Derivatives marketplace CME Group (NASDAQ:CME) has announced that it achieved Asia Pacific average daily volume (ADV) of 921,000 contracts in Q4 2018, up 45% from the corresponding period in 2017: Equity products up 201%, Interest Rates up 42%, and Energy products up 35%. For the full year 2018, Asia Pacific ADV stood at 862,000 contracts,…
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TMX Group (TSX:X) has announced its financing activity on Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and TSX Venture Exchange (TSXV) for December 2018. TSX welcomed five new issuers in December 2018, compared with nine in the previous month and five in December 2017. The new listings were four exchange traded funds and one life sciences company. Total…
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The US sanctions have taken a toll on the Russian economy and the ruble. Just like other national currencies that experienced a sharp drop in value after the Trump's Administration issued new sanctions, the Russian ruble dropped to a 2-year low in the summer of 2018. However, a Kremlin economist now says that the negative…
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Mati Greenspan, Senior Market Analyst at FX broker eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for January 14, 2019. Highlights include: Look Beyond Crypto Price: Savvy investors in emerging industries should look at job growth to understand the overall landscape. Blockchain development jobs are in high demand. China Market Slowdown: Export…
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Retail forex broker FXCM Group, LLC has just announced that it has expanded its cryptocurrency offering by adding its second crypto CFD, Ethereum (ETH/USD). The broker released Bitcoin CFD trading back in October 2018 and has added three new CFD products for trading last month. FXCM Group has also launched new products on the DGCX…
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Broctagon NEXUS, a liquidity provider specializing in crypto aggregation, has just announced that it has teamed up with trading technology solutions provider TradAir. The partnership will make it possible to have FX-style, deep multilateral ECN liquidity for cryptocurrencies and will also open up new trading platforms for NEXUS users, allowing them to utilize TradAir’s HTML5 cryptocurrency native trading…
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FCA regulated FX and CFDs broker ActivTrades has just unveiled its innovative, advanced trading platform, ActivTrader. The new ActivTrader platform provides a range of advanced features, tailored for users with varying degrees of experience in the financial markets. The platform’s new ‘Market Sentiment’ function provides a real-time indication of the market direction, showing the percentage…
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The International Stock Exchange (TISE) has added Likewise Group plc as a new listing. The exchange has added a total of 865 new listings in 2018, up 22.7% from 2017 and the largest number of securities listed in a calendar year on the Exchange since the business was established in 1998. Likewise has raised £7 million through…
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MetaTrader technologies and integration specialist Gold-i has just announced that it has added Mike Dugdale to its sales team. Mike Dugdale joins from PrimeXM, where he was Global Sales Manager. Gold-i has recently opened an office in Australia and has teamed up with several companies, including FX and CFDs broker GMI UK, WMC in Japan, and FX…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that AI based solutions provider ArtuData’s AI is now pre-configured with Predictive Lead-Scoring technology in Singapore-based back-office CRM SaaS provider Backpack.io. Using ArtuData’s AI powered Predictive Lead-Scoring technology, Backpack’s clients can now predict who of their many thousands of leads is likely to deposit, and in the near future, predict customer lifetime value,…
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