Geneva based Retail FX broker and bank Dukascopy has just announced that has extended the list of its CFD tradable instrument by introducing CFDs on Bonds. This new type of tradable instrument will see the introduction of German government bond (BUND.TR/EUR) and UK government bond (UKGILT.TR/GBP) at first, with the list of tradable bonds to…
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The Green and Sustainable Finance Cluster Germany has issued its baseline report presenting an inventory of sustainability activities at the financial centre of Frankfurt/Main. The report is the first publication from this cluster, created in spring 2018 in a merger between the Green Finance Cluster Frankfurt of the Hessian Ministry of Economics and the Accelerating…
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The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has announced that it has reached an agreement with the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) to implement an investor identification regime for northbound trading under Mainland-Hong Kong Stock Connect on 17 September 2018. The investor identification regime will facilitate more effective monitoring and surveillance by the CSRC…
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The Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has helped its client, the World Bank, launch bond-i - the world’s first bond to be created, allocated, transferred and managed through its life cycle using distributed ledger technology. CBA was mandated by the World Bank as arranger for the bond on August 10 and following a two-week consultation period with…
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LeapRate Exclusive... LeapRate has learned that FCA regulated startup Retail FX brokerage Global Markets Group Limited has hired FX industry executive Alex Iakobachvili as the company's new Managing Director and CEO. Alex Iakobachvili joins Global Markets Group from Global Markets Index Limited (or GMI UK, despite the similar name no relationship to his new employer) where…
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Credit Financier Invest (CFI) Ltd has announced today the launching of its branch in the UK, after acquiring the necessary regulatory authorisations (which we had reported on in June) and the completion of other preparations. CFI’s offices will be located at 70 Gracechurch Street, London. CFI has chosen to be located in the city’s financial district, recognised globally as a…
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RoboForex, the Belize-based unit of the Retail FX brokerage group, has announced that it has launched a new service which will allow the company’s clients to deposit funds to their Bitcoin accounts (BTC accounts) by means of other cryptocurrencies. The sum deposited in alternative cryptocurrencies will be automatically converted into BTC according to the exchange rate…
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London based FX and cryptocurrency affiliate company Investoo Group has announced its entry into the US financial affiliate and trading business, with its acquisition of trading education website VantagePointTrading.com. Launched in 2007 by Calgary-based Chartered Market Technician Cory Mitchell, VantagePointTrading.com has been a leading education platform for over 10 years. The website currently provides informative content via…
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One month after adding the MetaTrader 5 trading platform, platform provider MetaQuotes has announced that international multi-asset broker HotForex is now offering hedging capabilities, as well as some more features. Features of the MetaTrader 5 offered by HotForex: Full set of financial instruments Support for multiple platforms — desktop, mobile and web versions are available…
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Following the issuing of its Trading Update in early July it wasn't quite a surprise that online gaming and financial trading company Playtech PLC (LON:PTEC) reported declining profits (although increasing Revenues) for the first half of 2018. Overall, Playtech saw Revenue of €436.5 million for the first six months of the year, which was actually up by…
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