Commonwealth currencies are now amongst the most actively traded currency pairs on EBS Direct. Furthermore, the number of active Liquidity Consumers (LC) trading Commonwealth currencies has more than doubled year-on-year
Read moreBATS 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…
Read moreFIX 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…
Read moreThe 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…
Read moreKCG has established a new offering specifically dedicated to providing clients with insight into complex and special situations, with Eric Laumann at the helm, an executive with experience that spans across institutions including Cantor Fitzgerald, Credit Suisse, Bear Stearns and Millenium Partners
Read moreRBS is preparing to name its next Chairman, with Sir Howard Davies in the frame for leadership of one of the world's largest financial institutions, despite controversy over a previous deal with Saif Gadaffi whilst in a senior position at the London School of Economics
Read moreJP Morgan Chase & Co now holds 4.66% of Plus500's shares, having made a further sale yesterday. The total amount of Plus500 shares held by JP Morgan Chase & Co is now 5,356,810
Read moreRedline Trading Solutions has opened its new London office, appointing Carlos Lopez Lansdowne to head the sales division for EMEA region. Mr. Lansdowne has prior experience at Thomson Reuters, Fidessa, SuperDerivatives, and Bloomberg in senior sales positions
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