Retail forex broker FXCM Group, LLC has today released execution data for November 2018. The company has recently added three new CFD products, including Commodity CFDs and the Index CFD US2000. November 2018 All Instruments Highlights: 64.0% of orders executed at price 24.7% of orders executed with positive slippage 11.3% of orders executed with negative…
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Digital legal infrastructure company Monax has just announced the launch of its first blockchain-based game. The name is Marmota Prime and its about winning donations in kind to charitable organisations, such as The Salvation Army, Toys for Tots and Edinburgh's Royal Hospital for Sick Children. Beginning today, new challenges will launch on the platform every 24 hours until…
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Tools For Brokers, a provider of fintech solutions for the crypto and forex industry, has just included the basic version of Brokers’ Business Intelligence in the company’s Gold package. Brokers’ Business Intelligence is a cross-functional risk management and business analytics service: the basic version of product includes efficient toolkits for money management and decision making.…
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Bitcoin and its altcoin brethren have seen their market capitalizations evaporate in excess of 80% over the past several months. Critics are already claiming that the cryptocurrency revolution, phenomenon, or pipedream (take your pick) is dead, or soon will be by their estimation, but to their astonishment, a major global consulting firm is predicting a…
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Mati Greenspan, Senior Market Analyst at FX broker eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for December 13, 2018. Highlights include: ETH Futures Market Could Spark Innovation: The CFTC is accepting comments on an Ethereum futures market, a development which could allow entrepreneurs to develop Ethereum-based projects, while hedging against the…
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In an important step towards increasing the transparency of securities financing markets, the European Commission announced earlier today that it has adopted a package new measures under the Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR). The SFTR requires all securities financing transactions to be reported to a central database called "trade repository". The delegated and implementing acts…
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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has put out details of the cloned firm Insight Managed Funds. 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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Eurex Exchange has just announced its most recent appointment - Wolfgang Eholzer will be its new Chief Technology Officer, effective January 2019. Eholzer joined Eurex in 2007 from Deutsche Börse Group‘s IT delivery organization. His new job will be focusing on IT strategy and on Eurex‘s trading system T7. I am very happy that Wolfgang is joining…
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The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has just issued a public warning against a scam company called Bitcoin Revolution Limited. Bitcoin Revolution Limited Associated entity: Bitcoin Wealth Website: www.bitcoinrevolutionapp.com; www.pro-net-system.com According to the regulator, this company could be involved in a scam. Articles posted on social media about The New Zealand Treasury and/or current or former…
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Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR)'s Board of Directors has elected Tim Gokey, effective January 2, 2019. Tim Gokey is Broadridge’s current President and Chief Operating Officer and incoming Chief Executive Officer. We are pleased to welcome Tim to the Broadridge Board of Directors. He has been a champion of our corporate culture and has a deep understanding of…
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