December 14, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

French authorities warn against binary options marketing campaign “Plan B”

A number of French regulators, including the financial markets authority AMF, the Directorate General for Competition Policy, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control (DGCCRF), as well as ACPR, an authority attached to the Banque de France, today published a warning against a binary options marketing campaign entitled “Plan B”. The campaign is conducted mainly through social…

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December 14, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

FastMatch hires Tradair's Andrew Gibson as Director of Sales – Europe

FastMatch, a leading financial technology company focusing on foreign exchange trading, today announced the appointment of Andrew Gibson as Director of Sales – Europe. Mr Gibson, whose appointment becomes effective today, December 14th, will report directly to Paul Ainsworth, Global Head of Sales of FastMatch. He will be based in London. Mr Gibson, who joins…

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December 14, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

KCG sees market making volumes fall 8.9% MoM in November 2015

KCG Holdings, Inc. Class A (NYSE:KCG) has just published its operating metrics for November 2015, with market making volumes marking a drop when compared to October 2015 levels. The drop comes after October saw virtually no change in market making volumes and September showed a 15% month-on-month decrease in market making volumes. In Market Making, KCG…

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December 14, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Swissquote adds “Star Wars Brands” to Themes Trading offering

Swissquote Bank Ltd today announced the addition of “Star Wars Brands” theme to its themes trading service lineup. Via the new theme, the clients of Swissquote gain the opportunity to invest in a selected menu of stocks tracking the success of the “Star Wars” franchise, including titles from the entertainment, film production, merchandise industries, as…

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December 14, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Fosun's chairman Guo Guangchang reappears after being held by Chinese authorities

The past several weeks have seen several directors of Chinese and Hong Kong financial companies mysteriously disappear. But whereas we are still awaiting any news regarding Dr. Yim Fung, chairman of Hong Kong brokerage Guotai Junan International Hold. Limited (HKG:1788), Mr. Guo Guangchang, executive director and chairman of Fosun International Limited (HKG:0656,) reappeared this morning…

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December 14, 2015 BY LeapRate Staff

Is Facebook A Good Investment For 2016?

Anyoption analyst Elise Blanford takes a look at Facebook shares, which were up 30% (so far) in 2015. What will 2016 bring? [divide] Facebook has been an incredibly interesting stock to watch since its IPO. Following its IPO, the stock fell dramatically and took quite a bit of time to make it back. However, over…

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December 14, 2015 BY Mike Fox

RavenPack names Marc Pandolfi Global Director of Sales & Marketing

RavenPack, the leading provider of Big Data Analytics for financial applications, is pleased to announce the appointment of Marc Pandolfi to the position of Global Director of Sales & Marketing. Marc’s appointment reflects both the growth in RavenPack and in the demand for its market-leading structured news and social media data and analysis. Marc is…

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December 14, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Japan's DMM.com cuts spreads on 8 currency pairs

Japanese online trading services provider DMM.com Securities is cutting spreads on selected currency pairs starting from today. The move will affect eight trading instruments, including: NZD/JPY, GBP/USD, AUD/USD, NZD/USD, USD/CAD, EUR/GBP, EUR/AUD, GBP/AUD. EUR/AUD trades will enjoy the steepest spread reduction – from 2.3 pips to 1.6 pips, whereas the reduction for GBP/USD and AUD/USD…

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