CFI Dubai appoints industry veteran Demetrios Zamboglou as Group COO
July 24, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

CFI Group appoints industry veteran Demetrios Zamboglou as Group COO

Founders and Managing Directors of CFI Financial Group, Hisham Mansour and Eduardo Fakhoury said: Our success is the result of the human element that is found within the CFI Financial Group. As we prioritise maintaining and nurturing talents internally, we strategically seek to expand our team by finding new individuals who could bring fresh perspectives…

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Gain Capital’s trading volumes
July 24, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

GAIN Capital reports $101 million net revenue for Q2 2020

Glenn Stevens, CEO of GAIN Capital commented: A second quarter of high volatility, due in part to the ongoing economic concerns over the COVID-19 virus, allowed Gain to continue to benefit from high daily volumes, up 28% year on year, revenue capture of $150 plus improved operational leverage arising from a successful focus on cost…

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partnership
July 23, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Cassini Systems and IHS Markit team up for automated margin estimates within thinkFolio

Brett Schechterman, Managing Director and Global Head of thinkFolio at IHS Markit said: Although regulatory authorities have recently moved to delay the final implementation phases of UMR in consideration of the challenges posed by COVID-19, our partnership with Cassini Systems to deliver an integrated solution to ensure transparency of margin and collateral costs can provide…

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July 23, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Ethereum 2.0 August final testnet launch approaches

Beacon Chain went live on the initial testnet Sapphire in April and it used smaller 3.2 ETH deposits. After that a full 32 ETH nodes were released next month on the Topaz testnet. The Onyx testnet started in June and operated about 20,000 validators by the end of it. Altona coordinated multi-client testnet for Phase…

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July 23, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Organised crime investigation into $17 million fraud leads to charges against 12 people

AFP Commander Investigations, Eastern Command, Kirsty Schofield commented: Transnational and serious organised crime groups are evolving. No longer do they target any specific crime type or commodity, they adapt to their environments by recruiting professional enablers to provide experience in the financial, legal or any other field they feel can earn them money. This investigation…

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ASIC
July 22, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

ASIC suspends the licence of OTC derivatives issuer USGFX

Even though the licence is suspended, ASIC has allowed the administrators to conduct certain necessary activities under the licence during the suspension period, including to have in place a dispute resolution scheme and arrangements for compensating retail clients, to hold professional indemnity insurance and to allow the termination of existing arrangements with current clients of…

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CySEC
July 22, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Hoch Capital and Rodeler give up their CIF licenses

Hoch Capital announced it is closing all open positions by 14 August. The CySEC approved the suspension of the license on 6 July. Provider of investment services Rodeler Ltd also notified CySEC of its decision to terminate its CIF license. CySEC announced it approved the request on 6 July.

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