New Divisa Capital UK CEO Brian Myers has brought on board another of his former lieutenants from GKFX, with the company naming Michael Ayres as Divisa UK's new COO. Michael Ayres had been Director of Operations at GKFX from October 2016 - March 2018, which basically matched Mr. Myers' tenure as GKFX CEO. The two…
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PurePoint Financial, a hybrid digital bank and division of MUFG Union Bank, N.A. has announced that Sandy Walia has joined as Head of Client Services. Sandy Walia oversees the Financial Center teams nationwide as well as the Client Support Center based in Little Rock, AK. She is based in Torrance, Calif. and reports to Pierre…
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Statkraft, a producer of renewable energy, has just announced that it has selected Nasdaq’s (NASDAQ:NDAQ) SMARTS Trade Surveillance to monitor trading behavior across power markets in the EU and Norway, in line with the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR). Statkraft’s decision adds to a growing community of energy corporations and utilities across the Americas, Europe and…
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Information giant Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI) has announced that it is providing paid market commentary services on Japanese equity and derivatives through a new collaboration with Japanese financial information firm, QUICK. The services are available now to global clients outside of Japan using Thomson Reuters Eikon. QUICK 's equity commentary provides content for Japanese stock market…
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Continuing a year-long hiring spree, FX liquidity and Prime of Prime solutions provider CFH Clearing has announced that it has bolstered its institutional sales team with the appointment of Michael Bleys as VP Sales (EMEA). Michael Bleys joins CFH from Sucden Financial, where he spent over five years in the firm’s e-FX division. His career…
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PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ:PEP) and SodaStream International Ltd. (NASDAQ:SODA) have announced that they have entered into an agreement under which PepsiCo has agreed to acquire all outstanding shares of SodaStream for $144.00 per share in cash, which represents a 32% premium to the 30-day volume weighted average price. PepsiCo and SodaStream are an inspired match," said…
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FCA regulated Retail and Institutional FX and CFD brokerage Valutrades has announced the appointment of JohnPaul Thwaytes as Non Executive Director with immediate effect. JohnPaul is the last in a series of appointments to the board in recent months to support Valutrades' successful 730k FCA license and going forward will focus on independent governance of…
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The international broker AMarkets has informed the public that it has successfully completed testing of the MetaTrader 5 platform on demo accounts. The company clients can now open live trading accounts in MetaTrader 5 -ECN or Standard: Standard accounts are suitable for all types of trading strategies and provide access to financial markets with any…
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So what is Retail FX broker eToro going to do with the $100 million it raised in the Spring from Chinese, Japanese and Korean investors? Well a good chunk of that is heading to the UK, in the form of one of the largest-ever Forex Sports Sponsorship deals we have seen. And the deal has a very…
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Leading UK online broker IG Group has announced that following a completed search and following receipt of relevant regulatory approvals, the Board has today agreed to appoint Sally-Ann Hibberd and Jonathan Moulds as additional Non-Executive Directors of the Company. The appointments will take effect on September 20, 2018 at the Board meeting immediately following the company's…
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