Financial visualization platform TradingView has made some changes to the information available on charts. Very important events are shown right on the charts, enabling traders to stay up-to-date without leaving the charting environment. This functionality can be configured via the Events & Alerts tab in chart properties. Traders can set chart either to show all…
Read moreBGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:BGCP), a brokerage company servicing the financial and real estate markets, today announced the appointment of Nicole Shaughnessy as Managing Director, Environmental Products. Ms. Shaughnessy will run BGC's Environmental Product Desk through BGC Environmental Brokerage Services L.P. She reports to Shawn McLoughlin, Senior Managing Director of New Business Development, BGC. Ms. Shaughnessy…
Read moreGain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) has just reported its operating metrics for November 2015, with overall trading volumes marking a slight increase when compared to October 2015 levels. This result reflected the robust performance on the institutional business front, with GTX volumes staging a decent rise in monthly terms. Retail trading volumes, however, staged a…
Read moreOne of the new disclosures is the total customer liability reported on the daily Forex Financial Report (FFR) for the last 12 months. To satisfy this requirement, FDMs are required to disclose the total liability owed to retail customers and the total liability owed to all ECP counterparties.
Read moreThe Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) today published a warning against Airsoft, a company offering software solutions to start a Forex and/or a binary options broker. Airsoft says on its website (www.airsoftltd.com) that it is regulated by CySEC and it is this claim that has sparked the concerns of the regulator, as CySEC does…
Read moreCSC paid $88 million upfront, with future contingent payments based on Fixnetix revenues to vary between $0 and $26 million.
Read moreInternational network of exchanges and clearing houses Intercontinental Exchange Inc (NYSE:ICE) has joined CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) in reporting crude oil volume records amid heightened market volatility. ICE announced today that ICE Futures Singapore set a daily volume record in mini Brent Crude futures, as 14,188 such contracts were traded on December 9, 2015. Since…
Read moreTradeStation, part of Monex Group, Inc. (TYO:8698), has earlier this week released an update to its TradeStation Mobile application for iOS gadgets. The latest version of the solution (version 3.0) is noteworthy for the fact that it supports option spreads, the main building blocks of options trading strategies. Traders can select from a list of…
Read moreRetail Forex broker TeleTrade has joined the line of companies applying for a Russian Forex dealer license. The company announced on Wednesday that it has filed the necessary documents and that it hopes to get the license sometime in the first quarter of 2016. The Bank of Russia has 60 business days to review the…
Read moreRussian financial companies are increasingly looking at exploring and tapping the possibilities of blockchain technology. After payment services provider Qiwi PLC (NASDAQ:QIWI) voiced its plans to launch its own crypto currency using blockchain, Sberbank Rossii PAO (MCX:SBER) has voiced its willingness to develop blockchain-based products and use them in its services. Lev A. Khasis, First Deputy…
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