Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC) has just provided an update regarding its appeal against the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) decision to oppose the planned acquisition of retail Forex broker AvaTrade. Playtech said that the appeal was allowed by the Irish Financial Services Appeals Tribunal, with the consent of the CBI, on the grounds of error in the…
Read moreTriOptima, the subsidiary of ICAP plc (LON:IAP) which provides post trade risk management services and infrastructure for OTC derivatives, today announces that members of Japan Securities Clearing Corporation (JSCC) terminated JPY 72.5 trillion ($588.9 billion) in the first unlinked compression cycle for JPY interest rate swaps (IRS) in JSCC. This marks an increase of 44.4%…
Read moreThe Enforcement Committee of France's financial markets regulator AMF has imposed hefty fines on high frequency trading firm Virtu Financial Europe, formerly known as Madison Tyler Europe, and Euronext Paris. On December 4, 2015, the Committee fined Virtu Financial Europe €5 million ($5.43 million) for market manipulation and ignoring Euronext market rules. Euronext Paris also…
Read moreRetail Forex and CFD broker Forex Club today announced that it has submitted an application to obtain a license as a Russian Forex dealer – the official designation for a company providing Forex trading services in Russia. The company said it filed the necessary papers with the Central Bank of Russia on Monday, December 7th.…
Read moreOne of the factors which brought down longtime Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in Canada's October national election was the weak Canadian Dollar. After surpassing the USD as recently as early 2013, the Loonie had gone on a prolonged nosedive ever since, and was worth less than 80 cents US once Canadians went to the…
Read moreRetail Forex and CFD broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) earlier today published a report about a transaction in its shares. The broker was notified on December 7, 2015, that JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) increased its stake in Plus500 to 10.03%. The investment bank, which is most likely acting on behalf of its clients, bought 3,699,658…
Read moreRetail Forex broker RoboForex on Monday unveiled a set of enhancements to its WebTrader platform, including new languages support and a new type of charts. Those trading on WebTrader can now make use of a new type of charts – "Bars". Another enhancement is that there is detailed information about the balance of all of…
Read moreRetail Forex and binary options broker Hirose Financial today announced that it has opened a new office in Malaysia, as it seeks to court the local audience. The company said the new office is a customer support one. It will deal with the inquiries of local customers in Malaysian. Below are the contact details of…
Read moreHong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has just published its report for the quarter from July to September 2015, with the data pointing to continued interest of investment companies in obtaining licenses from the Hong Kong watchdog. In the three months to September 30, 2015, the SFC received 2,416 licence applications, a number which…
Read moreThe European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published an opinion agreeing with Greek regulator HCMC that a short selling ban on shares in five Greek banks should be extended. The original ban, which covered shares in Alpha Bank A.E., Attica Bank S.A., National Bank of Greece S.A., Eurobank Ergasias S.A., and Piraeus Bank S.A., expired…
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