ASIC warns against entities
January 22, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

ASIC raises crypto scam alert against Alliance Limited

Consumers have alerted the Australian watchdog that they have been unable to get their money back after investing through this entity. ASIC stated that it is “particularly concerned” about the risk this poses to consumers and investors to lose money when buying into fake crypto-assets. The regulator warned that cryptocurrency investment scams are on the…

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Monex Group develops Sustainable Finance Department
January 22, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Monex launches Sustainable Finance department and Climate Impact fund

Socially responsible investments following the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment exceeded $80 trillion in 2018 and Japan’s sustainable investments rose 360% from 2016 to 2018 compared to the global average of 34%. At the G20 Riyadh Summit in November 2020, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga expressed that his determination to achieve carbon neutrality with virtually…

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Forex Weekly Look Back
January 22, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Forex Weekly Look Back: Brokeree CCO Elina Bagautdinova talks with LeapRate, IG plans to acquire tastytrade

Thursday’s session began under the spell of risk-on, following Wednesday’s inauguration of the 46th President of the United States. Joe Biden’s presidency promises the deployment of a massive fiscal stimulus package as well as greater harmony between the Treasury and the Fed, with the central bank’s monetary policy likely to remain dovish for the foreseeable…

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FXSpotStream hire, appointment
January 22, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

R5FX head of technology Amar Vadher joins FXSpotStream

Vadher announced the career move on LinkedIn revealing his excitement for the new job: Exciting times ahead. Joining a great company and amazing team! The FXSpotStream team has been expanding recently. Just in a month, the company was joined by Pratik Mangarolia as AVP, Relationship Manager, Merg Limani as Regional Support Manager, Americas, Caryn Kim…

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HKEX
January 22, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

HKEX to add Mini USD/CNH Futures in first half of 2021

HKEX launches the Mini USD/CNH Futures contract in response to demand from market participants, particularly medium-sized corporates and individuals, for cash-settled and smaller-sized contracts, helping investors to hedge the RMB currency risk of their positions in different assets, such as equities and commodities. The contract size of Mini USD/CNH Futures is $20,000, or one-fifth the…

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Centroid Solutions appoints Cristian Vlasceanu as Chief Executive Officer
January 21, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Cristian Vlasceanu takes the rein at Centroid Solutions as its CEO

Among that, Vlasceanu led the growth of financial technology provider PrimeXM, where he served as Chief Operating Officer before being appointed to the Chief Executive Officer role. Cristian Vlasceanu commented: Significant headway has been made in the last couple of years to grow the business and place Centroid Solutions on a strategic position in the…

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Interview: Elina Bagautdinova: "The demand for the Social Trading platform has been growing"
January 21, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Interview: Brokeree's Elina Bagautdinova: "The demand for the Social Trading platform has been growing"

LR: How has Brokeree been managing through this challenging period of global uncertainty around the COVID-19 pandemic? Elina: Fortunately, process-wise and from an employee perspective, we’ve prepared for such a scenario for years by allowing employees to work from our “virtual office”. While we can not  enforce each team member to follow the safety recommendations,…

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