Dubai Financial Market (DFM) today announced that Al Ramz Capital has become the first member that receives a DFM accreditation to provide the Regulated Short Selling (RSS) Service to its client base. The DFM has launched the RSS Service recently as part of its efforts to provide market participants with new tools to further strengthen…
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His Highness Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Chairman of Abu Dhabi Crown Prince’s Court, and His Excellency Edouard Philippe, the Prime Minister of the Republic of France, attended the event held by Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the International Financial Centre in Abu Dhabi, to welcome international bank BNP Paribas Group in establishing its…
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The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) and the Central Bank of Oman signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate in the supervision and authorisation of firms operating in both markets. The MoU was signed in the Dubai International Financial Centre by Mr Bryan Stirewalt, Managing Director, Supervision of the DFSA, and His Excellency, Tahir…
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Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOE) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2017. Consolidated results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2017 include Bats Global Markets, Inc. (Bats), which was acquired by the company on February 28, 2017. 2017 was a transformational year for Cboe Global Markets.…
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Integrated Asset Management Corp. (TSX:IAM) announced the closing on February 1, 2018 of a $7,600,000 senior term loan to Wolverine Management Services Inc. This financing represents IAM’s third transaction with Wolverine, following the initial loan in July 2016 and the second loan in June 2017. The capital will be used to fund the acquisition of…
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Business finance company MarketInvoice announced that it has established a partnership with Euler Hermes, trade-credit insurance company, which will provide credit insurance policies to customers of MarketInvoice in safeguarding their businesses. With Euler Hermes credit insurance, MarketInvoice customers who use invoice finance solutions will have the assurance that they are protected in the event their…
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Virtu Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIRT), a technology-enabled market maker and liquidity provider to the global financial markets, has today reported results for the fourth quarter and the full year ended December 31, 2017. Fourth Quarter and Full Year Selected Highlights Fourth Quarter 2017: Net income of $47.8 million, Normalized Adjusted Net Income* of $41.4 million…
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ULLINK, a global provider of electronic trading and connectivity solutions to the financial community, announced that it has extended its successful partnership with LiquidMetrix to deliver MiFID II best execution reporting to multiple European Sell-Side clients. The solution, UL PUBLISHER for Best Execution, teams ULLINK’s fully-automated, post-trade data management hub with the LiquidMetrix Workstation for…
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The AMF announced that it is launching an annual study to gain a better understanding of the behaviour and opinions of retail investors. The first edition of this Survey , which is the most complete overview of the market with regard to savers’ decisions and objectives, in particular measures their appetite for the Stock Market…
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FTSE Russell, the global index provider, has introduced the FTSE All-World ex Australia Net Tax (Super) Index Series which is designed to support the superannuation industry’s focus towards greater transparency and more accurate measurement of performance. The index series calculates net returns for global equities after deducting both capital gains tax and withholding tax. Capital…
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