November 30, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Binance acquires Japanese crypto platform Sakura Exchange BitCoin

Takeshi Chino, general manager of Binance Japan, said: The Japanese market will play a key role in the future of cryptocurrency adoption. As one of the world’s leading economies with a highly-developed tech ecosystem, it’s already poised for strong blockchain uptake. We will actively work with regulators to develop our combined exchange in a compliant…

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Equinix enters Malaysian market with $40 million initial investment
November 30, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Equinix enters the Malaysian market with plans to build a new data centre

Jeremy Deutsch, President, Asia-Pacific, Equinix, commented: Establishing a presence in Johor strengthens Equinix's leadership position in Asia-Pacific within a strategic market such as Malaysia, one of the most requested markets in Asia-Pacific by our global customers. I would like to express our gratitude to the Digital Investment Office (DIO), Invest Johor, and Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) for…

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November 30, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Daily market commentary: The US dollar is edging down

Traders will also be paying close attention to Jerome Powell’s speech later this Wednesday, which could provide clues over the pace of rate hiking by the Fed. Ricardo Evangelista – Senior Analyst, ActivTrades Brent oil prices rebounded during early Tuesday trading, gaining more than 4%, read more... Disclaimer: opinions are personal to the authors and…

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Cboe
November 30, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Cboe completes list of thirteen firms to become investor partners in Cboe Digital

John Deters, Chief Strategy Officer, Cboe Global Markets, said: Together with our partner firms, we will look to explore opportunities across digitization, including discovering new areas of tradable products specific to managing digital asset risk, building new digital technology in a safe and compliant way, and helping craft the future of digital assets with proven…

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Royal Bank of Canada RBC
November 29, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

HSBC sells its Canadian business to RBC for $10.1 billion

Based on the financial data as of 30 September 2022, the deal will provide HSBC Group with a pre-tax gain of $5.7 billion. HSBC Canada’s assets are valued at $94.6 billion. The company has 130 branches and 4,2200 employees. Noel Quinn, the CEO of HSBC Group, commented: I am pleased that we have reached an…

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November 29, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Quantfury launches fractional trading mode for stocks, ETFs and commodities

Daniel Muvdi, Quantfury’s Head of Markets, said: Quantfury is advancing its unmatched trading and investing conditions further by making it even more affordable to Quantfurians out there. Fractional trading mode opens up more trading opportunities to the Quantfury global audience of more than 400,000 Quantfurians. Quantfury highlighted that its fractional trading mode is available on…

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Exness to sponsor Affiliate World Asia 2022
November 29, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Exness becomes gold sponsor of Affiliate World Asia 2022

According to the official announcement shared with LeapRate, as a gold sponsor, Exness will have a dedicated booth at a privileged location at Affiliate World Asia. Representatives of the borker’s affiliate team will present its affiliate programme at the event’s marketplace, engaging existing and potential partners in discussions about current and future business opportunities. Sergey…

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Whistleblower
November 29, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

SEC gives a $20 million award to a whistleblower

Payment of the awards is taken out of an investor protection fund set up by Congress. It is financed through monetary sanctions of security law violations paid to SEC. To be eligible for the award, a whistleblower needs to voluntarily provide the commission with reliable information that leads to successful enforcement action. The awards range…

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November 29, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Daily market commentary: Brent oil prices rebound

The prospect of a return to normality, in an economy that is the world’s largest oil importer, was enough to make oil prices jump, in the first significant price rebound of the last two weeks. Ricardo Evangelista – Senior Analyst, ActivTrades Stocks traded mixed but with less volatility in Europe on Friday, read more... Disclaimer:…

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Broadridge
November 29, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Broadridge and SLIB launch global voting solution for the French market

The new solution is a significant addition to the cross-border proxy voting service for France-based investors, Broadridge and SLIB launched in December 2021. Firms using Broadridge and SLIB’s new solution will be able to take advantage of an efficient, streamlined process throughout the vote processing lifecycle which includes the capture and distribution of golden copy…

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