ATFX clients can now stay informed and make better trading decisions since the addition of Dow Jones Newswires content to ATFX trading platform. From January 2020 all ATFX clients have access to Dow Jones Newswires content, including important market news and insights from financial professionals and investors. The new feature provides premium forex market news,…
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CLS announced today that Metrobank just joined CLSSettlement as a third-party participant. Metrobank is the first Philippine bank to access CLS’s settlement service and UBS, a CLSSettlement member, will provide access to Metrobank. The increase in third-party participation in CLSSettlement throughout the region has been driven by a number of factors: since 2018, the overall…
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Financial service group, BCS Global Markets, BCS Broker and US independent research analysis of US equities company, Argus Research announced earlier this week their partnership agreement. Clients of BCS Global Markets and BCS Broker will be able to regularly take advantage of the analytical data Argus Research provides for daily markets and company reports, macroeconomic…
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CLS, a market infrastructure delivering settlement, processing and data solutions, has just announced that Actinver, BNP Paribas, Citibank and J.P. Morgan are now live on CLSNet. The aforementioned giants joined the standardized, automated bilateral payment netting calculation service for over 120 currencies operating on a distributed ledger technology (DLT) platform, earlier this week, increasing its…
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The trading solutions company, Tourmaline Partners, LLC, announced the recruitment of Joe Hodgkins as a senior trader in the firm’s Asia-Pacific office in Sydney. Tourmaline’s Syndey office opened in January 2018 as part of the expansion of the company in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region and the growing demand for trading services there and increasing interest…
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Australia-based FX and CFD trading provider AxiCorp has earlier this week announced that it will acquire the UK-headquartered trading technology firm Star Financial System. The cash-based deal will include Star’s technology, staff, operations and licenses, but it does not necessarily represent a signal for radical change. AxiCorp’s CEO Rajes Yohannan noted in a statement that…
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Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced the addition of Jeannette Lichner and Bernadette Conroy to its board, starting April and August, respectively. The new members will join the FCA for a three-year- term. Having held senior leadership positions in a number of financial organizations, Lichner has vast experience in international financial services. Currently, she serves as…
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The London-based fintech, Cobalt, announced yesterday the launch of Citi on its post-trade infrastructure for bilateral flow. Citi has been an investor in the Forex post -trade platform, Cobalt, since 2016. Powered by distributed ledger technology (DLT), its infrastructure creates a standardized record of all Forex trades that could be applied to banks, buyside, prime…
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Financial markets solutions provider GMEX Group (GMEX) and financial services firm Digital Partners Network (DPN) announced today the launch of the Seychelles-based Securities, Commodities and Derivatives Exchange (SECDEX). SECDEX is approved by the Seychelles Financial Services Authority (FSA) hybrid (for digital and traditional assets) exchange. The collaboration provides clients with the market infrastructure strengths of…
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The US-based financial software provider for traders, brokers, commercial hedgers, and exchanges CQG, announced yesterday its collaboration with the new cryptocurrency exchange DVeX. The new partnership will immediately allow DVeX clients access to CQG’s front-end platforms for trading instruments and analytics. Incorporated by the trading organization DV Trading, DVeX is an institutional cryptocurrency trading platform,…
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