Wednesday is the big day this week for dollar-yen, with advance quarterly GDP data from the USA coming ahead of the FOMC’s meeting. Very poor data is already priced in but how the Fed interprets the figures might be key for ongoing direction in the latter part of the week. Key data points Wednesday 29…
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Ashley Alder, the SFC’s Chief Executive Officer said: The crude oil market has recently experienced unprecedented volatility, which significantly increases the risks of trading crude oil-related financial products. Firms should prudently manage these risks to protect investors. In a separate letter, the SFC cautioned managers of SFC-authorised futures-based ETFs to remain careful and ensure that…
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What about the new week to come? With squeeze victims licking their wounds, no one is suggesting a major downward movement over the next few days. If there is a consensus, it is that Bitcoin will continue to grind slowly upwards, but it will encounter formidable resistance below the $8,100 level. Insiders claim there is…
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Stuart Roberts commented: We’re taking a relatively short-term risk on larger companies. I couldn’t think of a safer way to inject liquidity into a credit-stressed small- or medium-sized business right now. Taulia Chief Executive Officer Cedric Bru noted that businesses complete over $120 trillion worth of transactions a year and $20 trillion of that are…
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Loh Boon Chye, Chief Executive Officer of SGX, commented: Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, our priority is to keep SGX’s markets relevant, resilient and fully accessible round-the-clock, to serve the heightened demand from market participants for risk management solutions and investment opportunities across our asset classes. Our expanded geographical footprint has helped to support our US…
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Tradition also reported consolidated adjusted revenue at was CHF 303.5m for Q1, 20% up from the same period in 2019 when it was CHF 263.6m in 2019. The adjusted revenue from interdealer broking business (IDB) marked an increase of 20.1% in constant currencies and the forex trading business for retail investors in Japan (Non-IDB) presented…
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IG Group observed that in the first 36 trading days of Q4, the new OTC leveraged clients, trading for a first time with the firm, were over 22,500. In the first three quarters of FY20 new OTC leveraged clients were 36,000. The firm also revised its guidance regarding operating expenses. Previously, operating expenses, excluding variable…
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Retail performance during the first quarter was affected by the unusually high volatility resulting from conditions and concerns, caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Trailing 3-month direct active accounts grew a record 25% compared to the previous year of 87,349. RPM marked a $231 quarterly record, with average daily volume of $11.7 billion, 52% up from…
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Euronext offered DKK1.12bn (c. €150m2) for 100% of the shares. The company will open an offer to all the remaining shareholders with the same terms and conditions. The acquisition falls inline with the with Euronext’s disciplined capital deployment policy and commitment to maintain a strong investment grade credit rating. The acquisition process of VP Securities…
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Australian brokerage firm Synergy FX, acquired by ACY Securities in 2018, was revived as Synergy Markets, lead by its founder Christian Dove. Synergy Markets opened for clients earlier this week and based on Synergy FX’s good standing in the industry, the rebranded version is expected to do well in the market. FX veteran Christian Dove, who ran the…
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