The data intelligence company Thasos announced earlier this week that has added Chris Metaxas to its team as Chief Revenue Officer. Prior to Thasos, Metaxas worked in Digital Recognition Network (DRN), a location data and analytics company, where he was a Chief Executive Officer for nearly 7 years. At DRN, he grew revenues, created new…
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Canada’s alternative asset management company Integrated Asset Management Corp. (IAM) (TSX:IAM) has announced earlier that it has entered into a definitive arrangement agreement with Fiera Capital Corporation (TSX:FSZ) last week. According to the agreement, Fiera Capital will acquire all of the outstanding common shares of IAM. Transaction Highlights: Total consideration to IAM shareholders of $74…
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JFD Group Ltd just announced that it has combined its retail and institutional services under the brand JFD Bank, making the website www.JFDBANK.com its new online hub for all current and future services offered by the FinTech group. The acquisition of the German-based investment bank last year helped JFD expand into different directions by offering digital asset management,…
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The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) has announced on Friday (March 22) that it has completed its $3 billion on-market share buy-back with 108.7 million ordinary shares purchased under the program that commenced in January 2018. This equates to approximately a 3.7% reduction in ordinary shares on issue. ANZ Chief Financial Officer…
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FCA regulated institutional FX and CFD broker Global Market Index (GMI) has just added yet another senior name to its executive management team. Finn Jakobsen has joined GMI as Head of Institutional Client Services and Relationship Management. Jakobsen has a solid FX background where he previously served as CEO of technology company Fair Trade Technology,…
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ASIC licensed Retail FX education and brokerage firm ACY Capital has announced that after 6 months of consolidating Synergy FX into its Australian operations, the company is now launching a new re-branded company to be called ACY Securities. ACY Securities will include the trading education services that has been at the core of ACY’s original offerings,…
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The following article was written by ATFX Chief Analyst of Asia Pacific, Martin Lam. Personal opinions today: The EU agreed to extend the Brexit deadline, but only if the UK must vote again this week whether the Brexit agreement was passed. If the Brexit agreement is vetoed again, the UK must formally leave the EU without…
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Retail FX broker FXTM has just added another license to its portfolio of regulated entities with the Financial Services Commission (FSC) of the Republic of Mauritius. The company is already authorised and regulated in different jurisdictions under CySEC, FSCA, FCA and IFSC. Mauritius is fast becoming an internationally recognised Financial Supervisor with a strong legal…
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Germany intends to pass laws for the creation of a government-owned fund that would protect vital German companies from being acquired by foreign companies (especially Chinese ones), by end of 2019, according to Reuters. This is a major departure from the government’s “laid-back” approach towards business. Peter Altmaier, the Economy Minister first suggested the creation…
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UK online trading leader IG Group Holdings plc (LON:IGG) just released an update regarding the Group’s revenues for the three months ending 28 February 2019 - the company’s third quarter of fiscal year 2019 (Q3 FY19). Revenue for Q3 fiscal 2019 This was the second quarter in which the new ESMA regulations prohibiting the sale…
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