Brokers can establish a nuanced exposure management system with a flexible routing module which allows them to process risks in-house, forward them to STP, or partially executing at one of the connected counterparties. The integration will allow brokers to access over 10,000 trading symbols from CMC Mrkets' newly rebranded B2B arm, CMC Connect, such as…
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Tim Gokey, Broadridge’s Chief Executive Officer commented: The acquisition of Itiviti enhances Broadridge’s position as a global Fintech leader. By extending our capabilities into the front office and deepening our multi-asset class solutions, Itiviti significantly strengthens our Capital Markets franchise and better enables Broadridge to help financial institutions adapt to a rapidly evolving marketplace. Itiviti’s…
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OIL The blockage of the Suez seems to be solved in the short term, which is positive news for the majority of financial assets, but not for oil. As a result, the barrel has started the new week in red as investors are less worried about supply. Focus now switches to the OPEC meeting, which…
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Hissey brings vast knowledge from his previous experience in managing teams focused on portfolio analytics and quantitative analysis in Australia and across APAC. Most recently, he worked at FactSet, where he spent 12 years. His last position at the company, had him based in Tokyo. There he oversaw the company’s rapidly expanding Risk and Quantitative…
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The CFTC said: While Reynolds represented that he would return all bitcoin deposits to customers of Control-Finance by late October 2017, he never did and instead retained the deposits for his own personal use. Customers lost most or all of their bitcoin deposits as a result of the scheme. The watchdog service found that Control-Finance…
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The Australian regulator decided to strengthen its protection for retail clients after it found that CFDs trading may result in significant loss for retail clients. ASIC Commissioner Cathie Armour commented: We will closely monitor compliance with the product intervention order and won’t hesitate to take appropriate action to enforce the order. Commissioner Armour added: We…
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The additional STOXX TRFs are appealing to the banks because of their need to hedge their structured products with underlying equities. The advantage of Eurex’s Total Return Futures is that they synthetically replicate the returns of the underlying index equities without the need to own the shares. Randolf Roth, Member of the Executive Board at…
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MFEX Group and Euroclear’s businesses compliment each other. Through the acquisition, Euroclear aims to create an efficient mechanism to access a broad network of end investors in a fragmented marketplace. Lieve Mostrey, Chief Executive Officer, Euroclear commented: We are delighted to sign this agreement to acquire MFEX Group. We expect MFEX’s broad fund distribution network,…
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FCA’s statement said: Unauthorised investment advice exposes consumers to the risk of substantial losses because the adviser has not met the FCA’s tests of competence and fitness; nor do consumers have access to the Financial Ombudsman Service or the Financial Services Compensation Scheme if things go wrong. The court ordered Maricar to pay restitution in…
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The official press release from SIX stated: The medium-term goal is for Swisscom and SIX to further strengthen interoperability between their respective hubs. This will give banks and third-party providers easy and standardized access to an even broader network of potential partners from the financial industry and beyond. Both SIX and Swisscom have made an…
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