Retail Forex broker Alpari Limited has earlier today published its Forex operating metrics for October 2015, with Forex volumes staging a decrease in both monthly and annual terms. Alpari said its Forex turnover for October 2015 amounted to $90.8 billion. The reading is 1.7% lower than the $92.4 billion in turnover registered in September 2015.…
Read moreDeutsche Bank AG (FRA:DBK) has announced the appointment of Annett Viehweg as Chairwoman of the Board, Deutsche Bank Ltd Russia. Before assuming her new role, Ms Viehweg was Head of Global Network Banking for Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa at Deutsche Bank where she was responsible for managing the teams and…
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Read moreThe Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) today published a warning against Bullet Investment, operating via https://www.bulletinvestment.com/. The Cypriot watchdog notes that the company is not permitted to provide investment and ancillary services in Cyprus, pursuant to Investment Services and Activities and Regulated Markets Law, as it has never been authorized by the CySEC. In…
Read moreShortly after Barclays PLC (LON:BARC) named Jes Staley as its Group CEO, the bank announces another senior management change, as Sir Michael Rake is about to step down as a Director at Barclays with effect from 31 December 2015. Sir Gerry Grimstone has been named a non-executive Director of Barclays with effect from 1 January 2016…
Read moreThe UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) today published an invitation for comments on the proposed merger of Paddy Power plc and Betfair Group Ltd (LON:BET), initially unveiled in August this year. Under the terms of the deal, a new combined entity, named Paddy Power Betfair plc, will be created. It is expected to achieve…
Read moreItaly's financial markets regulator Consob has earlier today published another set of warnings against investment businesses that are not authorized to target Italian residents but nevertheless do so. The latest additions to the warning list include: Worldwide Safe Investment Limited, Binaytion, Worldwide Security Investment Limited, Mtn Global Ltd, Mtn Worldwide Services Limited, Marshall Software Ltd,…
Read moreRetail forex broker EXNESS has continued its practice of having its reported trading volumes audited by global accounting firm Deloitte, with the latest report covering EXNESS' results for the third quarter of 2015. In Q3, total trading volume at EXNESS came in at $599.3 billion, or just a shade under $200 billion per month in…
Read moreThomson Reuters Corp (NYSE:TRI) has integrated all of its FX transaction venues onto one platform, in order to establish a single point of access to what it claims to be the industry's largest collective independent pool of Forex liquidity. Thomson Reuters request for stream service (FXall QuickTrade), continuous streaming prices (Bank Stream), central limit order…
Read moreThe Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) have agreed to renew and enhance the bilateral currency swap arrangement (BCSA) established between the two central banks. This is one of the main outcomes of the recent visit to Singapore by the President of the People’s Republic of China, Mr Xi…
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