Euronext announced yesterday that Øivind Amundsen was appointed as CEO of Oslo Børs VPS Holding and Oslo Børs. Amundsen’s nomination is approved by the Boards of Oslo Børs VPS Holding ASA and Oslo Børs ASA. Amundsen has been with Oslo Børs since 2010 as head of the legal department and Executive Vice President of Primary…
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The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has imposed new conditions on the Australian financial services (AFS) licence of BGC Securities Australia (BGC) to ensure that BGC’s disposition can accommodate compliance with obligations related to fixed income solutions business. The additional conditions instruct the appointment of an independent expert for review and assessment of BGC’s…
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) publish today guidelines for financial services firms as Brexit is looming over. On 31 January at 11pm the UK is set to leave the European Union (EU). The FCA informs that the implementation period ends on 31 December 2020, until then EU law will continue to apply. UK firms and…
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FX expert Marshall Gittler was appointed as the new Head of Investment Research at BDSwiss. Gittler will be joining an already established team of financial analysts to further enhance the existing suite of resources wile leading the new Research & Analysis portal. Gittler is a renowned financial analyst with three decades of experience in financial…
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Multi-asset financial products provider, Equiti Group just announced that it has appointed Adrian Coxon as its new Chief Marketing Officer. Prior to Equiti, Coxon has worked for IG Group, Saxo Bank and Gain Capital, managing global marketing teams and delivering campaigns across regions including the UK, EMEA, South America and China. Equiti Group CEO, Iskandar Najjar,…
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As cases of the new coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, have exceeded 5,000 in China, many fear the economic impact. Just weeks after the tenuous truce the US and China achieved, the outbreak has put the already slowing Chinese economy in jeopardy, threatening to have global repercussions. The disease originated in the center of China and has already…
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Adam Vettese, UK Market Analyst at eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for January 29, 2020. Bitcoin and the other largest cryptoassets are surging this week, moving within touching distance of three-month highs this morning as investors look to alternatives to equities. Having rallied over 12% in 3 days, it…
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Cloud communications service provider Cloud 9 Technologies (Cloud 9) and AI conversational analytics platform GreenKey Technologies (GK) announced yesterday their collaboration in producing a more efficient and secure extraction of voice trading data. The innovative solution will incorporate Cloud9’s C9 Trader voice collaboration platform, GK’s speech recognition (ASR) and natural language processing (NLP) engine with…
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ActivTrades’ Market Analysts prepared their daily commentary on traditional markets for January 29, 2020. This is not a trading advice. See details below: FOREX The US dollar is strengthening against other major currencies, as illustrated by the US Dollar Index, which is up by roughly 0.1% during early Wednesday trading. Judging by the greenback’s performance…
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UK regulator FCA has put out the details of three clone firms this week. The names of the latest additions to the regulator’s warning list are the companies Titon Associates Asset Management, Sentinel Growth Portfolio Ltd, and Hedge Invest International. According to the regulator, the fraudsters are using or giving out the following details as…
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