Both new members have an extensive experience in leading positions across various organizations and sectors, particularly in the international financial industry and the Spanish market. The appointment of the two new members to the Board of Directors represents another step for SIX in the integration of its new subsidiary BME. The exchange is deepening its…
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What to watch AbbVie: For pharmaceutical company AbbVie, sales of its flagship Humira drug - which treats Crohn’s disease and arthritis among other inflammatory conditions - will be the key point to watch in its Friday quarterly earnings report. Zacks Equity Research noted that sales may have been affected by the launch of rival products…
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So far, the agency has awarded over $687 million to total of 109 individuals since the first award was issued in 2012. Payment of the awards is taken out of an investor protection fund set up by Congress. It is financed through monetary sanctions of security law violations paid to SEC. To be eligible for…
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GOLD Despite “risk off” dominating the last few days on stock markets, gold has been weak and we have seen the dollar recover, with the greenback inversely correlated with bullion and commodities. A major reason for gold’s weakness has been the sharp decline on stocks forcing some traders to close positions on gold to avoid…
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IronFX has launched IronFX Trading School, an online trading educational page which will offer support to beginner, as well as professional traders. The IronFX Trading School will deliver tools, educational articles and trading strategies to help traders achieve their trading goals. IronFX’s traders and investors will have access to a range of trading resources to…
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Max Lapin, Chief Financial Officer of Moscow Exchange noted: We’ve hit the new F&C high for the fourth quarter in a row, which clearly is a positive development. This quarter, F&C income surpassed the RUB 8 bln mark to arrive at RUB 8.3 bln. Importantly, its growth rate accelerated further compared with the two preceding…
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Andreas Efstathiou, Senior Analyst at IronFX, commented: Our team has worked really hard to launch the trading school as initially envisaged and we hope that our traders will make good use of the content. We wanted to create your go-to destination for all trading content so our analysts and expert financial strategists could reach a…
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What to watch Big tech earnings: Three trillion-dollar companies report quarterly earnings on Thursday, with Apple, Amazon and Alphabet on deck. Facebook and Twitter also deliver their own earnings reports. All of those firms are firmly in the regulatory spotlight, with lawmakers investigating the role of big tech in public discourse, and the Justice Department…
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Tom Higgins, CEO, Gold-i commented: CMC has one of the most comprehensive multi-asset offerings in the market and are a very welcome addition to our Matrix NETwork. Their extensive liquidity pools present our clients with significant opportunities to diversify and add new revenue streams, all on attractive commercial terms. Richard Elston, Head of Institutional at…
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EUROPEAN SHARES Most European benchmarks opened higher on Thursday, paring some of yesterday’s losses, as market sentiment gets a fresh boost from the corporate sector. Strong earnings reports from major companies like ASM International NV or Royal Dutch Shell have managed to reassure investors, temporarily at least, ahead of another busy day. There is also…
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