ActivTrades’ Market Analysts have prepared for LeapRate their daily commentary on traditional markets for November 21, 2019. This is not a trading advice. See details below: FOREX The Dollar is down against other major currencies, on a Thursday so far dominated by the publication of the minutes from the FED’s latest meeting, as well as…
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UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced yesterday that it has fined Henderson Investment Funds Limited (HIFL) £1,867,900. The company failed to treat fairly more than 4,500 retail investors in two of its funds: Henderson Japan Enhanced Equity Fund and Henderson North American Enhanced Equity Fund (the Japan and North American Funds). Back in 2011,…
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McKay Brothers International (MBI) has announced that it has now added Shanghai and Hong Kong as trading centers for its Asia services. The company now offers connectivity at the lowest known commercial latency between the Tokyo-CC2 data center and trading centers in Shanghai and Hong Kong. MBI has also improved the latency its hybrid microwave/fiber service…
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Global capital markets have come a long way in the past decade, another sign of the interconnectedness of all global markets in our modern commercial setting. Investors today think nothing of investing in overseas markets, when just ten years back, one would have to jump through hoops in order to find a broker with an…
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While a long list of counties across the globe are doing their best to attract blockchain development expertise to their domestic financial “hubs”, Bahrain, a nation comprising more than 30 islands in the Arabian Gulf, has been silently making appropriate moves in the background to pave the way for the ongoing growth of its financial…
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Andrei Amialkovich has been added to LegacyFX’s team as Regionals Director of the Belarus branch. LeapRate reminds that LegacyFX BY, the Belarus branch of A.N All New Investment Ltd, recently joined the Financial Market Development Association (ARFIN). Amialkovich will be developing and implementing an overall LegacyFX’s marketing strategy, directly engaging and managing the marketing and…
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Adam Vettese, UK Market Analyst at eToro, has provided his daily commentary on traditional and crypto markets for November 20, 2019. The text below is an excerpt and does not contain the full analysis. Highlights include: BTC Drops to Lowest Level Since October: This below-$8000 level suggests markets hitting bear market territory. On the flip…
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Fintech company Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR) has just announced that it has acquired ClearStructure Financial Technology, a global provider of portfolio management solutions for the private debt markets. The addition of ClearStructure’s private debt capabilities will create a differentiated solution in the market and enable Broadridge to serve new clients. ClearStructure’s component services enhance…
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Moscow Exchange (MOEX) has announced yesterday that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the China Foreign Exchange Trade System (CFETS). The MoU aims to unify the liquidity pools for trading in the RMB/RUB currency pair on the two platforms. A joint working group has already been set up to conduct research and…
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FCA and CySEC licensed FX broker Exness has recently announced that it has decided to close its retail business in EU/EEA including the UK, to focus on other markets and grow its B2B operations. Just two months ago, the company also teamed up with Sumsub for fraud protection assistance and globally inclusive AML compliance. LeapRate…
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