Category: Forex

ETX Capital secures FSCA License in South Africa
July 13, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

ETX Capital secures FSCA license in South Africa

ETX clients in South Africa can benefit from instant execution, tight spreads and low commissions on CFDs on thousands of global markets – across all major asset classes from forex, indices, shares and commodities. Regulated by the FCA, ETX Capital was acquired by Swiss firm Guru Capital in 2020. The company offers more than 5,000…

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July 13, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Weekly forex data: inflation and retail sales in view

While a retest of the multi-year low around ¥6.36 doesn’t seem likely in the immediate future, a movement above the 200 SMA is also unfavourable. With no sign of saturation and the significant low quite close, consolidation with the value area between the 50 and 100 SMAs seems to be possible in the absence of…

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Acquisition
July 13, 2021 BY Alan Sayer

Bambu adds to its portfolio with the acquisition of Tradesocio

As Bambu currently provides cloud-based robo advisors to traders, the acquisition will allow them to bring this service to a greater range of customers. Tradesocio already has its own clients in place, offering Bambu the opportunity to instantly get access to a much larger client base. The digital wealth market is one of the fastest-growing…

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daily market analysis
July 13, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Daily market commentary: Price gains for oil are likely to be capped by anxiety amongst investors due to the Covid Delta strain

OIL Oil traded higher during early Tuesday, with most of Monday’s losses already cancelled. The price of the barrel remains conditioned by tight supply, with the markets expecting a continuation of the declines in US crude stockpiles, which have been on a downward trend since February. However, further price gains for oil are likely to…

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IS Prime
July 13, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

IS Prime creates new variable spread indices and oil

Barry Flanigan, Head of Distribution and Liquidity, IS Prime, commented: Traditionally, Liquidity Providers offer fixed spreads on indices and oil but we have seen increasing demand from clients for variable pricing. We developed our product in this area for a particular client and are rolling it out on a wider basis to enable more clients…

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ESMA
July 13, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

ESMA seeks stakeholder feedback on CCP recovery regime

Klaus Löber, Chair of the CCP Supervisory Committee, said: The launch of ESMA’s public consultations, on the implementation of the CCP recovery mandates, is the first step to ensuring consistency of EU central counterparties recovery regimes at EU level in line with the highest international standards. The proposed Regulatory Technical Standards and Guidelines complement the…

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EBS launched a EBS Direct platform.
July 12, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

EBS launches upgraded version of EBS Direct Platform

Jeff Ward, Global Head of EBS, said: Providing our customers with unparalleled OTC FX liquidity and best-in class technology that dramatically improves latency and the execution experience for our customers is of the utmost importance to EBS. The next generation EBS Direct platform is 10x faster than our legacy platform, and the underlying technology will…

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Plus500
July 12, 2021 BY Alan Sayer

Plus500 posts strong H1 2021 figures

This is why the company feels that comparing the 2021 performance to the 2019 performance gives a more accurate analysis. Plus500 managed to generate more than twice the revenue in H1 2021 for the same period in 2019.  The trading update also mentions that the company managed to achieve this even in the face of…

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July 12, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

US banker Susan Skerrit joins IG Group as a non-exec director

IG Group Chairman, Mike McTighe, said: Following an extensive, externally facilitated search I am delighted to welcome Susan to the Board. She is an experienced Non-Executive Director and brings significant financial markets experience working with US-based companies and regulators, which will be highly valuable. Susan Skerrit commented: IG Group is an empowering and innovative company…

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