Category: Financial Services

February 19, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Deutsche Börse achieves net profit growth of 6% for 2019

Deutsche Börse AG published its preliminary results for the fourth quarter and the full year 2019 on Monday. The company reported the following results for the full year 2019: Net revenue reached €2,936.0 million, marking a 6% increase since last year. Of those, 5% were attributed to secular factors and 1% to consolidation. Operating costs…

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February 18, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Forex trading company Pareto under investigation for investment scheme

Channel New Asia reported yesterday that Pareto SG Pte Ltd, Pareto International Holdings Limited and Veritas Global Exchange are under investigation by the Commercial Affairs Department of the Singapore Police for involvement in an investment scheme. The companies are investigated for possible breaches and offences under the Penal Code and the Securities and Futures Act,…

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February 18, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Rize ETF picks Xetra for its introduction to the European Market

New issuer of exchange traded funds, Rize ETF, has made its debut in Europe. The company specialises in theme-based products and for the initial listing of ETFs on the megatrends cannabis and cybersecurity, Rize chose Deutsche Börse’s trading venues - Xetra and Börse Frankfurt. With the new Rize Medical Cannabis and Life Sciences UCITS ETF…

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fca warning
February 17, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

FCA updates warning list with more companies

UK watchdog FCA has put out the details of several unregulated companies, as well as few clone firms this week. The names of the latest additions to the regulator’s warning list are the companies UK Claims Department, Data Financial Services Group, Country Loans, Funds-Recovery.co.uk / Fund Recovery, Cryptomarket, Info Bond Finder / Bond Finder and…

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IronX completes token crowdsale, raises $26 million
February 14, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

ICE Bond completes integration of BlackRock’s Aladdin and opens access to Portfolio Auction functionality

Global exchanges operator and clearing houses, Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE) announced yesterday the completion of ICE Bonds integration with the investment operating system BlackRock’s Aladdin. ICE now offers its customers access to ICE Bonds’ Portfolio Auction functionality, an automated execution protocol for portfolio trading. The new functionality allows investment managers to auction a portfolio of…

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SGX
February 14, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Don Agro International debuts at S$0.25 on SGX

Earlier today the Singapore Exchange (SGX) added the Russian agri and dairy firm Don Agro International Limited to its Catalist under the stock code “GRQ”. The company appears for the first time on the Singaore stock exchange at S$0.25, 13.6% higher than its initial offering price (IPO). Don Agro operates agricultural products in the Rostov…

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SGX
February 14, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

SGX RegCo uses AI enhancements in its surveillance activities

Singapore Exchange Regulation (SGX RegCo) is making its monitoring and regulating system more effective with the use of artificial intelligence (AI) improvements. Introducing AI in regulation can help single out unusual trading activities through analysis of historical data and avoiding noise from developments between the financial markets. Thus, the regulatory agency can focus on smaller…

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