IS Prime, part of ISAM Capital Markets, just announced that it has appointed Claudia Lucas, an experienced business development executive and native Spanish speaker, to its institutional sales team. Lucas has previously worked in business development roles at Swissquote and Formax Prime Capital. At IS Prime she will focus on sales to Latam and Europe,…
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This article was written by Shobin Mathew Simon, Institutional Sales Associate at Advanced Markets Group. The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has implemented a range of measures intended to protect retail clients who are trading leveraged products, such as CFDs. The product intervention measures mandated by ESMA, under Article 40 of the Markets in…
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The Small Exchange, a budding futures exchange awaiting regulatory approval, today revealed an alliance with CQG, a firm that provides trading solutions, technical analysis software, market data, account and risk management systems for market participants. The partnership will give Direct Market Access to participants on the Small Exchange via CQG's platform. This is the second…
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Canadian securities regulator the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) issued a warning against a suspicious entity named Canada Bitcoin Exchange Inc. Canada Bitcoin Exchange Inc. (CBE) is operating via the website http://www.canadabitcoinexchange.net and claims to offer four “Investment Plans”, with returns ranging from 3,586% to 7,985% after 24 to 48 hours. CBE, however, is not…
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Global commodities broker Marex Spectron has just announced that it has appointed Carla Stent as its new Non-Executive Chair of the Group Board. Carla Stent, until recently Chair of the Audit & Compliance Committee, takes over from Simon Heale, who stood down in December after three years in the role. Stent's current Board roles include the Post Office Limited,…
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Global investment app Abra announced today that it has added native integration of Ethereum’s currency, ether (ETH). Abra clients can now deposit, invest, and withdraw ether directly from the Abra app and to directly deposit and withdraw ETH via any other ethereum wallet. Until now, ETH was available on Abra only as a synthetic asset and…
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Eurex announced that it has selected the provider of indexes MSCI Inc. (NYSE:MSCI) to supply the indexes for a new range of dividend futures contracts. Based on three new MSCI Dividend Point Indexes – the MSCI EM Dividend Point Index, the MSCI EAFE Dividend Point Index and the MSCI World Dividend Point Index – Eurex will…
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London-based FCA regulated brokerage Stater Global Markets just announced that it has joined oneZero’s EcoSystem. The Prime of Prime brokerage offers direct access to Tier 1 bank and non-bank liquidity. It has now extended the distribution of its FX and CFD liquidity to oneZero’s network and co-located with oneZero in LD4, with cross connections now in place…
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Nicolas Salles was appointed to the position by the French Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) on 10 January 2019 where he will be in charge of optimizing the management of data assets and will also be the key coordinator and facilitator of the AMF's data governance platform. He will report directly to Philippe Guillot, a…
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Online financial trading broker ThinkMarkets has announced that it has teamed up with fast bowler Glenn McGrath for the launch of the Think 2020 programme. The partnership aims to promote sport to disadvantaged young people and provide opportunities to a new generation of financial gurus. During the Think 2020 programme McGrath will meet young people from Sydney…
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