Deutsche Börse Group and its post-trade services provider Clearstream announced earlier this week that they have opened a brand news office in Cork, Ireland. Expanding its footprint in Cork, the move to the new location “NSQ1” reflects Clearstream’s growing funds business. Earlier this year, Clearstream had already moved its operations to Navigation Square. In total,…
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Tassat, a global provider of financial technologies and products for traditional and digital asset markets, announced today that it has teamed up with AlgoTrader to provide institutional clients with its automated, quantitative trading software. The partnership will also include direct access to Tassat’s cryptocurrency derivatives to be offered soon on a regulated exchange. Tassat LLC…
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Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange by volume, has had an incredible growth story since 2017, setting up exchanges across the globe and moving its headquarters to the crypto receptive market of the Republic of Malta. The amazing part of this unique storyline, however, is that it has made its achievement without ever having to…
Read moreExchange consolidation is not very common in today's international markets, it seems. However, this didn't stop the Hong Kong Exchange (HKEX) to make an unsolicited $36.6 billion offer for the London Stock Exchange (LSE). The takeover bid stunned the financial world, as many experts called the unsolicited bid "aggressive" and "unexpected". HKEX commented that the…
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Rod Kafer was a former Australian rugby union player for the Australian Wallabies. He served as the coaching director for the team, before joining Invast Global, a multi-asset prime brokerage company, as a Director of Prime Services. While the transition may seem rather surprising for some, Mr. Kafer actually worked in the financial services industry…
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International forex technology company, Tools For Brokers, just announced the latest iteration of its Percentage Allocation Management Module (PAMM). First launched in early 2019, PAMM enables money managers to trade for investors and receive commission for management and/or for execution. PAMM is a multi-component system, allowing brokers to increase trading volume by attracting experienced traders…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of two clone firms today. The names of the clone companies are ICAP Investment and Cabinet Klienmann Sarl. Fraudsters are using the details of firms, authorised by the FCA, to try to convince people that they work for a genuine, authorised firm. Fraudsters are using…
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We sometimes forget that miners play a critical role in the Crypto-verse and that the vagaries of their business model are very similar to that for miners in the oil industry. When the market for your selected commodity goes south, you can shut down your rig or build inventory for sale at a later date,…
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dxFeed, a provider of market data for the global financial industry, announced yesterday that it has teamed up with TensorCharts, the developers of a market data visualization platform, to launch dxFeed TensorCharts enhanced with the CME Futures data bundle. dxFeed TensorCharts is one of the first browser-based apps showing Level 2 data of the CME…
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ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for LeapRate their daily commentary on traditional markets for September 12, 2019. See details below: Updated: ECB STIMULUS Today’s announcement of a further cut of 10 basis points in interest rates and the launch of a new asset purchase program mean the ECB is taking very seriously the slowdown in…
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