Retail Forex broker FxPro has stayed loyal to its commitment to increased transparency and earlier today published key metrics regarding the execution of trades of its clients during the third quarter of 2015. When compared with the data for the second quarter of 2015, the latest numbers show marked improvement regarding several metrics. First off, the…
Read moreCybersecurity issues keep affecting the work of financial services companies... Online payment services provider Optimal Payments Plc (LON:OPAY) has just announced that it is investigating possible breaches of customers' personal data. The investigation relates to media reports of a small amount of customers' personal data being in the public domain. It has been alleged that…
Read moreLeading provider of online trading services IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) today announced that Christopher Hill, Chief Financial Officer, will step down from his post on October 30, 2015. Today's announcement comes after in August this year we reported that Mr Hill voiced his intentions to resign from IG to take up a CFO role…
Read morePlaytech PLC (LON:PTEC) has provided a trading update for the third quarter of 2015, with the Financials Division delivering a set of solid results. Interesting also is what was missing from the Playtech filing - there was no real update on the fate of the in-process acquisitions of Plus500 and AvaTrade. Playtech did state that they…
Read moreBitcoin miner Bitcoin Group Limited today lodged a Supplementary Prospectus with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), with the main goal of the document being to extend the offer period for the company's planned initial public offering (IPO) on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The company has earlier voiced its intentions to extend the offer…
Read moreMonex Inc, a subsidiary of online trading services provider Monex Group, Inc. (TYO:8698), has earlier today announced a set of top management changes, including a new president. Effective November 1, 2015, Toshihiko Katsuya, currently Managing Director and Deputy President at the broker, will assume the roles of Representative Director and President. He remains as Executive…
Read moreSucden Financial (HK) Limited, the Hong Kong subsidiary of Sucden Financial Limited, today announced the appointment of Andy Ko as its Senior Account Executive, in a move further strengthening its Hong Kong team. Mr Ko joins Sucden Financial from Societe Generale in Hong Kong. His previous experience also includes trading and sales roles at NewEdge…
Read moreThe Sanctions Commission of AMF – France's financial markets regulator, today published its decision on sanctions against FXCM Ltd, a subsidiary of US retail Forex giant FXCM Inc (NYSE:FXCM). The company is being sanctioned over violations of French regulations dating back to 2013, when the AMF decided to check whether the broker was meeting its…
Read moreBGC Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:BGCP), a brokerage company servicing the financial and real estate markets, has just reported its financial metrics for the third quarter of 2015, with Forex revenues registering a solid rise year-on-year. The company said that Forex revenues for the three months to the end of September 2015 amounted to $83.7 million, up…
Read moreIntercontinental Exchange Inc (NYSE:ICE), the international network of exchanges and clearing houses, earlier today reported its key financial metrics for the third quarter and the first nine months of 2015, with earnings staging a robust rise in annual terms. Net income attributable to ICE for the three months to September 30, 2015, amounted to $306…
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