ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for LeapRate their daily commentary on traditional markets for January 24, 2020. This is not a trading advice. See details below: FOREX The euro is showing weakness in the aftermath of yesterday’s ECB meeting, currently trading at $1.1050, after losing 0.4% to the US dollar over the last 24 hours.…
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The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) announced yesterday the suspension of the Australian financial services (AFS) licenses of financial services providers Theta Asset Management, Valuestream Investment Management and Global Merces Funds Management. Theta Asset Management Ltd and Valuestream Investment Management Ltd’s licenses have been suspended until 21 July 2020 because two entities are under…
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UK online trading leader IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) announced that it has hired Max Hayden in a new role as Global Head of Institutional Sales. Hayden has over 30 years of experience in the prime brokerage field. Prior to IG, he spent 2 years at ITI Capital, a private equity owned brokerage which covered both Institutional and…
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced yesterday that two whistleblowers were awarded for providing timely and crucial information in two separate cases of fraud. Both whistleblowers assisted SEC in stopping fraudulent schemes exploiting retail investors. The first whistleblower alerted SEC of fraudulent actions and the agency awarded them with more than $277,000 for his…
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Adam Vettese, UK Market Analyst at eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for January 23, 2020. In US stocks, on the back of a 4.1% share price pop, Tesla raced through the $100bn market cap milestone. The electric car firm’s share price has more than doubled over the past three…
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Michael Spencer, city tycoon and founder of market operator ICAP, now NEX Group, has decided to make a substantial contribution to a new UK fintech fund. Spencer plans to invest at least £25 million in the UK fund Element Ventures, through his private holding company IPGL. This is one of the largest investments made by…
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Autoriti Monetari Brunei Darussalam (AMBD) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have announced earlier this week that they have decided to expand their cooperation. Both sides have signed an enhanced Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Bilateral Cooperation at the 3rd AMBD-MAS Bilateral Roundtable. The enhanced MoU builds on the longstanding cooperation between both countries…
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ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for LeapRate their daily commentary on traditional markets for January 23, 2020. This is not a trading advice. See details below: FOREX The leading narrative in the foreign exchange markets is one of fear, amid concern that the virus causing panic in the Chinese city of Wuhan may have the…
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LeapRate Exclusive… Michael Karczewski, Chief Operating Officer and Christopher Dankowski, Chief Business Development Officer at Match-Trade Technologies, join Leaprate today to talk about how Forex market has changed during last year and what are the upcoming trends. LR: There was a lot of turmoil on the Forex market last year, what do you think has…
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Dukascopy Bank is growing its crypto eco-system by adding new services. The bank’s clients can already fund trading accounts with Bitcoin, exchange Dukascoin, the bank’s own cryptocurrency, on the internal marketplace and trade CFDs on Bitcoin to US Dollar and Ethereum to US Dollar with leverage of up to 1:3. Dukascopy Bank was the first…
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