October 20, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

LCH.Clearnet appoints NY Fed veteran Christine Cumming to BoD

International clearing house LCH.Clearnet Group today announced the appointment of Christine Cumming, previously First Vice President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, to the Board of Directors. Ms Cumming will be joining the Board of Directors of LCH.Clearnet LLC, the Group’s US-based business. She will serve as an independent non-executive director and also…

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October 20, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

CySEC reinstates authorization of investment firm 1 TCR Corp

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) today announced that its Board has decided to reinstate the authorization of investment firm 1 T.C.R. CORP. LTD, which was suspended on July 16, 2015 amid regulatory concerns. The CySEC Board has decided to withdraw the suspension of the license as the regulator has been satisfied at how…

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October 20, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Arlan Suderman joins INTL FCStone as Chief Commodities Economist

Commodities and Forex broker INTL FCStone Inc (NASDAQ:INTL) today announced that Arlan Suderman would be joining the research team of its subsidiary, INTL FCStone Financial Inc.'s, FCM division as Chief Commodities Economist. For 17 years, Mr Suderman has been engaged in the analysis of the commodity markets. Most recently, he served as Senior Market Analyst…

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October 20, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

MetaQuotes builds Asia Pacific presence, opens new office in Tokyo

MetaQuotes Software Corp., the developer of the popular platforms MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5, today announces the opening of a new representative office — MetaQuotes Japan in Tokyo. This is the twelfth representative office of MetaQuotes in the world. The company currently has five offices in the Asia-Pacific region, located in Australia, China, Singapore, Thailand and Japan.…

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October 20, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

BitPay grows LatAm business via partnership with Bitso

Bitcoin payments processor BitPay has partnered with Mexican Bitcoin exchange Bitso, as it strengthens its footprint in the Latin American market. The partnership is announced shortly after BitPay announced the addition of the Mexican retail chain, Grupo Famsa, to the list of users of BitPay platform. Famsa is the first major Latin American retailer to…

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October 20, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

ADS Securities, Duemme SGR team up to launch Duemme GCC Markets fund

Abu Dhabi-based financial services company ADS Securities and Duemme SGR SpA, an asset management company owned by the Mediobanca and Mediolanum private banking group Banca Esperia, have announced a partnership that aims to offer global investors exciting new investment opportunities in the Middle East, including through equities and fixed income. The result of this collaboration…

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October 20, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

MT4 Build 900 adds class templates in MQL4, optimizes memory use

MetaQuotes Software, the developer of the famous MetaTrader 4 (MT4) and MetaTrader 5 (MT5) trading platforms, has announced the pending release of a new build of MT4 on Thursday, October 22, 2015. The new build (900) introduces a series of improvements, including various fixes, as well as the addition of class templates in MQL4. The…

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October 20, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Citadel Securities joins LCH.Clearnet’s SwapClear as first non-bank member

Citadel Securities, an international market-maker across the equities, futures, options, treasuries, FX and swaps markets, today announced that Citadel Securities (Europe) Limited has joined interest rate derivatives clearing service LCH.Clearnet’s SwapClear as its first non-bank clearing member. Citadel Securities becoming the first non-bank clearing member of SwapClear comes after the recent launch of the firm’s…

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