Group Chief Executive Officer Ralph Hamers commented: I’m excited to welcome Mike Dargan to the GEB in his expanded role. Given his strong track record and in-depth expertise, I’m confident that he is the right leader to help us achieve our strategic ambitions in the digital and technology space by bringing the best experience to…
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EUROPEAN SHARES European shares followed the global trend by opening slightly higher at the start of another busy week on the macro front. While corporate results are still likely to be the main focus for investors, especially with earnings from tech giants Apple and Facebook as well as Tesla looming this week, traders will also…
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Net deposits from XTB clients remained at PLN 951.2 million for Q1, and the report stated a significantly higher figure than 2020’s Q4 figure of PLN 619.7 million. XTB released the latest news just after markets closed for the weekend, meaning reactions to its Q1 figures will unfold throughout the week. In fact, shares in…
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Yorick Naeff, the newly appointed CEO of BUX, said: With this new funding round, BUX will continue to spearhead innovation by implementing advanced features to shape further the future of how Europeans invest. We are extremely grateful to have top tier investors like Prosus Ventures and Tencent onboard to support us in our mission. In…
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Robinhood has announced Christine Brown will lead its crypto division as Chief Operating Officer. At her new position, she’ll oversee all of crypto operations and compliance. Brown will also keep her current position of Robinhood Markets’ VP of Product Operations. The Crypto division is part of Robinhood’s efforts to expand access to financial services to…
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Kim’s arrest and conviction in Korea fundamentally damages his reputation and reliability. This put serious doubt over IDS Forex’s fitness and properness to be licensed. The SFC expressed concerns about the company due to the correlation and timing of the fraudulent scheme Kim was involved in and his capital injections into the company. Furthermore, the…
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Bove commented: This is an exciting time as we continue to grow our talented team of professionals and put into place important technology platforms that offer us tremendous new capabilities and efficiencies. From the Eventus Systems trade surveillance platform we implemented last year, to a state-of-the-art communications surveillance platform we are working to deploy in…
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Dean Berry, Group Head of Trading & Banking Solutions, Refinitiv, commented: We are pleased to now support messaging from CME FX Link activity in order to standardize and streamline how customers can integrate in an efficient way with this growing marketplace for FX swaps. CME Group’s FX Link is available in a central limit order…
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Iskandar Najjar, Equiti Group CEO, said: Equiti Group is committed to ESG (environmental, social and governance) practices and supportive, not only of meeting demands for these financial instruments, but also continually looking at ways of practically increasing our support. We are very pleased that our global product and risk teams have been able to swiftly…
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Thomas Gottstein, Chief Executive Officer of Credit Suisse Group AG, commented: Our results for the first quarter of 2021 have been significantly impacted by a CHF 4.4 billion charge related to a US-based hedge fund. The loss we report this quarter, because of this matter, is unacceptable. Together with the Board of Directors, we have…
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