Retail Forex broker RoboForex, via its brand RoboTrade Ltd, has opened a representative office in China's Dalian. The company notes in its announcement that its presence in the region is very important for its business as it strengthens the company-client ties. The representative office in China provides the broker with an opportunity to create a…
Read moreSingapore Exchange Limited (SGX:S68) today announced that Hong Kong-based futures and options broker Wing Fung Futures Limited has become its latest derivatives market trading member. The admission of Wing Fung Futures Limited takes the total number of trading members in SGX’s derivatives market to 49. The derivatives market also has 24 clearing members. Also, SGX…
Read moreCFD and Forex broker Plus500 Ltd (LON:PLUS) has just published its financial report for the final quarter and full year 2015, with the last quarter bringing a rise in revenues on an annual basis and a drop in revenues in quarterly terms. The company also announced that Asaf Elimelech, who currently serves as the Chief Subsidiaries…
Read moreLess than a month after Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) warned against a number of clones targeting BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK), the regulator has issued warnings against seven other websites that abuse the details of the investment giant. According to the updated Alert List, which features the names of companies that are not licensed to…
Read moreRetail Forex broker FxPro has partnered with technology provider Solace Systems, in order to beef up the capacity, performance and robustness of the messaging infrastructure that powers its advanced trading platforms and customer-facing interfaces. The broker is deploying a combination of Solace Message Router Appliances and Solace Virtual Message Routers to power a set of…
Read moreUK Forex and CFD broker Z.com Trade, a subsidiary of GMO Click Holdings Inc (TYO:7177), has announced temporary suspension of trading in a number of CFDs due to system issues. The problems, which are currently being investigated, have affected the CFDs on US 30, CHN A50, and IND NIF. Trading in these instruments is suspended until…
Read moreTrading software developer PFSOFT today announces its partnership with UK online trading services provider Sigma Trading, whereby the broker will use PFSOFT’s Protrader platform for its professional traders. Sigma Trading is a division of Sigma Broking Limited, an FCA-regulated broker. The Protrader platform offers Sigma’s clients an advanced front-end terminal incorporating a variety of trading…
Read moreMoscow Exchange, also known as Moskovskaya Birzha MMVB-RTS PAO (MCX:MOEX), announced today that starting from February 15, 2016, the Moscow Exchange Standardised OTC Derivatives Market offers new types of centrally cleared OTC transactions, FX swaps and FX forwards. These are in addition to already available central counterparty (CCP) cleared OTC interest swaps and CCP-cleared on-exchange…
Read moreHong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has been rather active recently in issuing warnings against clone firms of international financial services giants, such as Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) and BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK). The rising number of such warnings indicates the growing pace of activity of companies that misuse data of licensed entities in order…
Read moreJapan Exchange Group, Inc. (JPX) today announces a collaboration with IBM Japan on blockchain technology tests. The two companies have agreed to jointly start running proof of concept (PoC) tests for blockchain, or distributed ledger, technology. JPX notes the increased attention that blockchain technology has gained worldwide as one of the most promising Fintech aspects…
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