April 23, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova
Interactive Brokers to acquire online investing marketplace Covestor
The deal will enable Interactive Brokers to beef up its offering to robo-adviser companies.
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April 23, 2015 BY Mike Fox
Core Liquidity Markets launches Autochartist integration for Binary Options on MetaTrader 4
Autochartist alerts are provided on 1min, 2min, 5min, 15min, 30min, 1hr, 2hr, 4hr and 8hr data intervals – ensuring that traders always have new ideas being pushed to their trading screen.
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April 23, 2015 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
ADS Securities London reduces FTSE-100 spreads
ADS Securities' London division is offering 0.5 points on UK100 contracts as retail brokers continue to focus on a multi-asset product range
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April 23, 2015 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
Cyborg gets high in cyberspace, using cyber-currency! Robot arrested by Police for buying ecstacy with Bitcoins
Swiss Police seized an automated system which purchased ecstasy, a Hungarian passport and some sports equipment over the dark web using Bitcoin
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April 23, 2015 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
China officially commences foreign currency services in Shanghai Free Trade Zone
Chinese officials have stated that Shanghai Free Trade Zone would start a trial program for qualified individual investors to invest abroad, and permit limited amounts of the yuan to be used for free conversion within the year
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April 23, 2015 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
CFTC hits Deutsche Bank for largest fine in history, taking total penalty to $2.5 billion
The CFTC, FCA, US Department of Justice, and New York State Department of Financial Services have collectively issued their penalties to Deutsche Bank, with fines topping $2.5 billion
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April 23, 2015 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
Deutsche Bank fined £227 million by FCA for LIBOR EURIBOR failings
“Deutsche Bank’s failings were compounded by them repeatedly misleading us. The bank took far too long to produce vital documents and it moved far too slowly to fix relevant systems and controls" - Georgina Phillipou, Acting Director of Enforcement and Market Oversight, FCA
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April 23, 2015 BY Andrew Saks-McLeod
Bullion Capital announces liquidity deal with Finemetal Asia
Bullion Capital has established a partnership with Swiss precious metals firm Finemetal Asia in order to expand liquidity into the Asia-Pacific region for physical metals trading
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April 23, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova
Bank of Russia addresses warning about high-yield investment programs to... kids
Russia's watchdog takes matters like financial literacy seriously and is seeking to inform the youngest population about risks associated with alternative forms of investment.
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