March 13, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

ESMA issues recommendations for financial market participants regarding Covid-19 

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), in coordination with the National Competent Authorities (NCAs) is closely monitoring the impact of Covid-19 outbreak on financial markets in the European Union. Following a discussion of the Board of Supervisors examining the marketing situations and observing contingency measures taken by supervised entities, ESMA is making the following…

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fma warns against unregulated company
March 13, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

New Zealand FMA adds Trade99 to its warning list

Trade99 appeared yesterday on the New Zealand Financial Markets Authority (FMA) list of alerts and warnings. According to regulator, Trade99 and the website www.trade99.com are not listed on the FSPR. The company is not an incorporated firm in New Zealand. Individuals from Trade99 have been contacting New Zealand residents with investment offers, withholding client funds and…

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Daily Market analysis
March 13, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily market commentary: Stock traders: Where’s the bottom?

ActivTrades’ Market Analysts prepared their daily commentary on traditional markets for March 13, 2020. This is not a trading advice. See details below: EUROPEAN SHARES Share markets are rebounding slightly on Friday in an attempt of a price stabilization following the worst sell-off since the 1987 crisis. This bullish opening on EU shares has been…

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Forex Weekly Look Back
March 13, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Forex Weekly Look Back: global markets assess virus spread

Looking back at the most intriguing and popular Forex industry news from the past week at LeapRate. This Wednesday, the Bank of England cut interest rates by 50 basis points to 0.25% in a near unprecedented step, taking them back to a record low level not seen since the financial crisis. Reacting to the expected fallout…

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fca warning
March 12, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

TrustFX, Fortune Trade FX, Strategic Investment Funds and others added to FCA warning list

UK watchdog FCA has put out the details of several unregulated companies and clone firms this week. The names of the latest additions to the regulator’s warning list are the companies TrustFX, Fortune Trade FX, Strategic Investment Funds, Merrion Capital Investment Managers, FTEFX, Macrod FX, Top Trade Pro, FteFXPro / FTE FX, GCG 24 / Global Consulting Group, Swiss Life Asset Group, FX…

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March 12, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

SET keeps listed companies informed on regulations via digital platform

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) has created digital tools to help listed companies to better understand key rules and regulation through the initiative "Smart Disclosure Program". The program is available on www.set.or.th and SETLink system. It uses motion graphics to simplify complicated regulation, making it comprehensive so that listed companies can apply it to…

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Tickmill appoints Mukid Chowdhury as Group Chief Financial Officer
March 12, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

Tickmill brings down overall trading costs

Forex and CFD trading services provider Tickmill has just announced that it is significantly reducing spreads across all majors and gold. The company has taken extensive measures to enhance its aggregation software. The group has provided an indication to the changes in spreads below: Previous Spread Typical Spread Now Change EURUSD 0.2 0 -100% GBPUSD 0.7…

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SGX announces trading volumes
March 12, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

SGX announces United Hampshire US REIT as a new listing

Singapore Exchange (SGX) has announced earlier today that it has added United Hampshire US REIT to its Mainboard. United Hampshire US REIT is Asia’s first US grocery-anchored shopping centre and self-storage REIT and is now listed on SGX's mainboard under the stock code ODBU. Robert Schmitt, Chief Executive Officer, United Hampshire US REIT Management Pte.…

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IPC joins R3 to support Corda blockchain networks on Connexus ecosystem
March 12, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

R3 names Dorothy Copeland, former IBM and Amazon Web Services executive, head of Partner Ecosystem & Alliances

R3, enterprise blockchain technology company, announced the appointment of former IBM and Amazon Web Services (AWS) executive, Dorothy Copeland, as Global Head of Partner Ecosystem & Alliances. Copeland joins the company after a tenure at IBM where she was responsible for ecosystem partner sales, programs, and business development. She lead IBM’s partner business function in…

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