Category: Forex

Market Analysis
December 19, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Daily market commentary: Stock benchmarks are getting back some of the ground lost over the past two weeks

This should maintain significant pressure to those markets until the next earning season, which makes the short- to mid-term outlook for stocks difficult to assess. That said, a bullish leverage from China may provide a boost towards equities this week after Beijing abandoned its “Covid Zero” policy and pledged more growth in 2023. The STOXX-50…

Read more
Daniel Moran confirmed as Chief Compliance Officer of ASX
December 19, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

ASX confirms Daniel Moran as Chief Compliance Officer

Prior to joining ASX, Moran served as a corporate and transactional lawyer at Herbert Smith Freehills. While there, he worked out of Sydney and London and he acted on acquisitions and disposals, capital raisings and restructures, as well as advising on a range of corporate legal, regulatory and governance issues. His new appointment is going…

Read more
European stock market experiences positive change
December 16, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Daily market commentary: Risk appetite decreased after renewed hints of an uncertain economic outlook

The report isn’t expected to show any major change compared with last month, but a number above or below the 10% mark could significantly impact market sentiment today. Technically speaking, the STOXX-50 index has already broken-out a major support at 3,850.0pts (23.6% Fibonacci) and now heads further down towards the next at 3,735.0pts (38.2%) before…

Read more
December 15, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

ICE Global Network expands in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tokyo

ICE has strengthened connectivity access center offerings in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tokyo. Among the new improvements are ultra-low-latency access to local markets, including Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX), the Japan Exchange Group (JPX) and the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE), as well as with regional and international connectivity leveraging ICE’s ultra-low latency backbone. Magnus Cattan,…

Read more
December 15, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Swissquote upgrades ESG investing with information on stocks

Marc Bürki, CEO of Swissquote, commented: We are continuously improving our own ESG profile by strengthening our corporate governance, supporting our employees and tracking our environmental footprint. However, the biggest impact we can make is to motivate our half a million customers to make better investment choices, where better means not only more performance at…

Read more
Euroclear reports operating income increase of 7% in H1 2021
December 14, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Euroclear announces acquisition of Goji

David Genn, CEO, Goji commented: We are delighted to partner with Euroclear to deliver the platform infrastructure that the private markets industry needs. The ever-increasing demand from all investor groups to access private funds, points to the need for an end-to-end digital processing solution for these asset classes. The combination of Euroclear’s position in the…

Read more
Spectrum Markets
December 14, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Spectrum Markets adds SocGen as a liquidity provider and a market maker offer new financial instruments in Spain and Scandinavia

Nicky Maan, Spectrum Markets CEO, explained: We’ve always said we want to list only those products that are most interesting for European retail investors, focusing on what they are actually going to use, and the new products from Societe Generale certainly fit that mould. Offering more investment options in terms of duration, as well as…

Read more
Appital
December 14, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Appital hires equity markets specialist Matthew Jefford

Mark Badyra, CEO, Appital, said: I am thrilled to welcome Matthew to the Appital team. His industry insights and equity markets expertise are invaluable as we implement our vision to bring technological innovation, efficiency and transparency to equity markets and unlock latent liquidity for investors. Jefford’s appointment comes as Appital recently announced VC funding and…

Read more