TipRanks and Markets.com team up to bring Quant Investing to retail investors LeapRate

August 27, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

TipRanks and Markets.com team up to bring Quant Investing to retail investors

Markets.com’s collaboration with TipRanks aims to provide the broker’s clients with advanced research based on big data such as the Analyst Forecast Center, hedge fund activity, news analysis, etc. Experts giving financial advice on the platform are measured and ranked so investors get data-driven insights. Uri Gruenbaum, CEO of TipRanks commented: I'm delighted to expand…

August 27, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily Market News: Global equities hit record high, all eyes now on Fed

Doorstep lender Provident surges on hopes for unemployment business boost The FTSE 100 was flat on Wednesday, while the FTSE 250 gained 2%. Provident Financial was by and away the biggest winner in the FTSE 250, adding almost 20%, as the firm hopes to capitalise on surging unemployment to generate new business, per The Telegraph.…

Vanguard redirects focus from Hong Kong to Shanghai

August 27, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Vanguard changes focus from Hong Kong to Shanghai

Vanguard is not the only company to turn away from Hong Kong and shift to mainland China. Japan’s Daiwa Securities recently also shared a desire to redirect its operations away from Hong Kong. Keiko Tashiro, deputy president at Daiwa commented: If facts emerge such as people getting arrested one after another, we may need to…

August 26, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

gold8financialexchange, Knight Service Group and others appear on FMA warning list

The New Zealand watchdog advisea caution when dealing with the websites www.gold8financialexchange.com; www.gold8services.com and www.gold8institute.com as they are not associated with, or authorised by, the New Zealand registered companies Gold8 Financial Services Limited and/or Gold 8 Services Limited. The FMA previously published a warning about Business Choice Partners Group Limited on 1 July 2020 as a…

August 26, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

SGX and Cassini Systems team up to help market participants manage and comply with UMR

KC Lam, SGX Head of FX and Rates, commented: By September 2022, more than a thousand firms will be impacted by UMR, thus it is important to start planning for it now. Cassini is a natural partner for us in this effort to help our market participants with a best-of-breed solution. Once a SGX market…

August 26, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily Market News: American Airlines, Bed Bath & Beyond both cutting thousands of jobs

UK tech firm Aveva makes $5bn play for US rival The FTSE 100 fell by 1.1% on Tuesday, although no stock fell by more than 3.4%. Housebuilders, miners and oil giants were all in the red, with Anglo American down 3.3%, Taylor Wimpey down 3.1% and Royal Dutch Shell down 3%. At the top of…

Edgewater Markets metal volumes soar in H1

August 26, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Edgewater Markets report soaring metal volumes in H1 2020

Edgewater Markets was founded in 2009 and provides forex and precious metals services. The company’s global footprint and strategic partnerships provide connectivity and credit access into pools of localized liquidity and execution services. Edgewater has global sales offices in New York, London, Singapore, Mexico City and Santiago, Chile which are positioned geographically for 24-hour support…

eToro’s former UK CEO Iqbal Gandham joins CoinBurp

August 26, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

CFH director Søren Bjerregaard moves to digital brokerage GCEX

Bjerregaard added: Life long learning is incredibly important to me, so with one foot in the “old world” of finance I am taking an exciting step into the new world!” LeapRate approached him for a comment, here's what he shared with us: Happy to get the chance to join GCEX, using new technology to disrupt…

August 25, 2020 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Fintech Lightnet teams up with Swiss crypto bank SEBA

Matthew Alexander, head of asset tokenization of Seba Bank commented: Asia is a promising market not only because of its size but especially because of the affinity of the people towards digital services and digital assets. Lightnet will leverage a blockchain financial protocol developed by decentralized credit and settlement network in Asia, Velo Labs. The…

August 25, 2020 BY Valentina Kirilova

Daily Market News: Exxon to exit Dow Jones Industrial Average after more than a century

Energy and airline stocks soar on Covid-19 vaccine news All three US indices started the week on a positive note, with the S&P 500 up 1%, taking its year-to-date gain to 6.2%. The energy sector led the way, adding 2.8%, with the energy equipment and services sub-sector up 4.3%. It was airline and travel stocks…

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TipRanks and Markets.com team up to bring Quant Investing to retail investors

Daily Market News: Global equities hit record high, all eyes now on Fed

Vanguard changes focus from Hong Kong to Shanghai

gold8financialexchange, Knight Service Group and others appear on FMA warning list

SGX and Cassini Systems team up to help market participants manage and comply with UMR

Daily Market News: American Airlines, Bed Bath & Beyond both cutting thousands of jobs

Edgewater Markets report soaring metal volumes in H1 2020

CFH director Søren Bjerregaard moves to digital brokerage GCEX

Fintech Lightnet teams up with Swiss crypto bank SEBA

Daily Market News: Exxon to exit Dow Jones Industrial Average after more than a century

Euroclear’s Q2 Business Income Strong, But ‘Marked by Volatility’

Citi and Ant International Pilot AI-Enabled Forecasting Solution

Webull to Consolidate Crypto Entities, Reintegrate Webull Pay

Carlyle and Clearstream Partner to Broaden Access to Private Market Funds

Fastmarkets Completes Annual Assurance Review, Reinforces Commitment to IOSCO Compliance