IFX Payments, a FinTech FX payment firm, has just announced the appointment of Martin Roskott as Non-Executive Director. He brings with him over 30 years of banking experience – he was previously Head of Finance and Brokers at Barclays Bank and spent over 18 years at N M Rothschild where he had responsibility for trading…
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ASIC regulated Retail FX broker GO Markets has announced that it now provides the ability to its clients to trade via MetaTrader 5. GO Markets customers have access to the desktop, mobile and web platform versions. The Melbourne based company is one of the pioneers of online trading in Australia providing brokerage services in the…
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Validus platform now integrated with CQG Eventus Systems, Inc., a provider of innovative regtech software solutions for the capital markets, has just announced that FX brokerage group Gain Capital Holdings Inc (NYSE:GCAP) has gone live as a client. GAIN has deployed Eventus’ cloud-based version of the Validus platform to manage the market surveillance program for its…
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The first shared trading platform, Exchain, has announced that it has rolled out its public beta test on October 6, 12:00 am (GMT +8). Exchain is invested by oversea institutes and industry professionals, builds branches in Singapore, HK, US, China, etc. Exchain aims to build a transparent, open and mutually beneficial trading platform that is…
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Technology provider PrimeXM has informed that it is bidding farewell to its Head of Sales, Richard Bartlett after a successful 5 year tenure with the company. The departure was finalized on the 3rd of October 2018, on excellent terms. PrimeXM has expressed its sincere gratitude towards the dedication of Richard over the years, aiding towards…
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Online gaming and financial trading company Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC) announced late Friday that it has successfully priced €530 million (USD $611 million) in new junk debt. The 3.75% senior secured five-year notes due 2023 are expected to be assigned a rating of BB by S&P Global Ratings Europe Limited, UK Branch and Ba2 by Moody's Investors Service…
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Which Retail FX broker was the latest to renounce its CySEC CIF license, and leave Cyprus? Were ETX Capital and LCG able to rebound from losses in their most recently reported fiscal periods? Who became the latest significant institutional investor in Markets.com parent Playtech? Which FX industry executives changed places this week? (There were several!).…
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The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has welcomed the appointment by the Financial Secretary of Ms Agnes Chan Sui-kuen and the re-appointment of Mr Edward Cheng Wai-sun as Non-Executive Directors for a term of two years. The term of Ms Chan will begin on 20 October 2018 and Mr Cheng’s term will start…
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The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) has appointed Soraphol Tulayasathien as Senior Executive Vice President (SEVP), Head of Corporate Strategy Division to oversee strategy, international relations, and research, effective from November 1, 2018. SET President Pakorn Peetathawatchai said that SET's board of governors has recently appointed Soraphol Tulayasathien as SEVP. With strong expertise in finance,…
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It looks like Saxo Bank's new ownership group has its work cut out. Continuing a very disturbing trend, trading volumes at Copenhagen based Retail FX broker Saxo Bank declined for the fourth consecutive month in September 2018, dropping to their lowest level since 2015. Saxo's all-important FX trading volumes - which account for more than…
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