FXCM
August 25, 2021 BY Alan Sayer

FXCM Adds Australian Share CFDs To its Platform

FXCM was founded in 1999 and is owned by the Jefferies Financial Group. It is regulated in several jurisdictions by the FCA in the UK, ASIC in Australia, CySEC in the EU and the Financial Sector Conduct Authority in South Africa.  The addition of Australian share CFDs adds to its current offering of US, EU…

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August 24, 2021 BY Alan Sayer

Saxo Markets Bolsters Marketing Teams and Communications With Two New Additions

Charles White -Thomson, CEO of Saxo Markets, commented: I am delighted to welcome Harry and Anaam to Saxo Markets. Their diverse skill set and backgrounds will help craft, educate and deliver inspiring content, working closely alongside our talented in-house global markets strategist team, SaxoStrats. Anaam Raza has over 10 years of experience providing economic research…

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Blockchain
August 23, 2021 BY Alan Sayer

XREX Raises $17m To Expand Fiat Portfolio and Partnerships

Other investors include SBI Investment, a subsidiary of SBI Holdings, Global Founders Capital, ThreeD Capital, E.Sun Venture Capital, New Economy Ventures, Systex Corporation, AppWorks, Black Marble, Metaplanet Holdings, and Seraph Group. XREX’s seed round closed in 2019, raising $7 million from investors such as AppWorks (who were the lead), Metaplanet Holdings, Black Marble, Skype’s late…

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Broadridhe Board of Directors, BoD
August 11, 2021 BY Alan Sayer

Broadridge appoints Annette Nazareth to Board of Directors

She first started with the SEC in 1998 and was there in a number of different roles. She acted as a Commissioner for the SEC from 2005 onwards and was initially appointed by George W. Bush. Before becoming part of the SEC Ms. Nazareth held positions in a range of different investment banks, normally in…

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HKEX
August 11, 2021 BY Alan Sayer

HKEX posts record half-yearly profits of HK$6.6 billion

Despite seeing a rise in revenue of 24%, expenses have only increased by 9%. It means that a large portion of the revenue increase can go towards profits. Expenses sat at HK$2 billion for the first half of 2020 and only increased to HK$2.2 billion for the first half of 2021.  This helped to create…

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