February 24, 2015 BY Mike Fox

BATS Global Markets appoints Chris Concannon as CEO

BATS Global Markets (BATS), a leading operator of U.S. and European markets, today announced that President Chris Concannon will be appointed to the additional role of chief executive officer, effective March 31, 2015. BATS Global Markets is fresh off the purchase of Forex ECN Hotspot from KCG Holdings in late January, the roll out and…

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February 24, 2015 BY Mike Fox

FIX Trading Community releases best practices document for IPO process

FIX Trading Community, the non-profit, industry-driven standards body at the heart of global financial trading, today announced the release of a Best Practices document for the automation of the Initial Public Offering (IPO) process. In 2014, a number of Buy-side companies met to discuss ways to make the placing of orders for equity IPOs and…

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February 24, 2015 BY Maria Nikolova

Financial Conduct Authority warns about Ikon Finance clone

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has been rather active lately in cautioning the public about clone firms. The latter usually abuse a trademark, emulate a name of a firm, its services and websites, in order to fraudulently benefit from the established reputation of a regulated entity. Earlier today, the UK watchdog published a warning about…

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