Marex Spectron names Carla Stent a Non-Executive Chair of the Group Board LeapRate

March 13, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Marex Spectron names Carla Stent a Non-Executive Chair of the Group Board

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,…

March 13, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Abra adds native ETH deposits and withdrawals in the Abra wallet

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…

Eurex reports 192.1 million traded contracts in June

March 13, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Eurex to launch suite of derivatives using MSCI Dividend Point Indexes

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…

March 13, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Stater Global Markets extends distribution of FX and CFD liquidity to oneZero’s network

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…

March 13, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Nicolas Salles appointed as Chief Data Officer to France's AMF

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…

March 13, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

ThinkMarkets teams up with fast bowler Glenn McGrath to encourage female empowerment

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…

March 13, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

LCH extends non-deliverable interest rate swaps offering

LCH has expanded its non-deliverable interest rate swaps offering yesterday, adding five additional currencies - Brazilian Real, Chilean Peso, Colombian Peso, Taiwan Dollar and Thai Baht. The global clearing house began clearing of non-deliverable interest rate swaps last April. Since then, market participants have been able to clear this product denominated in Chinese Yuan, Korean…

March 13, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Marketing Essentials trading as Kruger Exchange Ltd

UK financial regulator Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued its latest warning against an unregulated financial services provider targeting UK consumers. The FCA’s latest warning is against the company Marketing Essentials t/a Kruger Exchange Ltd. Marketing Essentials t/a Kruger Exchange Ltd is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK…

March 13, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Analyst predicts Facebook’s FaceCoin could earn up to $19 billion by 2021

It is always encouraging for crypto enthusiasts when one of the titans of Fintech makes a demonstrative move in the crypto space. These moves are what must happen in order to raise public awareness to the next level, and one such highly anticipated move has been the development of a Facebook-based cryptocurrency, FaceCoin. The social…

CMA publishes instructions on Issuing Depositary Receipts out of the Kingdom

March 12, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

Blockchain to be used in oil quality checks in Saudi Arabia

Blockchain is breaking new barriers, it seems. Saudi Arabia is now testing a blockchain pilot project for the testing of oil quality. The idea is to "track" the oil and gas industry. The announcement comes from Aramco's CTO, Mr. Ahmad Khowaiter. According to Sputnik News, Khowaiter expressed his positive outlook on the project: There are a…