CLS
May 20, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

CLS appoints Gottfried Leibbrandt and Shuta Okawara to its board of directors

Currently, Shuta Okawara works as Managing Director and Head of the Transactions Services Division of MUFG Bank. His career has been mainly focused on extensively around custody and clearing. Okawara has been engaged with most settlement systems reform initiatives that have led to mitigating settlement risks and standardizing securities and currencies settlement processes as we…

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saxo bank revenues
May 20, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Saxo to launch crypto trading against major currencies

Kostyukhin added: We set out to deliver a product which offers the security and ease of use associated with more mature asset classes, coupled with the volatility and dynamics of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin – giving clients the opportunity to trade both long and short in the thriving crypto market. The latest service from Saxo…

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Vise secures $65 million in series C funding round
May 20, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Vise secures $65 million in series C funding round

Samir Vasavada, Co-Founder and CEO of Vise, said: In 2020, we successfully focused on strengthening our foundation, and now in 2021 we are focused on scaling Vise to make it an even more valuable platform for advisors and their clients. In the past year, our assets under management have grown by more than 60x and…

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daily market analysis
May 20, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Daily market commentary: Gold vs Bitcoin

GOLD VS BITCOIN To put things into context, gold lost 45% of its value over the space of over 4 years between late 2011 and the end of 2015. Yesterday it moved in a range of around 2%. By contrast, bitcoin has fallen as much as 55% from the peak reached on the 14th of April,…

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StoneX
May 20, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

StoneX Markets rolls out self-service OTC platform

Mark Maurer, CEO & President of StoneX Markets, commented: We’re excited to unveil MyStoneX, one of the most comprehensive and powerful tools on the market for developing and executing risk-based OTC hedging strategies. In addition to providing the industry’s most sophisticated technology offering that can support more than 200 commodity products, MyStoneX addresses an educational…

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Whistleblower
May 20, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Whistleblower receives over $28 million from SEC

So far, the agency has awarded over $901 million to a total of 163 individuals since the first award was issued in 2012. Payment of the awards is taken out of an investor protection fund set up by Congress. It is financed through monetary sanctions of security law violations paid to SEC. To be eligible…

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Alpha FX appoints Vijay Thakrar to its Board
May 19, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Alpha FX appoints Vijay Thakrar to its Board

Currently, Thakrar serves as Non-Executive Director at Treatt plc, The Alumasc Group plc, Sanderson Design Group plc and RSM UK. With his new appointment, he will become Chair of the Group's Audit Committee and serve as a member of the Remuneration and Nominations committees. Accordingly, the Group’s Audit Committee consists of Vijay Thakrar (Chair), Clive…

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partnership
May 19, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

TradingHub services to be offered to J.P. Morgan buy-side clients

By analysing the market data available in the public sphere alongside its own database of anonymous yet permissioned client trades, the proprietary modelling from TradingHub can determine more precise mid-prices both intraday and spanning all product types and asset classes. The data is also able to provide support for TEAM’s very own order routing tool,…

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