Blockchain benefits seafood industry – European salmon producers agree LeapRate

INTL FCStone’s Carsten Hils discusses the impact the current crisis has on FX markets

November 25, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Blockchain benefits seafood industry – European salmon producers agree

Have you ever questioned where your food came from, especially when dining on supposedly fresh seafood? Today’s food consumer is quickly becoming more conscious of the quality of ingested food, as information floods the market of contaminated sources and production methods. As more and more companies are discovering, blockchain technology offers a far better solution…

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Spotware updates cTrader Web with Line Study Extension

November 25, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Spotware updates cTrader Web with Line Study Extension

Financial technology provider Spotware has just announced the release of its cTrader Web 3.4 version. The update comes equipped with further tools for improved trader convenience and interface personalization. The Pencil Tool and brand-new extensions of the Line Study Tools aim to ensure brokers can provide their traders with even more analytical flexibility. Panagiotis Charalampous,…

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sec charges

November 25, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Former Joerik Financial Director convicted of furnishing false statement to the SGX-DT

Monetary Authority Of Singapore (MAS) has announced that Joseph Chai Ming Leong was earlier today convicted and sentenced to 4 weeks’ imprisonment for furnishing a false statement to Singapore Exchange Derivatives Trading Limited (SGX-DT). Chai was charged alongside Jimmy Ng Kian Bin and Erik Ng Song Hann to furnish a false statement to SGX-DT back…

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hkex

November 25, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Liberty Securities teams up with Broadridge to simplify post-trade processing for Hong Kong equities

Fintech company Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR) has just announced that it has been selected by Liberty Securities Limited to streamline its post-trade processing for Hong Kong-listed equities and derivatives. Liberty Securities is licensed by the Hong Kong SFC and is a participant of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. The company provides brokerage services…

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November 25, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

NIUM partners with Brazilian bank for Ripple-based global payments

NIUM, a digital payments platform formerly branded as InstaReM and based in Singapore, has announced that it will be supporting Frente Corretora de Câmbio, a foreign exchange broker in Brazil, in its plans to expand its cross-border payments business. The significance of the announcement is that NIUM is also a member of RippleNet, and its…

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fca warning

November 22, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

UK FCA warns against InteliSure company

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of another unregulated firm yesterday. The name of the latest addition to the regulator’s warning list is the company InteliSure. According to the regulator, this firm is not authorised by the FCA and is targeting people in the UK. Based upon information the regulator holds,…

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CySEC

November 22, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

CySEC withdraws AMFF Ltd’s CIF licence

The Cyprus regulator CySEC has announced that it has decided to withdraw the CIF licence of a company named AMFF Ltd. The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission announces that, on its meeting of 8th November 2019, has decided, pursuant to section 8(1)(a) of the Investment Services and Activities and Regulated Markets Law of 2017 and…

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Daily Market analysis

November 22, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily market commentary: European stocks edge higher

ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for LeapRate their daily commentary on traditional markets for November 22, 2019. This is not a trading advice. See details below: GOLD The strengthening of the US dollar curbed gold’s attempted recovery in yesterday’s trading session. This morning, despite stock markets in green, bullion is rebounding with the price now…

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FXCM celebrates 20-year mark – CEO Brendan Callan shares perspectives

November 22, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

FXCM celebrates 20-year mark – CEO Brendan Callan shares perspectives

The retail forex trading industry has come a long way over the past two decades. One of the pioneering firms that has observed the evolution first hand, participated in it, and influenced it was Forex Capital Markets, known more familiarly as FXCM. The brokerage has endured both good and bad times, had to exit the…

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IG Group office

November 22, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

IG Group to leverage U.S. beachhead with major reorg of U.S. unit

UK online trading leader IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) is barely into its new fiscal year, and it is already making major shifts in its U.S. executive suite, as it rolls out its new strategy for leveraging its hard-won re-entry into the U.S. marketplace. The London-based giant in the spreadbetting and CFD trading arena, had once been…

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