market commentary: as Friday’s European trading session gets underway the greenback is still carrying a positive momentum

However, the upside for the greenback is limited; a more in-depth analysis of the GDP data reveals that the growth was, to a large extent, driven by inventories, and therefore likely to fizzle out later in the year. Ricardo Evangelista – Senior Analyst, ActivTrades Disclaimer: opinions are personal to the authors and do not reflect the…

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Broadridge
January 26, 2023 BY Steffy Bogdanova

FLX Networks partners with Broadridge as a data and analytics provider

In each of these scenarios, FLX will use Broadridge analytics and insights offerings to power the distribution services that FLX provides to asset managers. FLX’s clients will also have access to Broadridge’s sales analytics, market analytics and Global Market Intelligence (GMI) products on the FLX platform to provide market and product analysis to drive more…

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January 26, 2023 BY Steffy Bogdanova

ATB Financial adopts smartTrade’s FX web platform

Ryan Rabin, Vice President of Banking & Payment Solutions at ATB Financial said: We were looking for a vendor with a strong reputation, an understanding of FX distribution and trading, as well as the technology to support it. smartTrade was able to provide a true end-to-end solution, including connectivity to liquidity providers and support teams…

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