Derivatives marketplace CME Group announced last week total open interest (OI) reached a record 150,400,590 contracts on June 11. Since the end of 2018, overall OI has grown 30%. Interest Rate futures and options OI reached a record 109,070,205 contracts. Interest Rate OI increased 41% since the end of 2018. Overall exchange options OI reached a…
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The UK regulator FCA has put out details of three clone firms yesterday. 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 or giving out the following details as part of their tactics to scam people in…
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Euronext, the pan-European exchange, announced that the battle for Oslo Børs VPS has finally come to an end and that it has just finalized the acquisition. Euronext has completed settlement of shares under its offers launched on 14 January 2019 and 31 May 2019. Euronext now owns 97.8% of the total issued and outstanding share…
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Equiti Group just announced that Arik Oslerne has parted ways with the company by mutual agreement. Mr. Oslerne has been the Group's COO in the UK for over 4 years and more recently the Chief Business Development Officer for the Middle East & Africa region. It is reported that he is leaving the Group to…
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On Colombian-Venezuelan border, there is a new cryptocurrency exchange service that may help refugees who travel across the Simon Bolivar International Bridge. The information comes from Mrs. Aguilar from CoinDesk. According to press, the service is a point-of-sale one with digital coins that can be used to buy different types of goods. The point-of-sale is…
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Multi-asset liquidity and prime-of-prime service provider Advanced Markets Group just announced the addition of the China A50, China H-Shares and Singapore Blue Chip index CFDs to its list of tradable instruments. Natallia Hunik, Advanced Markets Groups Global Head of Sales commented: The decision to add Asian indices was driven by strong demand from our client…
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Mati Greenspan, Senior Market Analyst at FX broker eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for June 18, 2019. The text below is an excerpt and does not contain the full analysis. No doubt everyone wants to read about two major updates in the crypto market. Facebook has released some much-anticipated…
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The public blockchain platform Zilliqa just informed that it has teamed up with Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)-approved Widely Accepted Stored Value Facility (WA SVF), Xfers. The partnership aims to explore the use of payment solutions powered by distributed ledger technology for over 500,000 users in Southeast Asia. Xfers facilitates digital financial inclusion for online…
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Pico, a connectivity, cloud technology, data and analytics services provider to the financial services industry, just announced that they have appointed Emma Wheeler as their Chief Commercial Officer for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) starting this July. She now will be a member of the global senior executive team, reporting directly to Pico…
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ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for Leaprate their daily commentary on traditional markets for June 18, 2019. See details below: FOREX Trading at yearly lows to the Dollar, just above $1.25, the Pound is under pressure. Another would be potential Tory leader and future Prime Minister pulled out from the race and vowed to support…
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