ASIC
April 01, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

ASIC bans Binary Options sale to retail clients

ASIC Commissioner Cathie Armour said: Binary options’ product characteristics make them incompatible with investment or risk management use by retail clients. ASIC’s product intervention order will protect retail investors from these harmful products at a time of heightened vulnerability. According to the Commission, retail clients’ net losses from trading binary options are estimated at around…

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April 01, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Equiti Capital partners with Lucera for LumeFX deployment

Benedict Sears, Head of Equiti Capital’s FX Desk, commented: We are very pleased to have partnered with Lucera to expand the technology we use to distribute liquidity to clients. As a desk the high fill rates and aggressive pricing we provide to our electronic clients is paramount, the low latency of the co-located infrastructure provided…

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Eurex
March 31, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Eurex adds new factor futures to its equity index segment

Both part of Deutsche Börse Group, Eurex and Qontigo, have teamed up to offer factor investors an easy, transparent and cost-efficient alternative to trading the underlying equities or using OTC instruments. Stephan Flaegel, Global Head of Indices and Benchmarks, Qontigo said: Our STOXX Industry Neutral Ax Factor Indices suite relies on commercially accepted and academically…

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CME Group
March 31, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

CME Group to expand crypto derivatives with Micro Bitcoin

Reports have found that an average of 13.8K contracts in CME Bitcoin futures, which are equivalent to around 69K bitcoin, have been traded on a daily basis as of March 2021. Additionally, the recently launched CME Ether futures has witnessed trades of 767 contracts (the equivalent of 38.4K ether) on average per day since it…

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FXCM
March 31, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

FXCM expands offering with social and copy trading via ZuluTrade platform

ZuluTrade platform establishes rankings of Traders’ performance, making it easier for customers to identify Traders to follow and invest with. The platform also features the current ‘Rising Stars’ with Traders who have had recent successes and are closing in on their all-time-highs. For their trading strategy, customers of the platform can also follow dynamic combinations…

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Muinmos teams up with RHT Compliance Solutions in Singapore
March 31, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Muinmos to offer its Regulatory Onboarding Engine through RHT Compliance Solutions in Singapore

mPASS is aimed at automated categorisation, suitability and appropriateness checks. This module provides instant clearances on whether Financial Institutions can onboard or keep a client in any country / for any financial service and financial instrument. The clearing process takes under three minutes after which clients are ready to be onboarded. mCHECK deals with relevant…

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