Nuvei completes acquisition of SafeCharge for US $889m
March 05, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Susanne Chishti joins SafeCharge's Board as a non-executive director

Payments services and technologies provider SafeCharge International Group Ltd (LON:SCH) just announced that it has appointed Susanne Chishti as a non-executive director to its Board, effective immediately. Chishti is the CEO and founder of FINTECH Circle and has over 20 years of experience in the banking and FinTech sectors, as well as board level experience…

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RoboMarkets changes conditions for trading indices
March 05, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

RoboMarkets changes conditions for trading indices

Online brokerage and investment company RoboMarkets just informed its clients that it has made some changes to its conditions for trading indices. Effective March 1st to May 31st 2019, the company will reduce spreads for trading DE30, as well as the commission for all other Indices available for trading to RoboMarkets clients. For DE30 Index, spreads…

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March 05, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

CFTC awards over 2 million dollars to a whistleblower

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) yesterday announced an award of more than $2 million to an individual whistleblower, which is the highest such award. The award was based on the actions taken by the CFTC and another federal authority based on information provided by the whistleblower. The award is in recognition of the…

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clone firm FCA warning
March 05, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Better Car Insurance clone firm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Better Car Insurance. 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…

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TradingScreen launches simplified workflow system QUO for wealth managers
March 05, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

TradingScreen launches simplified workflow system QUO for wealth managers

TradingScreen Inc. (TS) today announced the release of QUO, a cloud-based platform for managing investments that is being marketed as a ‘software-as-a-service’ SaaS. The new service offers a platform with streamlined and efficient execution across a suite of workflow streams. The company has significant experience with developing such systems as it currently offers an order…

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acquisition
March 05, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Virtu completes acquisition of ITG

Virtu Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ:VIRT) has just completed its acquisition of Investment Technology Group, Inc. (NYSE:ITG) in a cash transaction valued at $30.30 per ITG share, or a total of approximately $1.0 billion. Virtu Financial has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Investment Technology Group back in November 2018. Douglas Cifu will continue to serve…

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playtech offices
March 05, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Playtech continues with share buyback programme

Online gaming and financial trading company Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC) announced that on 04 March 2019 it purchased a total of 239,482 of its ordinary shares of no par value each (the "ordinary shares") on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) through the Company's broker Goodbody Stockbrokers UC as detailed below. The repurchased shares will be cancelled. Number of…

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moex moscow exchange
March 05, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

MOEX shows good results in February

Moscow Exchange (MOEX) released its volume report for the month of February. Total trading volume across MOEX’s markets was RUB 62.3 trln in February 2019. The growth leader was the Money Market (+3.7%), including the GCC repo segment (+84.7%). Equity and Bond Market Total trading volumes on the Equity and Bond Market in February 2019…

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fca warning
March 05, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

FCA warns against Vanguard Wealth Advisory company

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 Vanguard Wealth Advisory. Vanguard Wealth Advisory is not authorised by the FCA but has been targeting people in the UK and is also carrying on regulated…

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